A Quick and Easy Tape Measure Turnstile Antenna for MILSAT Snooping

The number of satellites whizzing by over our heads at any moment is staggering, and growing at a rapid rate as new constellations are launched. But sometimes it’s the old …read more Continue reading A Quick and Easy Tape Measure Turnstile Antenna for MILSAT Snooping

Targeting Satellite? CISA, FBI Warns of Attacks on SATCOM Network Providers

By Deeba Ahmed
This advisory comes amid an investigation spearheaded by investigation teams from the US and Europe regarding service outages…
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L Band Satellite Antennas Revealed

[SignalsEverywhere] has a lot of satellite antennas and he’s willing to show them off — inside and out — in his latest video that you can see below. Using software-defined radio techniques, you can use these antennas to pull off weather satellite images and other space signals.

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In-flight satellite comms vulnerable to remote attack, researcher finds

IOActive’s researcher Ruben Santamarta is the sort of person anyone interested in computer security would probably enjoy sitting next to on a long flight. Take the journey he made last November between Madrid and Copenhagen on Norwegian during which (n… Continue reading In-flight satellite comms vulnerable to remote attack, researcher finds

IoT malware found hitting airplanes’ SATCOM systems

In 2014, IOActive researchers revealed security vulnerabilities they found in the most widely deployed satellite communications terminals and presented potential scenarios attackers could exploit once SATCOM systems have been compromised in the aviatio… Continue reading IoT malware found hitting airplanes’ SATCOM systems

3D Printed Helical Satcom Feed

With the advent of cheap software defined radios made popular by the RTL-SDR project a few years back, satellite communications are now within the budget of even the most modest hacker. For $20 USD you can get a USB SDR module that is more than capable of receiving signals from any number of geosynchronous satellites, but you’ll need something a little more robust than rabbit ears to pick up a signal broadcast from over 22,000 miles away.

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Two Critical Vulnerabilities Found In Inmarsat’s SATCOM Systems

Global satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat is warning customers of two critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to infiltrate a ship’s on-board computer system. Continue reading Two Critical Vulnerabilities Found In Inmarsat’s SATCOM Systems