State cyberspies wriggle into satellites for super-duper sneaky ops

A group of state-sponsored hackers have taken to hiding their location and activities by exploiting satellite communications. A Russian-speaking cyber-espionage group which exploits the Turla malware is using satellites to achieve greater anonymity, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab. The group is exploiting security …

[phil dude]

Displacement...

Sometimes it feels as if we are living in a movie with the plot interpolated between "Austin Powers" and "2001: a Space Odyssey".

Is there *anything* that has NOT been hacked?

P.

[Pascal Monett]

That is crazy smart

Piggybacking a satellite transmission on unused ports to get data to compromised PCs.

Somebody in that group is an evil genius.

[mi1400]

Packet latency even without satellites is enough to narrow within few hundred kilometers, over that engaged 2-3 satellite's triangulation, picking least packet dropping satellite from those few and which satellite moving above of those most recently fell into for connectivity circuit can pinpoint attacker, atleast the city.