Security News

Federal Cyber Experts Christen Satellite Office in Georgia
2019-11-25 13:24

A U.S. Department of Defense unit has opened its first remote office outside the Pentagon with its new facility in east Georgia. Defense Digital Service works to find solutions for highly...

Eutelsat unveils Eutelsat IoT FIRST, a satellite-based IoT connectivity service
2019-10-29 02:30

Eutelsat Communications announces the launch of a pioneering satellite-based IoT connectivity service: Eutelsat IoT FIRST. Having recently unveiled its ELO constellation of nanosatellites in Low...

SES and Thales’ GEO/MEO platform enables seamless switching between GEO and MEO satellite beams
2019-10-24 00:00

SES and Thales have taken inflight connectivity to a new level, successfully demonstrating uninterrupted access to high-throughput broadband applications for the first time over a platform...

Air Force to offer up a satellite to hackers at Defcon 2020
2019-09-19 14:42

This year, the Air Force presented vetted hackers with a plane's subsystem, which they duly tore up. Next year, it will be a satellite.

SES provides a multi-orbit, cloud-scale satellite network to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
2019-09-10 01:00

SES announced it will provide dedicated, private network connectivity from any vessel, airplane, enterprise, energy or government site in the world to Microsoft Azure via its unique multi-orbit...

Space agency uses Raspberry Pi to solve satellite encryption puzzle
2019-08-02 11:57

The European Space Agency thinks it's found a much cheaper way to control a small module - and it's built around a tiny Raspberry Pi Zero board.

New satellite constellations aim to improve IoT connectivity options
2019-07-17 04:30

By 2024, there will be 24 million IoT connections made via satellite, ABI Research reveals. A new report unveils the long-term opportunity within the satellite space for the growth of IoT...

Week in review: Microsoft Exchange backdoor, the future of phishing, securing satellites
2019-05-12 18:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Android Q: Enhanced security for consumers and enterprises The upcoming, newest version of Android – still only known...

Securing satellites: The new space race
2019-05-09 06:30

A decade ago, it would have cost you a billion dollars to deploy a satellite into space. Fast forward ten years and you can now have your own personal satellite floating in orbit for around...

Friday Squid Blogging: Detecting Illegal Squid Fishing with Satellite Imagery
2019-04-12 21:19

Interesting. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....