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Passive Interception (RF/Optical): Telemetry Protocol Interception

Other sub-techniques of Passive Interception (RF/Optical) (4)
ID Name
T2004.001 Telecommand Protocol Interception
T2004.002 Telemetry Protocol Interception
T2004.003 Mission specific Channel Interception
T2004.005 Traffic Analysis

An attacker tries to gain knowledge about the Telemetry implementation, including the authentication and encryption status. [1]

Standard/references: [2] [3] [4] [5]

ID: T2004.002
Sub-technique of:  T2004
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Tactic: Reconnaissance
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Platforms: Space-link communication
Version: 2.0
Created: 25 August 2022
Last Modified: 21 April 2023

Mitigations

ID Mitigation Description
M2003 Encryption of communications

References

  1. CCSDS. (2022, February). REPORT CONCERNING SECURITY THREATS AGAINST SPACE MISSIONS, CCSDS 350.1-G-3. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. CCSDS. (2021, October). RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY AND MODULATION SYSTEMS, Earth Stations and Spacecraft, CCSDS 401.0-B-32. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. CCSDS. (2022, April). RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR TM SYNCHRONIZATION AND CHANNEL CODING, CCSDS 131.0-B-4. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  1. CCSDS. (2021, October). RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR TM SPACE DATA LINK PROTOCOL, CCSDS 132.0-B-3. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. Lily Hay Newman. (2020, August). Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
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