Security News

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...

In-flight satellite comms vulnerable to remote attack, researcher finds
2018-08-13 12:11

IOActive’s researcher Ruben Santamarta is the sort of person anyone interested in computer security would probably enjoy sitting next to on a long flight. Take the journey he made last November...

Hackers Hit Satellite Operators and Telecoms, Symantec Says
2018-06-20 10:48

Thrip Group's Latest Attacks Trace to China, Maybe BeyondSymantec says it has uncovered a cyber espionage campaign that targets telecommunications operators in Southeast Asia - as well as a...

China-Linked 'Thrip' Spies Target Satellite, Defense Companies
2018-06-20 04:27

A China-linked cyber espionage group has breached the systems of satellite operators, telecommunications companies and defense contractors in the United States and Southeast Asia, Symantec...

European Space Agency wants in on quantum comms satellites
2018-05-03 21:08

It's fun to kick entangled photons into spaaaace The European Space Agency is looking to build a communications satellite to send data securely using quantum key distribution.…

Chinese Quantum Satellite Sends First ‘Unhackable’ Data to Earth (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 03:28

In what appears to be the world's first quantum satellite transmission, China has successfully sent an "unbreakable" code over a long distance from an orbiting satellite to the Earth, achieving a...

Researchers Decrypt Satellite Phone Communication in Real-Time (Security Week)
2017-07-10 14:24

A group of security researchers detailed a real-time inversion attack against the GMR-2 stream cipher used in satellite phone communication, claiming it is much more efficient than previously...

Satellite Phone Encryption Calls Can be Cracked in Fractions of a Second (The Hackers News)
2017-07-10 05:05

Security researchers have discovered a new method to decrypt satellite phone communications encrypted with the GMR-2 cipher in "real time" -- that too in mere fractions of a second in some cases....

Week in review: Windows 10 against crypto ransomware, satellite phone comms decryption (Help Net Security)
2017-07-10 01:40

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016 The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide...

Satellite phone communications can be decrypted in near real-time (Help Net Security)
2017-07-07 16:35

Satellite phone communications encrypted with the GMR-2 cipher can be decrypted in mere fractions of a second, two Chinese researchers have proved. The vulnerable cipher The GMR-2 is a stream...