Audit finds 700 high-risk flaws in air traffic systems

From Computerworld (Jaikumar Vijayan)
A government audit has found more than 760 high-risk vulnerabilities in Web applications used to support Air Traffic Control (ATC) operations around the country.

From Computerworld (Jaikumar Vijayan)

A government audit has found more than 760 high-risk vulnerabilities in Web applications used to support Air Traffic Control (ATC) operations around the country.

The flaws, which were discovered in 70 Web applications tied to ATC operations, give attackers a way to gain access not just to underlying Web servers but potentially to other more critical backend systems, the report () from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) noted. Read the full story [computerworld.com]

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