Cyber Threat Analysis for the Aviation Industry
Cyber attacks on the aviation industry are becoming a sensitive issue. Considering that cyberspace provides a low-cost haven for carrying out a broad range...
Critical infrastructure
SCADA Interview Questions
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a type of software application and hardware control that defines the way data and real-time processing is...
Foreign Hackers Constantly Target US Critical Infrastructure
US authorities are warning companies operating in every industry of a significant increase in the number of cyber attacks that target US critical infrastructures...
Protecting the Smart Grid from Cyber Threats
In October 2008, an assassination attempt against exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was carried out by al-Qaeda operatives in the form of...
Cyber Threats against the Aviation Industry
The recent incident to the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is fueling the discussion of whether would be possible to hack into an airplane and gain complete...
The Future is Now: Car Hacking
Preface: "Modern Cars"
As Dr. Charlie Miller & Chris Valasek stated in their research paper Adventures in Automotive Networks and Control Units, "Automobiles...
Car Hacking: You Cannot Have Safety without Security
The theme of the car hacking is increasingly discussed by the media and within the security community. At one time, the exploits of hackers that have hijacked...
Improving SCADA System Security
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks contain computers and software that perform critical tasks and provide essential services within...
Hacking Satellites … Look Up to the Sky
Satellites have assumed a crucial role in our contemporary society; they are used in both private and public sectors for numerous purposes, from communication...
The Pandora’s Box of Cyber Warfare
Last week, the New York Times scooped a story that the Obama administration "intensely debated" plans to use cyber warfare as part of the March 2011 military...