Satellite Hacking: How Russia Knocked out the ViaSat System at the Outset of the Ukraine War

Welcome back, my aspirational cyberwarriors! Satellite hacking is the new frontier in cyber warfare! Satellites are an essential infrastructure in any industrialized, digitally advanced nation. Not only do they carry radio, television, Internet and telephone calls, but they are an critical element each nations military infrastructure. An attacker who can interfere or degrade satellite signals […]

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Satellite Hacking: An Introduction to Satellites and Satellite Systems

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! Satellites and the communication they engender have become a crucial element in our modern economies. They enable us to use the internet, television, GPS, and mobile communication from anywhere on the planet. In addition, the world’s most powerful militaries are dependent upon satellites for visual and signal reconnaissance and communication. […]

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Using the Brand New IPv6 Exploit to DoS a Windows System

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! Recently, security researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in the Windows IPv6 packet processing system, which was subsequently assigned the identifier CVE-2024-38063. This vulnerability can lead to a denial of service, as well as remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted IPv6 packets. Unlike many vulnerabilities that require user interaction or […]

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Satellite Hacking: Hacking the Iridium Satellite System

Welcome back, my aspiring cyberwarriors! In our modern digital era, satellites have been used for numerous essential services, such as: GPS Internet Broadband Connectivity Satellite Phone Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Broadcast TV and Radio Weather Data Scientific Data Collection Remote Sensing and Imaging and many more. If the security of these communications are compromised […]

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