DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks

What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane's electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the pilot, which could eventually result in loss of control? Of course, the attacker would never wish to be on the same flight, so in this article, we are going t...

DHS Warning: Small Aircraft are Ripe for Hacking

The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert Tuesday warning that small aircraft are vulnerable to hackers that can gain physical access to a plane. It warned that a hacker can easily manipulate aircraft telemetry data, which can result in loss of control of the airplane. The bulletin was...

aspenavionics.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://aspenavionics.com/search?q=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cimg+src%3Dx+onerror%3Dprompt%28%2FXSSPOSED%2F%29%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 1168289 VIP website status:| No Coordinated...

aspenavionics.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://www.aspenavionics.com/search?q=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22OPENBUGBOUNTY%22%29%3C/script%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 25.11.2017 Latest check for patch:| 25.11.2017 09:45 GMT Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa...

In-Flight Entertainment System Flaws Put Passenger Data at Risk

A simple tap on an in-flight entertainment system touchscreen kicked off an intellectual exercise that resulted in the discovery of a number of firmware vulnerabilities in embedded systems used by at least 13 airlines. The vulnerabilities in the Panasonic Avionics IFE firmware could allow a local...

Hacker Demonstrates How Easy In-flight Entertainment System Can Be Hacked

Next time when you hear an announcement in the flight, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking…," the chances are that the announcement is coming from a hacker controlling your flight. Dangerous vulnerabilities in an in-flight entertainment system used by the leading airlines,...

Medical Devices Should Withstand Rigor, Expert Says

CAMBRIDGE, Ma.—When it comes to managing medical device security risk, hospital administrators should focus on weathering the storm and not necessarily prevention, Dr. Kevin Fu, a noted medical device security expert, encouraged this week. “How do you fail gracefully when things go wrong? Will yo...

'Software Liability Is Inevitable'

LAS VEGAS–The push for some form of liability for vendors who sell faulty or insecure software is nearly as old as software itself. Software makers have pushed back hard against it for decades, but the day may soon come when software liability is a reality. Bugs, defects, and security...

Airplanes Can Be Hacked Through Wireless In-flight Entertainment System

Almost a year ago, at the ‘Hack In The Box’ security summit in Amsterdam, a security researcher at N.Runs and a commercial airline pilot, Hugo Teso presented a demonstration that it's possible to take control of aircraft flight systems and communications using an Android smartphone and some...

Researcher Demonstrates Commercial Airplane Navigation System Compromise

As if hurtling through the air at 500 miles per hour in an enormous meshing of metal and wires wasn’t terrifying enough, security researcher Hugo Teso presented a practical demonstration of a remote airline attack in which he took complete control of a virtual aircraft’s flight management system...