Solarium CSC 2.0 has endorsed designation of space systems as a critical infrastructure sector
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) was established in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to "develop a consensus...
CYSAT ’21, a space cybersecurity conference : Full Keynotes and Presentations
CYSAT ’21 is the first conference in Europe dedicated to satellite and space industry cyber security. It took place from 17 to 19 March...
MITRE Caldera™ for OT enables red teams and blue teams to run automated adversary...
MITRE CALDERA is a framework for automating cyber defense testing. CALDERA is developed by the MITRE Corporation, a nonprofit organization based in the United...
Space Security Challenge 2021: Hack-A-Sat 2 is back to hack an on-orbit US satellite
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TREKS (Targeting, Reconnaissance, & Exploitation Kill-Chain for Space Vehicles), a new Cybersecurity Framework that...
"The space sector is in need of new frameworks and methodologies specific to our unique operating environment" said Gregory Falco (Aerospace Security & Space...
Des pirates informatiques annoncent avoir infiltré un sous-traitant de la NASA juste après le...
Les opérateurs du rançongiciel (ransomware) DoppelPaymer ont félicité la NASA ainsi que la société SpaceX d'Elon Musk pour le premier lancement d'une fusée privée...
Viasat Attack: A Space Cyber Attack Post Mortem Investigation
Introduction
In this paper, I choose to investigate the Viasat cyber attack that occurred on 24 February, 2022. First, I will summarize the chronology of...
A quick comparaison of recently released Cybersecurity Frameworks for Space Sector
« The space sector is in need of frameworks and methodologies specific to our unique operating environment » said Gregory Falco (Aerospace Security & Space Technology Asst. Prof...
Live Webinar on Aerospace Cybersecurity: Satellite Hacking
Find below the first ever webinar by PenTest Mag! Hosted by Timothy Hoffman, the talk will evolve around the topic of the online course...
Top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses than can affect satellites in 2023
Issues of vulnerabilities of space systems to cyber attacks has long been ignored for reasons common to industrial systems or SCADA (Supervisory Control And...
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SPARTA v3.2: Raising the Bar for Threat‑Informed Space Cybersecurity
The Aerospace Corporation has released SPARTA v3.2, further strengthening its role as a practical, threat‑informed framework for securing modern space missions against sophisticated cyberattacks.
This...
Introducing the new MITRE Embedded Systems Threat Matrix (ESTM)
Embedded systems have become the unsung heroes of modern technology. They power our satellites, medical devices, vehicles, and industrial infrastructures, quietly operating at the...
Mapping the Thales Satellite Hacking Demo using SPARTA TTPs and PWNSAT ATT&CK Flow Builder...
In 2023, during the CYSAT conference, Thales presented a live demonstration of a satellite hacking scenario, a milestone event that shed light on the...
2nd International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC2026) – April 16-18, 2026 in...
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC2026) will be held on April 16-18, 2026, in...
Two big announcements : the release of SPARTA v3.1 with MITRE’s EMB3D mapping and...
In the following article, discover the major advancements announced with the release of SPARTA v3.1: the addition of new NIST space segment guidance, the...
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Description of the Elements of a Satellite Command and Control System
In order to be able to analyse the various threats and identify the risks facing a space system, it is necessary to describe precisely...
Install KYPO Cyber Range Platform on Openstack and Ubuntu in AWS cloud
KYPO is a Cyber Range Platform (KYPO CRP) developed by Masaryk University since 2013. KYPO CRP is entirely based on state-of-the-art approaches such as...
What are the threats to space systems?
In this article, we will try to identify the various threats to space systems.
This article is a synthesis of the CSIS (Center for Strategic...
An analysis of the Viasat cyber attack with the MITRE ATT&CK® framework
Disclaimer
To do this analysis of the Viasat cyber attack, I used the open-source intelligence (1) of the team composed by Nicolò Boschetti (Cornell University),...
ESA released the SPACE-SHIELD, an ATT&CK® like knowledge-base framework for Space Systems
I dreamed about it, ESA did it! ESA (European Space Agency) released the SPACE-SHIELD (Space Attacks and Countermeasures Engineering Shield). This is an ATT&CK®...
