A Special Diamond Is the Key to a Fully Open Source Quantum Sensor

Quantum sensors can be used in medical technologies, navigation systems, and more, but they’re too expensive for most people. That's where the Uncut Gem open source project comes in...

Leave the World Behind, or don’t

I watched Leave the World Behind on Netflix recently. I was intrigued as the trailers showed an oil tanker crashing on to a beach. It was implied that it had been hacked and someone had taken control of it. Shipping security is something we know quite a bit about, having been asked to hack a larg...

The vulnerability of the Project Name Handler component in navigation and multimedia systems intended for use in terrestrial vehicles, provided by Harman Infotainment, allows for root access via SSH using a USB-to-Ethernet key with a password.

The vulnerability of the Project Name Handler component in navigation and multimedia systems intended for use in terrestrial vehicles, Harman Infotainment, is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain root access via SSH using a...

Speed 2 – The Poseidon Adventure – Part One

This post is a companion to the DEF CON 28 video available here This is a tale of how we tested a brand new cruise ship over the course of a week. TL;DR How fire zone safety design affects security When ballasting control goes wrong Where maritime tech providers let security down, badly Are IMO &...

Ships can’t be hacked. Wrong

I get a lot of objections from ships captains when discussing security flaws in ships, so I felt it worthwhile looking at these in some detail. The usual response is ‘ships can’t be hacked.’ When I dig further, what they usually seem to mean is that ‘processes aboard the bridge mean that the...

Road navigation systems can be spoofed using $223 equipment

By Waqas Researchers from a number of renowned institutions including Virginia Tech, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Microsoft Research have concluded that it is possible to spoof GPS signals and send people in the wrong direction. The ironic part is that such an...