On the rails again… 🚆😎

ByStefan Karg 15.03.202325.08.2025

Conferences / Events | Rail technology

28. Sicherungstechnische Fachtagung
ByStefan Karg 28.09.202325.08.2025

Greetings from Technische Universität Dresden! Today and tomorrow I am attending a conference regarding Control Command and Signalling (CCS) systems. We discuss the most recent technological, political and strategical developments, such as: – Digitalisation of railway– Advanced Protection System (APS)– European Train Control System (ETCS)– Automatic train operation (ATO)– …and many more topics.

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Rail technology

Railway Safety Standards: An Overview
ByStefan Karg 01.11.202425.08.2025

Railway safety is a critical aspect of transportation that ensures the protection of passengers, staff, and infrastructure. Adhering to established safety norms is essential for minimizing risks and enhancing the reliability of railway systems. This blog post will explore key European railway safety standards EN 50126, EN 50128, and EN 50129. Safety measures are essential…

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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-3094: xz-utils backdoor
ByStefan Karg 30.03.202425.08.2025

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…

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Political

BSI warns against Kaspersky
ByStefan Karg 16.03.202225.08.2025

German Federal Office For Information Security (BSI) now officially warns to use anti-virus software of the russian manuafacturer Kaspersky. BSI – FAQ – Kaspersky

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Rail technology

Opening of new high-speed line
ByStefan Karg 05.12.202225.08.2025

With this year’s timetable change, the first part of the new railway line between Ulm and Stuttgart is finally going to be in operation – thus, reducing the journey between both cities from 1h to only 45 min. More changes in the German railway timetable for 2023 are presented in this video:

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Conferences / Events

VDEI Security Conference
ByStefan Karg 23.11.202225.08.2025

Getting ready for my talk at Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) Fachtagung Cybersecurity 2022. I’ll be speaking about Security for Safety and will be sharing a couple of lessons learned and best practices from real world projects at ICS – Informatik Consulting Systems.

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