Remember how the net got itself all riled up a few twenty-four hour period ago when it ground out that it would only takeone rogue Android user to hack and take over an entire plane ? Yeah , about that — it ’s not dead on target .
https://gizmodo.com/how-a-single-android-phone-can-hack-an-entire-plane-5994356
When Hugo Teso give his demonstrationat the Hack In The Box security department conference , he used a personal computer - ground ACARS ( Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System ) to show how you could manipulate data and align the heading , altitude , and speed of an integral airplane . The thing is , the vulnerabilities he exploit exist only in the PC - based training version of the package . The FAA has dismissed the claim in a statement loose today :
The FAA is cognisant that a German information engineering consultant has alleged he has detected a security issue with the Honeywell NZ-2000 Flight Management System ( FMS ) using only a background electronic computer . The FAA has determined that the hack technique described during a recent computer security conference does not pose a flying safe fear because it does not work on certify flight computer hardware .
But it ’s not just the FAA shooting down Teso ’s claim , the European Aviation Safety Administration ( EASA ) came in for musical accompaniment with their own command :
There are major deviation between a PC - based grooming FMS package and an embedded FMS computer software . In particular , the FMS simulation computer software does not have the same overwrite protective covering and redundancy that is included in the certify escape software system .
But fearmongers do n’t have to hang up their hat quite yet , we ’re still changeable whether the plug does n’t work because of an entirely different character of software or because of certificate ascendency in the system . The latter would , of form , imply that these vulnerabilities do in fact be , and it ’s just a matter of figuring out how to get around the barrier . So need to fear flying Android users — at least for now . [ Information Week ]
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