Active Scanning (RF/Optical): Mission specific channel scanning

An attacker tries to gain knowledge about a payload dedicated channel communication, peculiar in a specific mission. The channel can be managed by a different company than the owner of the satellite. Scanning includes authentication/encryption schemes and medium access control. [1]

Standard/references: [2]

ID: T2001.003
Sub-technique of:  T2001
Tactic: Reconnaissance
Platforms: Space-link communication
Version: 2.0
Created: 25 August 2022
Last Modified: 21 April 2023

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.

References