Researchers uncover massive flaw leaving satellite communications unprotected worldwide

Study: The World’s Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping

For many many years, experts have warned about massive longstanding flaws in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signaling System 7), a series of protocols used by cellular networks hackers can exploit to track user location, dodge encryption, and even record private conversations. Governments and various bad actors routinely exploit the flaw to covertly spy on wireless users around…

Researchers uncover massive flaw leaving satellite communications unprotected worldwide

A new study reveals that nearly half of all satellite communications, including phone calls, military data, and infrastructure signals, remain unencrypted — leaving sensitive information exposed to anyone with basic equipment.

An alarming number of satellite communications are not encrypted

A new study from a duo of U.S. universities discovered that satellite traffic is rarely encrypted and anyone can listen in for about $1,200.

How $800 hardware can sniff Bitcoin miner traffic via satellite – #CryptoUpdatesGNIT

UC San Diego and the University of Maryland researchers have reported findings showing that roughly half of GEO satellite downlinks carry data without encryption. Further, data interception can be reproduced with just $800 of consumer hardware. Per WIRED, the team captured telco backhaul, industrial control traffic, and law-enforcement communications, and reported fixes to affected providers where possible. UCSD’s Systems and Networking group li…