Collaborate Disseminate
The meeting will follow an Aug. 4 briefing with railroad executives to discuss industry responses to critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
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An aviation company at the cutting edge of electrified air travel has taken a significant step forward, completing a first-of-a-kind test flight using a retrofitted seaplane. Harbour Air’s De Havilland Beaver completed a short hop from the Canadian mai… Continue reading World’s first commercial electric plane completes point-to-point flight
While visiting the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, OR, USA over the weekend, I came across a hack. In addition to the excellent displays on site and an …read more Continue reading Protecting The Hughes H4 Hercules with… Beach Balls?
Fossil fuels are making news for all the wrong reasons of late. Whether it’s their contribution to global climate change or the fact that the price and supply hinges on …read more Continue reading Airbus A380 Completes Flight Powered By Cooking Oil
If there’s one thing you can count on [Peter Sripol] for, it’s for defining the the aviation category of “Don’t Try This At Home.” In the video below the break, …read more Continue reading Fifty Motored Paraglider Partly Flies, Partly Glides
By Deeba Ahmed
TA2541 is extensively using a variety of Remote Access Trojans (RAT) in spear-phishing attacks to lure their target.…
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Analysts have noticed various attempts in recent years by hackers trying to breach entities in the aviation and aerospace industries, as well as related transportation fields. The operators typically use of off-the-shelf malware and deploy digital lures that refer to industry-specific topics like airline cargo conferences or machine parts. It now appears that most of those incidents were by the same group, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. Dubbing the group “TA2541,” Proofpoint says the trail of evidence goes back to at least 2017, and the hackers remain a “consistent, active cybercrime threat.” Hundreds of different organizations have been targeted globally, with an emphasis on North America, Europe and the Middle East, the researchers say. Crime seems to be the main goal, says Sherrod DeGrippo, vice president of threat research and detection at Proofpoint, given TA2541’s targeting, its victims, its use of commodity malware and its high message volume. Campaigns ranging […]
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By Deeba Ahmed
Swissport claims it “contained an IT security incident” referring to a ransomware attack that took place on February…
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Aviation history is a bit strange. People tend to remember some firsts but not others and — sometimes — not even firsts. For example, everyone knows Amelia Earhart attempted to …read more Continue reading Who Flew Across the Atlantic First? The Airborne Boats of 1919
[Mike Patey] had made a name for himself by building high-performance experimental aircraft. In his latest project, he added a transforming wing that can extend its chord by up to …read more Continue reading Wing Can Expand To Fly Really Slow for Short Take-Off and Landing