On the rails again… ππ


Since February 2022, cybersecurity threats to railways in the European Union have changed fundamentally: nation-state actors are no longer a theoretical possibility, but a dangerous reality. Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, warns Prague π‘ We therefore need to increase the resilience of the railway system against attacks by very capable attackers with access…
Today and tomorrow is the “day of rail” in Germany – a perfect opportunity for me to say “Thank you!” to all the many people involved in keeping the wheels of our trains turning and to improve the system “railway” everyday a little bit. This is a very valuable contribution to the mobility in our…
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. βMake 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. π‘For…
There was an interesting article published about Bing’s AI chat bot using a LLM (Large Language Model) this weekend in the New York Times. A clear recommendation for reading:Why a Conversation With Bingβs Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled – The New York Times
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen a significant shift towards remote working. This shift has led to an increase in virtual meetings and, as a result, the use of Bluetooth headsets for convenience. But one question arises – are these Bluetooth headsets secure? To understand the security of a typical…
Are the bad guys using AI? They might! AI tools like ChatGPT or DALL-E-2 are currently widely tested out on the internet – both for the good as well as for the bad. From my point of view, we are at the very beginning of an interesting development, which will unfold over the next couple…