Hackers hid and transmitted “trade secrets and proprietary hydroacoustic data” within digital images of a koala bear. By Prak Chan Thul (Reuters) Buried in a long U.S. indictment accusing China…
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Cybersecurity: Your freight depends on it
The ransomware attack on Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) in December served as an unusually visible reminder of what hackers can do to a trucking and logistics company. They can disrupt the movement of freight, undermine the confidence of customers and cost companies a lot of money.
As CEO Tom Schmitt told FreightWaves’ John Kingston recently, the company had been preparing for a catastrophic ransomware attack. Weeks earlier, the firm had staged “comprehensive roleplay” for such an event....
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cybersecurity-your-freight-depends-on-it
5 defining cyberattacks on trucking and logistics in 2020
Hackers hit the transportation and logistics industry hard in 2020. Many of the cyberattacks involved ransomware — essentially a vehicle for extortion.
Ransomware attacks aim to cause as much operational disruption as possible by encrypting data. Hackers then demand victims pay to restore access. Increasingly, so-called double extortion ransomware attacks are leveraging data theft and the threat of public release — or sale — of the data.
Ransoms can run in the millions of dollars. The attacks...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/5-defining-cyberattacks-on-trucking-and-logistics-in-2020
Lack of cybersecurity exposes rail freight to attacks, says startup CEO
Technology has led to the advent of connected vehicles intelligent enough to interact with the driver and link to the cloud. But this has opened up a new avenue of cyberattacks in which bad actors could disrupt a vehicle’s operations by hacking into its control network.
With connected vehicles becoming more commonplace on the highways, cybersecurity programs have been pursued to good effect in the auto industry. However, cyberattacks can be equally disruptive to railroads.
FreightWaves spoke with...
Researcher: Not Hard For A Hacker To Capsize A Ship At Sea
- During the course of a cyber attack, a hacker can easily capsize an entire ship with relatively low-key skills.
- Critical ship control systems, including IP-to-serial converters, GPS receivers or the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), tend to be easily compromised.
- Many onboard devices for instance still run Windows XP and Windows NT, and converters rarely have their admin passwords changed.
- Those that do have non-default credentials will likely have such out of date firmware that they’re easily...
http://mfame.guru/researcher-not-hard-for-a-hacker-to-capsize-a-ship-at-sea/
Amer Mohammed, CDO/CIO, Board member, Advisor and Speaker
Listen to Amer Mohammed, former Head of Digital Transformation at Stena Line and now the CDO of Cap Gemini in Scandinavia and how he sees the shipping industry.
With a background from the gaming industry and a fearless attitude on how to get things done, Amer is not the usual employee in a shipping company and that might be the secret sauce for his success at Stena.
We hear about World of Warcraft, start-ups, IT-departments, mission statements, transformation, digitalisation, open source,...
https://shippingpodcast.com/amer-mohammed-cdo-cio-board-member-advisor-and-speaker/