Hiding Internet Traffic in Satellite TV feeds | Did Sony get hacked again?
CyberInsights #112 - Internet Censorships and ways to beat 'em | This would be a second for Sony
The Internet was shutdown 187 times in 2022
A satellite feed designed to look like a TV station can provide Internet services during a shutdown.
It’s 2023, not 1984. Internet shutdowns are apparently a thing. All is not lost, though.
In today’s world, shutting down the Internet, or censoring it, means shutting down the ability for people to communicate or for people to get information — its authoritarian.
A company named eQualitie has created a way to hide the Internet behind a satellite TV feed. It’s quite interesting, actually. They rented some bandwidth on a satellite and started their own broadcast. The broadcast is not TV data, but a snapshot of the Internet!! If you are able to read the signal, you can download snapshots of websites and browse an uncensored Internet. Simple, but genius. Read the Wired about it here [LINK].
Take Action:
If you are a citizen of a country that regularly censors information and shuts down the Internet, share this with people. Educate fellow members of the infosec community about this.
Keep an eye on this technology. Identify ways in which you can contribute.
New Ransomware group targets Sony
This is not the first time.
Veterans might have a sense of Deja Vu. Remember the playstation breach last decade? Sony seems to be in a similar soup.
A new ransomware group called ransomed.vc claims to have access to all of Sony’s data. [LINK]
Sony said they were investigating the same.
Take Action:
Ransomware incidents have increased. One reason is the availability of Ransomware-as-a-service. From the casino breaches of this month to now, the alleged breach at Sony, ransomware attacks have increased manifold.
As an infosec practitioner, you know the drill — increase cyber hygiene among users by increasing situational awareness and take backup.
As a cyber insurer, you have to rethink your business interruption (BI) limits. Claims for cyber BI will go through the roof. As a cyber re-insurer, watch how much your treaty is allowed to write cyber BI.