THE VIDEO SHELF · ads-b aviation security
DEFCON 20: Hacker + Airplanes = No Good Can Come Of This
A DEF CON 20 talk by RenderMan on the security weaknesses of ADS-B, the unencrypted, unauthenticated aircraft tracking broadcast. It shows how easily the data can be spoofed and what that means for security designed in too late.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited whenever aviation or vehicle communication security comes up, as the standard demonstration that ADS-B is naively designed and trivially spoofable.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Christiaan008
- Topic
- ads-b aviation security
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 11
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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DEFCON 20: Hacker + Airplanes = No Good Can Come Of This [VIDEO] Good watch if you wanna see how naively designed the whole thing is.
arma26 on Hacker News · 2016-09
In FAA Poised to Take on Role as Traffic Cop for SpaceThis reminds me of the complete lack of security in ADS-B transmissions from aircraft. See an interesting DefCon talk from a few years ago: [VIDEO]
etimberg on Hacker News · 2017-07
In Killing car privacy by federal mandateYou may find this interesting [VIDEO] in particular about the bleed of ATSB data from virtual world into real world. It's a semi-hypothetical Defcon presentation on insecure wireless communications directly with the aircraft.
wiseleo on Hacker News · 2019-09
In Wireless attacks on aircraft instrument landing systems
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