Friday, April 12, 2013

Taking down airplanes with a Samsung tablet


Hacker uses an Android app to remotely attack and hijack an airplane
"By taking advantage of two new technologies for the discovery, information gathering and exploitation phases of the attack, and by creating an exploit framework (SIMON) and an Android app (PlaneSploit) that delivers attack messages to the airplanes' Flight Management Systems (computer unit + control display unit), he demonstrated the terrifying ability to take complete control of aircrafts by making virtual planes "dance to his tune.""

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