JOHN MCAFEE warns
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The next hijacking will be by someone halfway around the world
Since the Chris Roberts, Chief Technological Officer Consultant Campaign (Campaign), drew the tech world's attention to the fact that a hacker can take control of a flight through the plane's entertainment system, the John McAfee is in great demand by airlines - both manufacturers and carriers.
The first thing it tells them is that a hacker doesn't need to be on a plane to take control of the flight. Anyone, anywhere in the world, can take control of a plane if they have a laptop or just a smartphone and access to the Internet.
You may think that this is a stretch. But is it? Hackers have already proven that they could steal a jeep through Internet and take full control from the driver - and they proved it by driving one into a ditch
Controlling an aeroplane is somewhat more complex than controlling a car, but also simpler in some cases. Shooting down a plane is very easy if you can get it in a state Distance: Support (stall). If you give too large a climb angle or reduce speed below a safety limit, the plane will stall. stall - every pilot knows that. And if it is at low altitude, then a crash is inevitable.
No talented hacker would deny that a commercial airliner could be downloaded through Internet from someone sitting comfortably in the living room of their house on the other side of the world. This is, unfortunately, an absolute truth. That is why the McAfee is vertically opposed to Transport Security Administration (TSA - the Transportation Security Agency), as it currently stands.
The next hijacking will not be by someone on the plane risking their life. No, it could be from some kid who's bored of playing Grand Theft Auto and maybe he's looking for something more interesting to do. We're already on a knife edge. All our defenses are focused in a direction where there may never be an attack again. The attack will be Digital and we are wide open in this area. Checking passengers' luggage for weapons and escorting them with agents of the FBI on flights, it's a stupid thing to do, considering what a smartphone if it falls into the wrong hands.
We need to wake up and as quickly as possible. The industries of USA entered the field of smart devices (yes, even an airplane is a device) without paying attention to the issue of cyber-security (cyber-security). Even the Brinks, one of the best safe manufacturing companies was taken for a ride in its rush to enter this market. And cyber security was completely ignored.
Η Brinks created the "the Smart Safe" - the ultimate safe. A few weeks later, a company cyber-security of England, published a study on how someone with basic programming knowledge can "crack" the safe in about 30 seconds. Why? Because the Brinks is a leader in its field, but completely irrelevant to the "brave new world" of cyber science.
Airlines (like car companies) are in a similar situation. They know enough to control a plane, but almost nothing to protect it from new threats. The software at these companies needs to be radically redesigned with cyber-security as the main objective. Only then will we have some hope of security. But what is the alternative?
Η TSA, as an agency that checks for dangerous devices that would get on an airplane, to completely change its priorities. No longer will anyone risk getting on a plane with a dangerous device (gun-bomb) when they can do so more safely from home and through Internet. And while watching their favourite TV show they might even eat a hamburger.
from Elichord
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