ransomware attacks

Reliance Partners’ Graham Gonzales warns how easy it is for one to fall victim to a cyberattack.

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.

Swissport, a company that gets your luggage on and off a plane for partner airlines, is fending off a ransomware attack.

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.

Freight railroads will need to report cyber incidents and take steps to improve security under a new Transportation Security Administration directive.

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.

The Transportation Security Administration will begin requiring U.S. air and rail operators to report cybersecurity incidents under new directives, the Department of Homeland Security secretary says.

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.

Two ransomware gangs claim they attacked and stole data from freight factoring provider eCapital. But was the company actually hacked twice?

A ransomware attack on a maritime fuel storage provider in the Canary Islands likely didn’t live up to the hackers’ hype. But the incident reflects the very real cybersecurity risks facing the companies supporting the global shipping industry.

Kurt George of Property Damage Appraisers explains during a fireside chat at FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit why cold storage facilities are particularly vulnerable to ransomware attacks.

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.

A lawyer who specializes in cyber incident responses gives the inside story of what happened after a ransomware attack hit a trucking company.

Ukrainian police arrest six alleged members of Clop, a notorious ransomware gang behind multiple cyberattacks on transportation and logistics companies.

As frightening as they appear, ransomware attacks are based on a simple concept of locking up data and effectively holding it hostage.

The Department of Justice seized most of the Bitcoin paid to the gang behind Colonial Pipeline cyberattack as the U.S. targets the “entire ransomware ecosystem.”