EUVD-2026-10039

Navtor NavBox exposes sensitive configuration and operational data due to missing authentication on HTTP API endpoints. An unauthenticated remote attacker with network access to the device can execute HTTP GET requests to TCP port 8080 to retrieve internal network parameters including ECDIS & OT...

A cyber warning light. The canary in the mine

One of the most difficult challenges for any sector is trying to alert an audience without skills in ‘cyber’ to the presence of unusual activity that might suggest a hack or other security tampering. What if we could alert a ship’s captain, an airplane pilot, car driver or machine operator that...

Unmasking mystery boxes on ship’s bridges

We pen test a variety of vessel and platform types across different fleets and operators. In every single test to date we have unearthed a system or device, that of the few crew that were aware, no-one could tell us what it is was for. In other scenarios an undocumented system or device would be...

Hacking Superyachts. Advice for captains

I’ve blogged already about how superyachts are the homes, the offices, the play areas for their owners. However, they are also the charge of the captains and homes of the crew, most owners simply see themselves as guests on the captain’s yacht, so what do you the captain and crew need to think...

Hacking Navtex maritime warning messages

When data roaming was still expensive across Europe and cellular data service was patchy, I used Navtex extensively whilst sailing in the Mediterranean. Every four hours, one could get a useful marine weather forecast. Was there a fun days sailing ahead, or was a dash for port and gin & tonic in ...

Shipping Industry Cybersecurity: A Shipwreck Waiting to Happen

The global shipping industry is vulnerable to a range of hacks, including one that can send multi-million dollar vessels on a collision course for disaster, according researchers. Worse, the flaws are trivial to execute and easy to mitigate against, according to a report by Pen Test Partners. “Sh...

Hacking, tracking, stealing and sinking ships

At Infosecurity Europe this year, we demonstrated multiple methods to interrupt the shipping industry, several of which haven’t been demonstrated in public before, to our knowledge. Some of these issues were simply through poor security hygiene on board, but others were linked to the protocols us...