News / Alert to logistics and shipping as digital detectives unmask new cyber attack

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Research shows hackers are targeting transport and shipping companies with a new trojan malware campaign.

The news comes as the logistics sector is undergoing a digital transformation, potentially increasing its vulnerability to cyber attacks. 

Paloalto Networks revealed this week it had identified a “malicious binary, named inetinfo.sys, installed on a system at an organisation within the transport and shipping sector of Kuwait”. 

It added: “Through comparative analysis, we identified related activity also targeting Kuwait between July and December 2018…. While there are no direct infrastructure overlaps between the two campaigns, ...