LAS VEGAS — Gone are the days of mile-high airplane hijackings carried out with guns or knifes. In the future all a hijacker or a terrorist might need is a computer or a smartphone — and some good hacker skills.
Ruben Santamarta, a security researcher at IOActive, showed a packed room at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday how several satellite communications equipment used in airplanes all over the world can be hacked. Taking advantage of "critical" holes in these devices, an attacker could tamper with the plane's satellite communications, he said, interfering with its navigation and safety systems. Read more...
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