1stspotter
11th Apr 2013, 17:42
Yesterday a security consultant showed that in theory control could be taken of aircraft using a set of simple tools. He held a presentation at Hack In The Box Conference in Amsterdam today.
One of the two technologies he abused is the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), which sends information about each aircraft (identification, current position, altitude, and so on) through an on-board transmitter to air traffic controllers, and allows aircrafts equipped with the technology to receive flight, traffic and weather information about other aircrafts currently in the air in their vicinity.
The other one is the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), which is used to exchange messages between aircrafts and air traffic controllers via radio or satellite, as well as to automatically deliver information about each flight phase to the latter.
read more here
Hijacking airplanes with an Android phone (http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14733)
and here
BBC News - Hacker targets flight deck computer systems (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22107433)
One of the two technologies he abused is the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), which sends information about each aircraft (identification, current position, altitude, and so on) through an on-board transmitter to air traffic controllers, and allows aircrafts equipped with the technology to receive flight, traffic and weather information about other aircrafts currently in the air in their vicinity.
The other one is the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), which is used to exchange messages between aircrafts and air traffic controllers via radio or satellite, as well as to automatically deliver information about each flight phase to the latter.
read more here
Hijacking airplanes with an Android phone (http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14733)
and here
BBC News - Hacker targets flight deck computer systems (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22107433)