Summary:

Tim Fowler is an offensive security person at Black Hills Information Security who also happens to be a space nerd thanks to Paul Coggin. I was sitting at the table with Tim at BSides Nashville when Paul planted the seed of satellite hack. Fast forward several hundred hours later and Tim has put together a lot of content on the topic including training for 2024.

He makes a compelling case for why we should care about security in space. Mainly, that it’s the next frontier. After spending over an hour talking to him I completely agree. It’s a path that we’re destined to head and a lot of the big companies are already moving that way. This is also a heavily unexplored space for people looking to get into an emerging field this is it.

Episode Highlights:

• The history of space and the objects up there

• Why we should care about security in space

• The issues with satellite security

• How to hack a satellite

• How to secure objects in space

Guest Information:

Tim Fowler, Offensive Security Analyst and Space Nerd at Black Hills Information Security

Resources and Mentions:

Cybersecurity for Space by Jacob G. Oakley

Open Source global network of satellite ground-stations

https://satnogs.org/

Hack-a-sat CTF

https://hackasat.com/

https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-finals-2023

https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2023-techpapers

https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2023

https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-finals-2022

https://github.com/cromulencellc/hackasat-qualifier-2022

Aerospace Village

https://www.aerospacevillage.org/

Open Source Satellite Program

https://www.opensourcesatellite.org/

OpenSatKit

https://github.com/OpenSatKit/OpenSatKit

Nasa Operational Simulation for Small Satellites  - NOS3

https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-operational-simulation-for-small-satellites/

https://github.com/nasa/nos3

AMSAT CubeSatSim

https://github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeSatSim/tree/master

SPARTA - SPACE ATTACK RESEARCH AND TACTIC ANALYSIS (MITRE ATTACK for space)

https://aerospace.org/sparta

SpaceSHIELD - European Space Agency

https://spaceshield.esa.int/

Ethically Hacking Space (eHs) 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/h4ck32n4u75/about/

Black Hat DC 2009 - Adam Laurie - Satellite Hacking for Fun and Profit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyXZX63etog

Training Class

https://www.antisyphontraining.com/event/introduction-to-cybersecurity-in-space-systems/

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