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Hack-A-Sat 3 Challenge Overview from DEF CON
Mark Werremeyer and Bryce Kerley join Dennis Fisher to talk about this year’s Hack-a-Sat capture the flag competition, how the challenges have evolved since last year, and how the competition helps players build their hacking skills.
Link to the podcast: Decipher Podcast: Hack-a-Sat 2022 | Decipher (duo.com)
Aerospace and the satellite ecosystem is comprised of several systems — a system of systems, in fact. Does the sector offer enough transparency to ensure each one operates securely while supporting the core objectives of reliance, resiliency, and recoverability? The team behind the hack-at-sat CTF says we need to do more.
Satellites today lack basic security controls. With as little as $300, you, too, can hack into commercial satellites. So that’s an emerging IoT problem.
Frank Pound and Login Finch share in this episode their work with Hack-A-Sat. It’s a unique Capture the Flag challenge that’s never been tried before. Here’s the background story of how the project got started … and where it’s going.
Link to the podcast: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-85h2e-12f0fa9
What happens now to the digital test environment built for Hack-A-Sat 3? Well, it becomes a rich testing and training environment for all on GitHub. Login Finch and Frank Pound continue sharing some of the behind-the-scenes challenges presented by hosting a Hack-A-Sat capture the flag competition, this time drilling down details behind the Digital Twins environment that needed to be built in advance of next year’s hack of an actual satellite in orbit.
Link to the podcast: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4bh24-12fbab8?utm_campaign=au_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=au_share
All About Hack-A-Sat
Key Concepts for Hacking in Space
More to learn
Hack-A-Sat 3:
Finals: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-finals-2022
Finals Tech Papers: https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-finals-2022/tree/main/team_writeups
Qualifiers: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2022
Qualifiers Tech Papers: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2022-techpapers
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Hacking Satellites – Error Code Podcast
Error Code (Oct. 19, 2022)
Capture the Flag for Fun & Profit – Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Podcast
Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Podcast (Oct. 3, 2022)
Exploring Space Security And The Hack-a-Sat Capture The Flag Event
Redefining CyberSecurity (Oct. 3, 2022)
Decipher Podcast: Hack-a-Sat 2022
Decipher (Sep. 19, 2022)
Hack-A-Sat 2:
Finals: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-final-2021
Finals Tech Papers: https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-final-2021/blob/main/HAS2%20Finalist%20Technical%20Papers%20Distro%20A.pdf
Qualifiers: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2021
Qualifiers Tech Papers: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2021-techpapers
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Space Innovation Talks (SIT) with Capt Alexandra Preiss and Capt Charles Bolen
SpaceForceAssociation (May 26, 2021)
Space Innovation Talks (SIT) with Capt Alexandra Preiss and Capt Charles Bolen
SpaceForceAssociation (May 26, 2021)
Satellite Hacking w/ Frank Pound
Security Voices (Sep. 13, 2021)
Episode 162 – Security in Space with Frank Pound
HACKER VALLEY (Aug. 10, 2021)
Mark Werremeyer and Bryce Kerley on DEF CON Hack-a-Sat
Decipher Security Podcast (Jun. 24, 2021)
Hacking Satellites for Fun & Profit
Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Podcast (Jun. 21, 2021)
Hack-A-Sat 1:
Finals: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-final-2020/
Qualifiers: github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2020
Community Resources:
Resources: github.com/deptofdefense/hack-a-sat-library
Satellite Hacking: forum.defcon.org/node/231910
Aerospace Village: http://aerospacevillage.org/
California Cybersecurity Institute: https://cci.calpoly.edu/events/sgc-2022
