Cybersecurity

NASA, Airbus Partner Autonomous Flight Technologies Targeted by BlackCat

Unmanned drone systems maker, Autonomous Flight Technologies (AFT), has allegedly fallen victim to a cyberattack orchestrated by the notorious BlackCat ransomware group. The attackers claimed the Autonomous Flight Technologies data breach and purportedly sold exfiltrated data to an undisclosed foreign entity.  AFT, recognized for its cutting-edge unmanned drone technology, boasts prominent partnerships with industry giants […]

Cybersecurity

Russian flight booking system suffers ‘massive’ cyberattack

A Russian flight booking system was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday, causing delays at airports. A “massive” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the local airline booking system Leonardo was carried out by “foreign hackers,” reported one of the system’s developers, Russian state defense company Rostec. The incident lasted about an hour and affected the […]

Cybersecurity

Network Flight Simulator: Open-source adversary simulation tool – Help Net Security

Network Flight Simulator is a lightweight utility that generates malicious network traffic and helps security teams evaluate security controls and network visibility. The tool performs tests to simulate DNS tunneling, DGA traffic, requests to known active C2 destinations, and other suspicious traffic patterns. “There’s so much snake oil within the security industry regarding threat detection […]