Satellite Security Lags Decades Behind the State of the Art

Julia Weiler, Ruhr-Universit=C3=A4t Bochum (Germany), 11 Jul 2023,
via ACM TechNews

Researchers at Germany's Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and CISPA Helmholtz
Center for Information Security found a profound lack of modern security
concepts implemented in low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. They examined
three satellite systems and found they were missing security measures
standard in modern cellphones and laptops, such as code and data
separation. Software analysis revealed poor technical security could allow
attackers to hijack the satellites by severing their ground …

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