On the rails again… 🚆😎

Cables for GSM-R were intentionally cut this morning in northern Germany. This is a very serious incident and has to be carefully investigated with regard to the motivation of the attackers. Link to article of German newspaper “Die Zeit” (08.10.2022)
A big “Thank you” to all participants for attending the German edition of our ICS – Informatik Consulting Systems webinar today! I’m very happy, that so many people were interested in the topic “Security lifecycle management for existing ETCS products”. 📣 In case you’ve missed it or you’re not speaking German – don’t worry! There…
What is the role of us security professionals when it comes to AI powered systems?
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
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 💡 We therefore need to increase the resilience of the railway system against attacks by very capable attackers with access…
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…