{"id":595,"date":"2016-01-03T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boc.de\/watchguard-info-portal\/?p=595"},"modified":"2016-06-16T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:15:53","slug":"watchguard-security-vorhersage-2016-10-alien-attackers-hijack-our-broadcast-signals-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.boc.de\/watchguard-info-portal\/2016\/01\/watchguard-security-vorhersage-2016-10-alien-attackers-hijack-our-broadcast-signals-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"WatchGuard Security Vorhersage 2016 #10 \u2013 Alien Attackers Hijack Our Broadcast Signals from Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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WatchGuard Security Prediction #10 \u2013 Alien Attackers Hijack Our Broadcast Signals from\u00a0Space<\/u><\/a><\/h2>\n

by Corey Nachreiner<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Unlike cyber criminals, who want to stay under the radar, Hacktivists like to make big splashy messages. The whole point of \u201ccyber\u201d activism is to use technology to get as many people as possible to notice your message, whatever it may be.<\/p>\n

Prediction video link: https:\/\/youtu.be\/EEbqr-2XFRk<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Anonymous is a great example of this, with their well-known videos containing a man in a suit wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and speaking with a distorted voice over theatrical music. All of the Anonymous\u2019 \u201coperations\u201d are designed to get noticed. Whether they\u2019re trolling the Church of Scientology, DDoSing credit card providers, defacing websites, or doxing someone they disagree with, the goal is getting attention for their cause. What better way to get attention than to hijack a live TV signal or big event?<\/p>\n

While hacktivists are known for their attention-grabbing videos, so far they\u2019ve never taken over live TV or radio, and really gotten their message across to a wider audience. Movies and TV would have us expect \u201cl33t h@x0rs\u201d to take over the airwaves, but so far their strange hacktivist videos have been relegated to YouTube posts anyone can do. Hacking TV broadcasts may sound like sci-fi, but there is precedent. Back in the 80s, a weird, masked man (sound familiar?) took over a few Chicago TV stations<\/u><\/a> for a few minutes at a time. While our TV broadcast have become more protected today, the breach to TV5Monde<\/u><\/a>\u2014a French broadcast network\u2014shows that attackers still have the potential to take over the airwaves.<\/p>\n

Next year, I expect cyber attackers to pull off some hack that gets broadcast to the world live. Perhaps they\u2019ll take over a big stadium screen during the Super Bowl or World Cup; they might hijack all of the big TVs in Times Square; or perhaps they pull off the ultimate hacktivist\u2019s dream, and hijack a major TV network\u2019s live broadcast. Whatever it is, expect hacktivists to do something big that televises their revolution to the world live.<\/p>\n

Visit our\u00a0WatchGuard security predictions site<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Corey Nachreiner, CISSP<\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(<\/em>@SecAdept<\/u><\/em><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n