HACKING SATELLITE CONNECTIONS IS NOT DIFFICULT | PROVEN BY PAVUR | 2020

HACKING SATELLITE CONNECTIONS IS NOT DIFFICULT | PROVEN BY PAVUR | 2020

As Elon Musk continues to launch LEO satellites to create the future Starlink network, the proliferation of Internet connections from orbiting satellites has become a very popular idea. It was written by a researcher at the University of Oxford, James Pavur. Long-distance drilling, international sea cruises, and airlines in regions without broadband or mobile internet are already using satellite internet connections. 

Over the years, they have successfully blocked signals from 18 satellites carrying over 100 square kilometers of the Internet. From a fixed physical location in England. Pavur presented his experimental results at BlackHat 2020 and convinced the Infosec community that the uncertainty around satellite broadband deserves attention again.

During takeoff, including identifiable information about his team, passwords to reset accounts on the Greek billionaire network, etc., Pavur could see all kinds of different messages, including flight information sent to Chinese planes over encrypted connections, so Egypt Messages sent to the tanker may also disclose information about the vessel in private.

Block satellite Internet traffic easily as there is currently no technology that allows parties to verify the integrity of encrypted satellite connections. With the HTTP protocol. 

He hopes to launch this year's Black Hat conference will raise awareness of the lack of security of satellite Internet connections.