Next Stop: Fulda
On the way to the Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) conference about railway cybersecurity where I’ll be speaking tomorrow… of course by train!

On the way to the Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) conference about railway cybersecurity where I’ll be speaking tomorrow… of course by train!

Today I’ve registered for attending the “CNA Forum Bahn+BahnTechnik 2024” conference with the title “Unlocking the opportunities of railtech” CNA Forum Bahntechnik | CNA – Center for transportation & logistics Neuer Adler e.V. (c-na.de) My personal focus for the conference will be the topics around the digitalisation of the railways and how to develop the…
The newly discovered xz-utils backdoor, which was published yesterday (NVD – CVE-2024-3094 (nist.gov)) also affects one of the Linux distributions most used by penetration testers: Kali Linux. ❗Make sure, that you are updating your Kali installations as fast as possible, especially when you updated them before in the time frame between 26.03.2024 and 29.03.2024. 💡For…
What are the emerging cybersecurity threats for 2030? ENISA risks a glimpse into our future… ENISA Foresight Cybersecurity Threats for 2030 | ENISA Be aware that supply chain attacks are on their way to becoming the number 1 threat, according to ENISA. From my point of view, this topic is currently underestimated and we might…
A Military-Type Explosive Sent Via USB Drive (gbhackers.com) ⚡ So far, USB-Killer devices were used by attackers (or pentesters) to disable or destroy devices with USB interfaces by discharging a high power electrical shock into the data lines of the USB port. ❗ If you find a USB stick somewhere: Do not plug it into…
Today I attended the CNA e.V. railway technology forum 2024 in Nuremberg for ICS GmbH. The title of the conference was “Unlocking the opportunities of railtech”, which is both necessary and possible with the help of digital systems such as ETCS, ATO and CTMS – if it’s done in the right way. Cybersecurity plays a vital role in…
Part 1: Understanding the role of friction In the world of trains, speed is often the star of the show. The rush of the landscape whizzing by is the sensation that captures our imagination. Yet, as any experienced engineer will tell you, the real hero of the railway isn’t the power to go, but the…