After a week since our presentation at HiTB Kuala Lumpur 2013, our findings regarding Automatic Identification System (AIS) security have been picked up by notable media outlets, including ABC News, Softpedia, VesselFinder, Heise, Spiegel, and NetSecurity. It also raised some questions about AIS and, to a certain extent, our research. We want to briefly address…
Read MoreTrend Micro researchers have discovered that flaws in the AIS vessel tracking system can allow attackers to hijack communications of existing vessels, create fake vessels, trigger false SOS or collision alerts and even permanently disable AIS tracking on any vessel. Figure 1. 300 ton ships should not drive down the main street of a city…
Read MoreThe concern on ICS/SCADA security gained prominence due to high-profile attacks targeting these devices, most notably Flame and Stuxnet. However, we noted recent findings, which prove that the interest in ICS/SCADA devices as attack platforms is far from waning. We’ve all read about how insecure ICS/SCADA devices are and how certain threat actors are targeting…
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