Security News

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....

RSA Conference 2019: The Sky’s the Limit For Satellite Hacks
2019-03-06 19:45

Satellites are spotted with vulnerabilities and design flaws - and hackers are taking note, researchers report at the RSA Conference.

Infosec in spaaace! NCC and Surrey Uni to pore over satellite security
2019-02-22 14:48

There's a PhD position in it too, if you want to get involved NCC Group and the University of Surrey have set up a "Space Cyber Security Research Partnership" to investigate the security issues...