Aerospace depends on aircraft, spacecraft, ground systems, and supply chains, making cybersecurity important for safety, communications, and availability.
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Aerospace encompasses the design, manufacture, and operation of aircraft, spacecraft, and satellites, relying on integrated hardware and software systems for navigation, communication, and control. These systems demand high reliability, real-time responsiveness, and fault tolerance to ensure safety and mission success. Critical assets include flight control units, satellite payloads, ground stations, and communication networks, all of which depend on secure supply chains and resilient connectivity.
Information security in aerospace focuses on protecting control systems from unauthorized access, safeguarding satellite communication from interception or jamming, and ensuring the integrity of software and firmware updates. Compromise of these systems can disrupt operations or expose sensitive technology. Security measures must maintain continuous availability and low latency, often requiring specialized protections such as cryptographic authentication, secure boot processes, and rigorous vulnerability management tailored to aerospace’s unique operational constraints.
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A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group has expanded its targeting to the European space, deploying previously undocumented malware and the Atlas backdoor. [...]
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health, which is a dedicated space for health conversations. Amidst privacy concerns, OpenAI said it won't use your health data. [...]
New data suggests that ChatGPT is losing its market share to Gemini on the web. It's unclear if Gemini is also gaining ground in the mobile space. [...]
The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed that attackers recently breached servers outside its corporate network, which contained what it described as "unclassified" information on collaborative engineering activities. [...]
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims it hacked the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev, which develops Russia's supersonic strategic bombers. [...]
The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) has been offline since it disconnected its systems from the Internet over the weekend to contain a breach of its IT infrastructure. [...]
A recent social engineering campaign targeted job seekers in the Web3 space with fake job interviews through a malicious "GrassCall" meeting app that installs information-stealing malware to steal cryptocurrency wallets. [...]
A recent social engineering campaign targeted job seekers in the Web3 space with fake job interviews through a malicious "GrassCall" meeting app that installs information-stealing malware to steal cryptocurrency wallets. [...]
French tech giant Atos, which secures communications for the country's military and secret services, has denied claims made by the Space Bears ransomware gang that they compromised one of its databases. [...]
European Space Agency's official web shop was hacked as it started to load a piece of JavaScript code that generates a fake Stripe payment page at checkout. [...]
Hackers breached U.S. satellite maker Maxar Space Systems and accessed personal data belonging to its employees, the company informs in a notification to impacted individuals. [...]
The North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a Google Chrome zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-4947 through a fake decentralized finance (DeFi) game targeting individuals in the cryptocurrency space. [...]
Windows 11's Spotlight feature is a pretty nice way to jazz up your desktop background with different wallpapers and fun facts when you hover over the image icon, but it takes up a lot of space. Microsoft is working on a new change that reduces this clutter in the Windows 11 Spotlight feature. [...]
The Black Basta ransomware gang has shown resilience and an ability to adapt to a constantly shifting space, using new custom tools and tactics to evade detection and spread throughout a network. [...]
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data. [...]
A new vulnerability dubbed 'LeftoverLocals' affecting graphics processing units from AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and Imagination Technologies allows retrieving data from the local memory space. [...]
A vulnerability in an open-source library that is common across the Web3 space impacts the security of pre-built smart contracts, affecting multiple NFT collections, including Coinbase. [...]
A previously unknown cyber espionage hacking group named 'AeroBlade' was discovered targeting organizations in the United States aerospace sector. [...]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was hacked in a cyberattack over the summer, potentially compromising sensitive space-related technology and data. [...]
The LockBit ransomware gang published data stolen from Boeing, one of the largest aerospace companies that services commercial airplanes and defense systems. [...]