Incidents such as the blackout in parts of Berlin lasting several days emphasize the importance of personal preparation for crisis and disaster. The German BBK has published checklists for this purpose. The BBK is the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Personally I don’t prefer to check off such a list on…
There is a job advert for a Windows 3.11 administrator role in the rail industry doing the rounds on the internet right now – e.g. here at Heise. It’s often accompanied by the question why such old systems are still in use – it’s 2024! Yes, this is the reality of OT systems – not…
This is actually a very interesting attack vector described in this post:As an attacker place a Google Ad for a keyword, which will be mapped to accidentally pasted unprotected Dropbox links (I’m sure, this will also work with other cloud providers) and see what you will get… LinkedIn Post
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…
Hydrogen has the advantage of being a chemical form of storing energy. This can help in the railway sector to bridge gaps between parts of the track where electric power is available and parts which are not electrified yet. Battery power is not the one-fits-all solution, especially for heavy freight trains or also in other…
First highspeed train (ICE = Intercity Express) on the new track between Stuttgart and Ulm. Erster ICE auf der Neubaustrecke Wendlingen–Ulm