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DEFCON 20: Hacker + Airplanes = No Good Can Come Of This

Christiaan008 · 226.5K views · 2012-11-21 · 50:56

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Overview

A DEF CON 20 talk by RenderMan on the security weaknesses of ADS-B, the unencrypted, unauthenticated aircraft tracking broadcast. It shows how easily the data can be spoofed and what that means for security designed in too late.

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Cited whenever aviation or vehicle communication security comes up, as the standard demonstration that ADS-B is naively designed and trivially spoofable.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2026

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wiseleo · 2019-09 · Recommendation

You may find this interesting [VIDEO] in particular about the bleed of ATSB data from virtual world into real world. It's a semi-hypothetical Defcon presentation on insecure wireless communications directly with the aircraft.

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etimberg · 2017-07 · Recommendation

This reminds me of the complete lack of security in ADS-B transmissions from aircraft. See an interesting DefCon talk from a few years ago: [VIDEO]

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arma26 · 2016-09 · Recommendation

DEFCON 20: Hacker + Airplanes = No Good Can Come Of This [VIDEO] Good watch if you wanna see how naively designed the whole thing is.

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