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Hacking the Boeing 787

2008-01-07 12:38:44 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to the plane's control, navigation and communication systems, an FAA report reveals And : According to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aeroplane may have a serious security vulnerability in its on-board computer...
 
Tags: data, airplane data buses, on-board computer networks, networks, systems, control systems, communication systems, control, aircraft data buses
 
 
 
 
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TSA Misses the Point, Again

2008-01-29 15:13:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger IDs is the latest Transportation Security Administration effort to check passengers more thoroughly than simply having them walk through metal detectors More than 40 passengers have been arrested since June in cases when TSA screeners spotted altered passports, fraudulent visas and resident ID cards, and forged driver's licenses....
 
Tags: tsa, tsa screeners, tsa agent, tsa document checker, screeners, passenger ids, passenger, screeners inspect, airport
 
 
 
 
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Boeing's New 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

2008-01-06 16:43:41 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems,The computer network in the Dreamliner's passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to everything the plane controls
 
Tags: dreamliner, dreamliner passenger jet, plane, plane controls, onboard computer networks, passenger compartment, security vulnerability, control systems, computer network
 
 
 
 
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Would-Be Bomber Caught at Orlando Airport

2008-04-03 09:02:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger Jason Doyle said But that was a passenger remembering Brown after the fact, so I wouldn't put too much credence in it There are a bunch of articles about Brown and potential motives. Note that he is not an Islamic terrorist; he's a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq: "This is not him," she said in a phone interview. "It has to be...
 
Tags: tsa, apparent tsa wins, tsa claims, brown, kevin brown, pipe bombs, orlando airport, terrorist, highly explosive liquid
 
 
 
 
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In-Flight Wi-Fi on American as Soon as This Week

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2008-06-23 13:26:20 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...passengers could ostensibly stream or purchase downloadable digital content; and that whenever an airplane lands, its servers could automatically suck in at 802.11n speeds from a gate-mounted access point all the latest data to cache, including video On the cost of fuel to carry the Wi-Fi gear--probably a total of 200 pounds of dead weight...
 
Tags: flight, cross country flight, wi-fi, jardin, lax-jfk costs, xeni jardin, jfk, american airlines launches, aircell
 
 
 
 
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My LA Times Op Ed on Photo ID Checks at Airport

2008-09-01 05:15:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger names against a list of bad guys has negligible security value How to fly, even if you are on the no-fly list: Buy a ticket in some innocent person's name. At home, before your flight, check in online and print out your boarding pass. Then, save that web page as a PDF and use Adobe Acrobat to change the name on the boarding pass to...
 
Tags: list, no-fly list, airport, security, security hole, transportation security administration, photo, ids, matches ids
 
 
 
 
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Security ROI

2008-09-02 06:05:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger. There were 760 million passenger boardings in the United States in 2007. This means that the extra waiting time at airports has cost us a collective 43,000 years of extra waiting time. Assume a 70-year life expectancy, and the increased waiting time has "killed" 620 people per year -- 930 if you calculate the numbers based on 16...
 
Tags: security, security countermeasures, countermeasures, incident, security incident, individual security countermeasures, security measure cuts, security measure reduces, security vendors
 
 
 
 
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Passenger Says He Hacked Windows In New York Taxi Display Screen

2007-12-28 14:02:19 by Editor in Security Links
 
...passengers credit card data is encrypted and isnt stored locally, so it wasnt compromised. He also said the cab had an outdated modem, used while the city tested the display systems Billy Chasen posted photos on his blog earlier this month showing that he accessed a New York City cabs video display system files after seeing an error message...
 
Tags: display, display systems vendor, display systems, credit card, card, sensitive information, information, display system, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Consumer Reports on Aviation Security and the TSA

2008-01-10 13:58:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger kicked a hole in a door panel and that aircraft cleaners "broke a fortified door off its hinges by running a heavy snack cart into it on a bet El Al, of course, has double doors. But since the cost is between $5K and $10K per aircraft, the airline industry has fought the measure in the U.S The article also talks about how poor the...
 
Tags: security, aviation security, security consultancy, doors, double doors, door, consumer reports, secure door, cockpit doors
 
 
 
 
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Midgets Hiding in Luggage

2008-02-04 13:19:48 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger said she'd seen some men squeezing the "large, heavy bag" into the cargo hold, and that she later found she'd been relieved of stuff including a camera and purse
 
Tags: ingvar ryggasjo, heavy bag, cargo holds, hockey bag, female passenger, criminal records, audacious crims, sports bags, cargo hold