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@taoeffect OFC they could've chosen to implement #eCall in a non-#SurveillanceState fashion by basically using #COSPAS-#SARSAT's 406 MHz band + 121,5 MHz homing signal which would've made the system not dependent on #GSM infrastructure and globally working, but that would've meant people like #Zensursula would've think outside of "How can we accelerate #Cyberfacism in the #EU faster?"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme
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CW: research review
A. Costin et al., "Cybersecurity of COSPAS-SARSAT and EPIRB: threat and attacker models, exploits, future research"¹
COSPAS-SARSAT is an International programme for "Search and Rescue" (SAR) missions based on the "Satellite Aided Tracking" system (SARSAT). It is designed to provide accurate, timely, and reliable distress alert and location data to help SAR authorities of participating countries to assist persons and vessels in distress. Two types of satellite constellations serve COSPAS-SARSAT, low earth orbit search and rescue (LEOSAR) and geostationary orbiting search and rescue (GEOSAR). Despite its nearly-global deployment and critical importance, unfortunately enough, we found that COSPAS-SARSAT protocols and standard 406 MHz transmissions lack essential means of cybersecurity.
In this paper, we investigate the cybersecurity aspects of COSPAS-SARSAT space-/satellite-based systems. In particular, we practically and successfully implement and demonstrate the first (to our knowledge) attacks on COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz protocols, namely replay, spoofing, and protocol fuzzing on EPIRB protocols. We also identify a set of core research challenges preventing more effective cybersecurity research in the field and outline the main cybersecurity weaknesses and possible mitigations to increase the system's cybersecurity level.#arXiv #ResearchPapers #EPIRB #COSPAS #SARSAT #SatelliteSecurity
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CW: research review
A. Costin et al., "Cybersecurity of COSPAS-SARSAT and EPIRB: threat and attacker models, exploits, future research"¹
COSPAS-SARSAT is an International programme for "Search and Rescue" (SAR) missions based on the "Satellite Aided Tracking" system (SARSAT). It is designed to provide accurate, timely, and reliable distress alert and location data to help SAR authorities of participating countries to assist persons and vessels in distress. Two types of satellite constellations serve COSPAS-SARSAT, low earth orbit search and rescue (LEOSAR) and geostationary orbiting search and rescue (GEOSAR). Despite its nearly-global deployment and critical importance, unfortunately enough, we found that COSPAS-SARSAT protocols and standard 406 MHz transmissions lack essential means of cybersecurity.
In this paper, we investigate the cybersecurity aspects of COSPAS-SARSAT space-/satellite-based systems. In particular, we practically and successfully implement and demonstrate the first (to our knowledge) attacks on COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz protocols, namely replay, spoofing, and protocol fuzzing on EPIRB protocols. We also identify a set of core research challenges preventing more effective cybersecurity research in the field and outline the main cybersecurity weaknesses and possible mitigations to increase the system's cybersecurity level.#arXiv #ResearchPapers #EPIRB #COSPAS #SARSAT #SatelliteSecurity
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¹ https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.08361 -
@dj3ei @BNetzA @KJ7OMO I don't doubt the usefulness for it as well as the priority for emergency broadcasts and relays.
Enough people died for this to be instated by #ITU...
That being said we live in the age if #ERIB, #COSPAR-#SARSAT and #Inmarsat so unless radio equipment & tech is being sabotaged like with #MH370 emergency calls and transmissions should get picked up easily.