SkyGrabber is a software that intercepts satellite data and downloads it.

It was used by Iraqi insurgents from the group Kata'ib Hezbollah

Kata'ib Hezbollah

Kata'ib Hezbollah or Hezbollah Brigades is a Shi'a Iraqi Insurgent group which has been active 4 months before the beginning of the Iraq War , not to be confused with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It is said to be an offshoot of the "Special Groups", which are the Iranian backed elements...

 to intercept MQ-1 Predator drone

Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...

  video feeds.

Iraqi insurgents tapped into the video feeds, which are not encrypted, using a $26 Russian software named SkyGrabber. The encryption for the feeds was removed for performance reasons.

See also

• Comparison of packet analyzers
• Satellite Internet access
  Satellite Internet access
  Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through satellites. The service can be provided to users world-wide through low Earth orbit satellites. Geostationary satellites can offer higher data speeds, but their signals can not reach some polar regions of the world...