cars, keys, Security technology, smartphones, transportation, Uncategorized
Soon we will be able to unlock and start our cars from our phones. Let’s hope people are thinking about security. Powered by WPeMatico
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cyberattack, cybersecurity, radio, russia, Security technology, transportation, Uncategorized
Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio commands that force Polish trains to stop: …the saboteurs appear to have sent simple so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio frequency to the trains they targeted. Because the trains use a radio system that lacks encryption or authentication for those commands, Olejnik says, anyone with as little as … Read More “Remotely Stopping Polish Trains” »
air travel, hacking, Security technology, transportation, Uncategorized
Two men have been convicted of hacking the taxi dispatch system at the JFK airport. This enabled them to reorder the taxis on the list; they charged taxi drivers $10 to cut the line. Powered by WPeMatico
hacking, public transit, Security technology, transportation, Uncategorized
Interesting discussion of vulnerabilities and exploits against Boston’s CharlieCard. Powered by WPeMatico
china, gps, Security technology, theft, transportation
Long article on the manipulation of GPS in Shanghai. It seems not to be some Chinese military program, but ships who are stealing sand. The Shanghai “crop circles,” which somehow spoof each vessel to a different false location, are something new. “I’m still puzzled by this,” says Humphreys. “I can’t get it to work out … Read More “GPS Manipulation” »
cars, internetofthings, Security technology, transportation, uber
Autonomous systems are going to have to do much better than this. The Uber car that hit and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Ariz., in March 2018 could not recognize all pedestrians, and was being driven by an operator likely distracted by streaming video, according to documents released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board … Read More “NTSB Investigation of Fatal Driverless Car Accident” »
fear, movieplotthreats, Security technology, terrorism, transportation
Local residents are opposing adding an elevator to a subway station because terrorists might use it to detonate a bomb. No, really. There’s no actual threat analysis, only fear: “The idea that people can then ride in on the subway with a bomb or whatever and come straight up in an elevator is awful to … Read More “Subway Elevators and Movie-Plot Threats” »
airtravel, dhs, hacking, infrastructure, Security technology, transportation
Last month, the DHS announced that it was able to remotely hack a Boeing 757: “We got the airplane on Sept. 19, 2016. Two days later, I was successful in accomplishing a remote, non-cooperative, penetration,” said Robert Hickey, aviation program manager within the Cyber Security Division of the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate. “[Which] … Read More “Remote Hack of a Boeing 757” »
gps, russia, Security technology, spoofing, transportation
Wired has a story about a possible GPS spoofing attack by Russia: After trawling through AIS data from recent years, evidence of spoofing becomes clear. Goward says GPS data has placed ships at three different airports and there have been other interesting anomalies. “We would find very large oil tankers who could travel at the … Read More “GPS Spoofing Attacks” »
Security technology, securityawareness, securitytheater, transportation
I like this Amtrak security awareness campaign. Especially the use of my term “security theater.” Powered by WPeMatico