Boeing production plant hit by malware, apparently WannaCry ransomware

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The world’s largest aerospace company Boeing has been hit by a
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The fear over WannaCry is still very real

This is the reality now. With Wednesday’s apparent tempest-in-a-teapot ransomware attack at Boeing, the possibility remains for even the biggest organizations to come to a crippling halt at the mere hint that WannaCry has been redeveloped, reworked and set out in the wild. The Seattle Times’ initial story relayed as much, as Boeing’s chief engineer sent out a companywide memo Wednesday calling for “all hands on deck” in the initial aftermath. A few hours passed, and suddenly what was WannaCry’s next great casualty was nothing more than an uncomfortable afternoon for the aviation giant’s IT teams. “A number of articles on a malware disruption are overstated and inaccurate,” a Boeing statement read. “Our cybersecurity operations center detected a limited intrusion of malware that affected a small number of systems. Remediations were applied and this is not a production or delivery issue.” Yet while Boeing avoided being labeled as infosec’s Next Great […]

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‘Limited intrusion’ detected at Boeing, company says WannaCry articles are ‘overstated and inaccurate’

News that a WannaCry attack has allegedly hit a South Carolina facility owned by Boeing is now downplayed by the aerospace company on Twitter. According to their statement, “articles on a malware disruption are overstated and inaccurate,” a… Continue reading ‘Limited intrusion’ detected at Boeing, company says WannaCry articles are ‘overstated and inaccurate’

SANS Hackfest, Pentesting, Agreeing and Disagreeing – Paul’s Security Weekly #537

Blaming Russia, compromising Apple’s facial recognition, books to give to your 30-year old self, malware on NSA employee computers, and more security news! Paul’s Stories DoD’s Vuln Disclosure Program Racks Up 2,837 Security Flaws The Mothe… Continue reading SANS Hackfest, Pentesting, Agreeing and Disagreeing – Paul’s Security Weekly #537

A Boeing 757 was hacked remotely while it sat on the runway

Don’t panic too much – the hack of the legacy commercial airliner was an exercise conducted by a team of security professionals.
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Hackaday Links: May 28, 2017

Boeing and DARPA are building a spaceplane. Right now it’s only a press release and a few concept images, but it looks like this is an air-launched system kind of like a Tristar/Pegasus, only much higher and completely unmanned. It’s a ton and a half to low earth orbit, with a goal of 10 flights in 10 days.

Up in Albany? There’s a new hacker con happening in a few weeks. Anycon is a hacking, infosec, and cyber security conference happening June 16 & 17th in Albany, NY. The organizers of this con ([Chris], and his company Leet Cybersecurity) are …read more

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