Security News

Cyber Attack Forces Airline to Cancel Flights in Alaska
2019-12-23 08:52

RavnAir canceled at least a half-dozen flights in Alaska on Saturday — at the peak of holiday travel — following what the company described as “a malicious cyber attack” on its computer network....

Former Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Hacking British Airline Jet2
2019-12-20 12:40

A former contractor of British low-cost airline Jet2 has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for a cyberattack that shut down the airline’s systems for over 12 hours, the UK’s National Crime...

Lion Air Data Leak Came From Contractor's Ex-Staff, Airline Says
2019-09-24 11:54

A massive data breach at Indonesian airline Lion Air that affected millions of customers stolen was the fault of staff at a contractor, the airline's Malaysia subsidiary said Monday. read more

Airlines That Manage Booking Systems Themselves Expose Customer Data
2019-08-26 11:17

Some of the airlines that manage booking systems themselves have failed to implement important protection mechanisms, exposing their customers’ personal information, a researcher has warned. read more

Security Flaw Exposed Valid Airline Boarding Passes
2019-07-16 10:03

Amadeus Patches Check-In Software Used by Hundreds of AirlinesA vulnerability in global airline check-in software used by 500 airlines could have been exploited to download other individuals'...

Amadeus! Amadeus! Pwn me Amadeus! Airline check-in bug may have exposed all y'all boarding passes to spies
2019-07-16 10:00

Patched IDOR hole would have been child's play to exploit A now-patched vulnerability in the Amadeus flight reservation system – used by airlines around the planet – could, or may, have been...

NSA foreign spying, biotech snooping, Hamas hackers bombed, airline cams, and much more from infosec land
2019-05-07 06:20

Quick-fire summary of the past few days of news Roundup Welcome back, Brits, from your three-day Bank Holiday week. Allow us to catch you up on recent infosec comings and goings.…

Buffer overflow flaw in British Airways in-flight entertainment systems will affect other airlines, but why try it in the air?
2019-03-08 10:20

Researcher's stumbling on bug was risky to say the least A cybersecurity professor has insisted he was not hunting for a vulnerability when he found a denial-of-service bug on an in-flight...

Flaw in Multiple Airline Systems Exposes Passenger Data
2019-02-07 15:43

Up to eight airlines do not encrypt e-ticketing booking systems - leaving personal customer data open for the taking.

Check-in Links Sent by Several Airlines Expose Passenger Data
2019-02-06 15:01

The check-in links sent to customers by several major airlines from around the world can allow hackers to obtain passengers’ personal information and possibly make changes to their booking, mobile...