Cybersecurity
Space cybersecurity is where satellite engineering meets adversaries operating at nation-state scale. This section covers real jamming, spoofing, interception, and intrusion affecting satellites and ground systems, from unencrypted links and hijacked command channels to the defensive techniques and disclosures shaping the field.
9 articles in Cybersecurity.
Latest storyIEEE Approves a Design Standard for Secure Satellites
IEEE approved its first full design standard for secure satellites in March 2026, but compliance is voluntary and its companion controls standard is still unpublished.
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Study Finds 407 Cyberattacks Hit the Space Sector in 2025
ETH Zurich counted 407 cyberattacks against space-related organizations in 2025, more than one a day, and none reached a satellite in orbit.
Study Finds 2,827 Flaws in Open-Source Satellite Flight Code
Ben-Gurion University researchers logged 2,827 security findings in 126 open-source satellite repositories, two with live CVEs already.
Kaspersky Finds Thousands of GNSS Receivers Still Exposed
A Kaspersky audit of 70 GNSS vendors found thousands of receivers still exposed to the internet, the same exposure hacktivists have already exploited.
Salt Typhoon Reached Viasat Through the Ground Segment
China's Salt Typhoon got into Viasat through remote-management links tied to its ground infrastructure. No damage was done, but the access it proved is what a disruption actor seeks.
Autonomous AI Agents Reach the Satellite Ground Segment
Palo Alto's Unit 42 says AI agents breached an enterprise in under 10 hours via an exposed API. Satellite mission control runs on the same web APIs, and its known flaws are still open.
Argo Brings Mathematical Proof to Satellite Cybersecurity
Atalanta has released Argo, the formal-methods tool used to harden Viasat after the 2022 AcidRain attack. It aims to prove a system is secure rather than hope it is.
Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds
A $750 rooftop dish let researchers intercept 39 geostationary satellites. Half the IP links they scanned were unencrypted, exposing calls, military telemetry and utility control data.
Russian Satellites Named as Source of Years-Long GPS Jamming
Researchers have traced years of GPS jamming across Europe, Greenland and Canada to a Russian early-warning satellite, independently confirmed by a satellite in low Earth orbit.