Malicious Life Podcast: How to Hack Into Satellites

This transcript examines satellite cybersecurity risks, reviewing a real-world destructive malware attack (Viasat's 'AcidRain' that took tens of thousands of terminals offline), researchers' findings of 13 zero-day firmware vulnerabilities in modern LEO satellites, and the challenges of defending and patching satellites that use commodity hardware and constrained real-time systems — highlighting significant nation-state and criminal threat potential against critical space infrastructure.