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Microsoft shares details of malware attack on aerospace, travel sector

The malware is capable of stealing credentials, webcam data, taking screenshots, and other sensitive information from a targeted device. Microsoft has recently uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting aerospace and travel organizations and warns about their multiple remote access trojans (RATs) deployed using a new and stealthy malware loader. Attackers are using phishing emails to spoof […]

Flight tracking service Flightradar24 hacked; 230,000 accounts affected

One of the largest flight tracking services, Flightradar24, which shows real-time airplane locations on the map has suffered a massive data breach that may have leaked emails and encrypted passwords of over 230,000 users. The company began sending email to the users earlier this week, asking them to change their passwords. Flightradar24’s incomplete announcement about […]

Homeland Security Hackers Remotely Hack Boeing 757

For some time now security researchers have talked about critical vulnerabilities present in airplanes, but for the last couple of years, there has been an increase in research work aimed at identifying these vulnerabilities to fix them. Recently, at the 2017 CyberSat Summit on November 8th, Robert Hickey, the program manager at Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security […]

This New Gadget Transforms Paper Airplanes into Powerful Drones

Powerup and French drone-maker firm Parrot collaborated together to create a revolutionary new gadget that easily converts something as insignificant like a paper airplane into a virtual-reality, electronically controlled device. The developers attached remote controlled engines and a camera to the paper plane in order to transform it into a powerful drone, explained PowerUp. To offer […]