As cybercriminals evolve, companies must adopt cutting-edge defense strategies to protect their operations from significant financial and reputational damage.
“Part of what worries us about trucks, in particular, is that the truck vehicle networks weren’t really designed to be put on the internet,” said NMFTA’s Ben Gardiner.
As the transportation industry continues to adopt more vehicle and internal technologies considered hackable, the importance of penetration testing takes center stage.
Reliance Partners’ Graham Gonzales warns how easy it is for one to fall victim to a cyberattack.
Expeditors suffered a serious cyberattack in the first quarter, with a loss of volume, but still managed to make more money than the first quarter of 2021.
A former U.S. Army officer turned CEO explains the dangers of cyberwarfare, and why his company is working to protect trains, planes and tanks from getting hacked.
Hapag-Lloyd is keeping its guard up after discovering a copy of its website that could have been used to steal the logins of the shipping line’s customers and employees.
Global logistics firm Expeditors International says it is moving closer to restoring key systems two weeks after a cyberattack.
Expeditors International is desperately trying to recover from a major cyberattack that has degraded its logistics capabilities.
Global logistics provider Expeditors International shut down most of its operations systems after a cyberattack, limiting the ability to book shipments.
Ransomware attacks deliver more pain, important takeaways
Minnesota trucking company Bay & Bay Transportation says it was recently targeted in a ransomware attack for the second time since 2018.
Cybersecurity and large fleets: Risks of cyberattacks on the rise Cybersecurity is becoming a major topic in trucking due to recent publicized ransomware attacks against motor carriers. Ransomware is a type of malware, with users locked out of their systems or files and data held hostage unless the company or user pays a fee to […]
As ransomware attacks battered transportation and logistics companies in 2021, here are six things we learned about cybersecurity and freight.
Cybercriminals have attempted to sell network access for multiple shipping and logistics firms, opening the door for devastating ransomware attacks in the global supply chain, a new report warns.
Trucking firm Marten Transport discloses it was the victim of a cyberattack that may have exposed employee data after a ransomware gang briefly posted a claim of responsibility.
Nine months after a ransomware attack on Forward Air, the company has notified current and former employees that sensitive personal information may have been exposed.
Port Houston officials said they successfully defended the port against an attempted hack in August and “no operational data or systems were impacted.”
Two ransomware gangs claim they attacked and stole data from freight factoring provider eCapital. But was the company actually hacked twice?
The cybercriminals who operate a dark web marketplace admit to hacking companies’ networks and stealing their data. But they say ransomware violates their moral code.
