Speed 2 – The Poseidon Adventure – Part One

This post is a companion to the DEF CON 28 video available here This is a tale of how we tested a brand new cruise ship over the course of a week. TL;DR How fire zone safety design affects security When ballasting control goes wrong Where maritime tech providers let security down, badly Are IMO &...

Pen Testing Ships. A year in review

Partially driven by the upcoming inclusion of Cyber Security by the IMO International Maritime Organisation, 2019 was a really busy year for maritime security testing at PTP. What can we all learn from a year of evaluating the security of ships? We’ve been involved in all sorts of ship testing,...

APT40: Examining a China-Nexus Espionage Actor

FireEye is highlighting a cyber espionage operation targeting crucial technologies and traditional intelligence targets from a China-nexus state sponsored actor we call APT40. The actor has conducted operations since at least 2013 in support of China’s naval modernization effort. The group has...