May 9, 2024
Boeing has revealed it refused to pay a $200 million ransom demand from ransomware hackers who stole a tranche of sensitive data in 2023.
The incident impacted elements of its parts and distribution business, but that flight safety was not compromised. LockBit’s affiliates walked away with 43 gigabytes of data, for which they later demanded an ... May 1, 2024
Australia’s Qantas Airways said on Wednesday it was investigating issues impacting its frequent flyer application, after media reports suggested there was a data breach allowing users access to other passengers’ travel information.
Multiple local media outlets, citing Qantas customers, are reporting that some users can see strangers’ full travel information, with at least one user being ... April 2, 2024
Transportation is a key economic sector. It spans a multitude of diverse companies engaged in logistics, urban transit, land and air cargo and passenger conveyance, and other activities.
The transportation system performs critical functions that support nationwide objectives by connecting different areas of a country and sectors of the economy. Carriers also do business with large ... March 22, 2024
Spanish airline Air Europa said on Friday personal data of its customers may have been compromised in a security incident that was detected in October last year.
The company’s investigation showed that name, ID card or passport details, date of birth, telephone number, email address and nationality details could have been leaked, Air Europa told its ... February 20, 2024
In today’s interconnected world, space technology forms the backbone of our global communication, navigation and security systems.
Satellites orbiting Earth are pivotal for everything from GPS navigation to international banking transactions, making them indispensable assets in our daily lives and in global infrastructure. However, as our dependency on these celestial guardians escalates, so too does their ... February 5, 2024
An Indonesian technician working for Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) was caught trying to leak internal documents related to the Korean supersonic fighter jet KF-21 ‘Boramae.’
While no core technology leaks have been confirmed yet, it is known that the individual attempted to extract a substantial amount of data. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and ... February 3, 2024
Criminals could remotely tamper with the data that apps used by airplane pilots rely on to inform safe takeoff and landing procedures, according to fresh research.
In a scenario that elicits strong memories of that nail-biting flight scene from Die Hard 2, researchers investigating electronic flight bags (EFBs) found the app used by Airbus pilots was ... January 29, 2024
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, known as “planeta” (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.
Planeta is a state research center that uses space satellite data and ground sources such as radars and stations to provide information and accurate predictions about weather, climate, natural disasters, extreme ... January 26, 2024
In the vast expanse of space, satellites orbit silently, serving as the connected backbone of our modern world. A fast-proliferating network of satellites forms the critical infrastructure that supports global communication, navigation, weather forecasting, defensive operations and more.
Today’s global space economy is huge, forecasted to total more than $600 billion annually in 2024. Internet of ... January 26, 2024
Cologne – The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the conclusions of a workshop jointly hosted at EASA’s headquarters to combat incidents of GNSS spoofing and jamming.
The workshop’s high-level conclusion was that interference with satellite-based services that provide information on the precise position of an aircraft can ... January 23, 2024
Irish aircraft leasing giant AerCap is investigating a cybersecurity attack on its systems, but says that it suffered no financial loss as result of the hack.
Claims surfaced online at the weekend that an organisation had hacked the Dublin-headquartered multinational’s systems and planned to leak data within days. AerCap confirmed that on January 17th it experienced ... January 9, 2024
Cybercriminals attacked Kenya Airways’ (KQ) information systems and obtained sensitive information, including contact details and identification documents, of passengers and staff of the airline, an authoritative source at KQ has confirmed.
The cyber attack, which occurred late last month, led to unauthorised access to police investigation reports, phone numbers, email addresses, and passports of an unspecified ... December 27, 2023
Albania’s Parliament said on Tuesday that it had suffered a cyberattack with hackers trying to get into its data system, resulting in a temporary halt in its services.
A statement said Monday’s cyberattack had not “touched the data of the system,” adding that experts were working to discover what consequences the attack could have. It said ... December 21, 2023
Ryanair has claimed that internet travel giant Booking.com is partly responsible for a recent “malicious attack” on the airline’s payment processing platform.
Lawyers for Booking.com had described the allegation of a cyber-attack as “baseless” and “far-fetched”. “The allegations are baseless and refuted by Booking Holdings and Booking.com,” added a spokesperson for the group.
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December 18, 2023
A large amount of personal data belonging to airline passengers who flew on KLM and Air France was not properly secured, and was somewhat readily available for theft, according to NOS and information technology security researcher Benjamin Broersma.
The security hole was fixed soon after the broadcaster contacted the Dutch airline. It was not immediately clear ... December 5, 2023
Starting in March 2023, Proofpoint researchers have observed the Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) TA422 readily use patched vulnerabilities to target a variety of organizations in Europe and North America.
TA422 overlaps with the aliases APT28, Forest Blizzard, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, and BlueDelta, and is attributed by the United States Intelligence Community to the Russian ... November 30, 2023
BlackBerry has uncovered a previously unknown threat actor targeting an aerospace organization in the United States, with the apparent goal of conducting commercial and competitive cyber espionage.
The BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team is tracking this threat actor as AeroBlade. The actor used spear-phishing as a delivery mechanism: A weaponized document, sent as an email ... November 29, 2023
Japan’s space agency was likely hit by an unauthorized access attack to a network server, the government said Wednesday, adding the incident did not involve sensitive information pertaining to rockets or satellites.
Sources close to the matter said the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was not aware that the breach may have occurred sometime during the summer ... November 27, 2023
A hacker with the alias IntelBroker claims to have breached General Electric and stolen plenty of sensitive data from the company’s systems.
The company operates in different fields, including aerospace, renewable energy, power, venture capital, and more. The hacker posted a new thread on an underground forum, selling access to the company’s “development and software pipelines” ... November 27, 2023
Gulf Air, the national air carrier for the Kingdom of Bahrain, has confirmed suffering a data breach which most likely resulted in hackers stealing sensitive customer information.
The company confirmed the news via a press release shared with local media highlighting a “data breach incident” on November 24, possibly resulting in the compromise of “some information ...