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Security alert issued for e-commerce platforms

Customers using Adobe’s Commerce and Magento platforms for e-commerce stores could be at risk of a cyberattack, according to a security firm that tracks such instances. The concern is great enough that on Sunday, Adobe released an emergency patch for its Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms.

“These updates resolve a vulnerability rated critical. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution,” Adobe wrote in his Magento help center.

The affected products are Adobe Commerce...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/security-alert-issued-for-e-commerce-platforms

Is your fleet data safe with FMCSA?

After the attempted hack of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) medical database just over three years ago, the agency has been working to build its digital defenses surrounding its databases. But, after the Office of Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Transportation completed an audit of the administration’s information technology, it seems there are still major security flaws in FMCSA’s data-banking systems.

On Oct. 20, IG released a report detailing its recent...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-your-fleet-data-safe-with-fmcsa

Enigmatic Dry and Wet Markets; messy Geopolitics whilst Covid’s uncertainty rules the day

Enigmatic Dry and Wet Markets; messy Geopolitics whilst Covid’s uncertainty rules the day

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 28 points since last Friday the 28th of May 2021 and now stands at 2,568. One needs a great maestro to conduct Planet Ocean’s orchestra. John Faraclas’ daily brief recap:

The Capes’ BCI was down 71 points and now approaches the 3,000 points threshold and stands at 3,018 points… CAUTION.

Good news from the Panamaxes BPI surpassing the 2,800 points threshold and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/01/enigmatic-dry-and-wet-markets-messy-geopolitics-whilst-covids-uncertainty-rules-the-day/

Hackers Get Indicted in Massive $1.3b Cryptocurrency Theft

  • 3 North Korean computer programmers have been indicted for conducting a series of cyberattacks to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency.
  • The hackers are accused of creating and deploying multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently market a blockchain platform.
  • Officials said the charges laid out expand a case from 2018 that detailed the cyberattack on Sony Pictures and the creation of the ransomware known as WannaCry.

US federal...

https://mfame.guru/hackers-get-indicted-in-massive-1-3b-cryptocurrency-theft/

US Charges 6 Hackers Behind NotPetya & Other Attacks

  • Six members of the APT group known as Sandworm have been charged in the US over a series of attacks including the destructive NotPetya incident.
  • The indictment charges them with conspiracy, computer hacking, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false registration of a domain name.
  • The US investigation was assisted by multiple partners, including the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which provided vital intelligence on the Olympic cyber attacks.

The U.S. Department of Justice...

https://mfame.guru/us-charges-6-hackers-behind-notpetya-other-attacks/

Supply chain businesses still unprepared for cyberattacks — survey

Travelers cyber security survey

In July, the FBI sent an alert to trucking companies advising them of the potential for their electronic logging devices to be hacked. While the FBI told FreightWaves the alert was not in response to any specific threat, it did raise alarms in the industry.

How vulnerable to a hack is the transportation industry?

In October 2019, a panel at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition discussed a report that found businesses in the trucking industry and overall supply...

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