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Peeking into the Pandora’s box of trucking technology
Are ELDs secure? Learn more about what's being done to help keep trucks secure as trucking technology continues to evolve and impact the industry.
June 21, 2018
Business
Search returns to certified medical examiner site; FMCSA mum on hack details
Truckers can now search the DOT’s online registry for certified examiners by zip code, says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but the full registry remains offline three months after a hack prompted its outage.
February 23, 2018
Business
Trucking ‘hackathon’ set for April
The “HackTheIndustry” freight hackathon is scheduled for April this year on Georgia Tech’s campus in Atlanta as part of a program sponsored in part by the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) and its affiliated Freightwaves.com freight-tech publication.
January 30, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Cybersecurity: Tips for greater peace of mind
Anyone plugging a device into the onboard diagnostics port, particularly an ELD that will open up a connection between the truck’s computer and the internet, would do well to follow these practices.
September 13, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD makers’ controls for data security
Suppliers restrict their electronic logging device applications from sharing data with other applications on the device as a safeguard against potential security breaches in those applications, among other efforts.
September 12, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Hacking trucks: Cybersecurity and the ELD mandate
With hundreds of thousands of big rigs about to tack on internet-connected ELDs, some people see a major security threat.
September 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: What’s your level of concern over hacking/security risks and ELDs?
This poll probes the extent of worry over the outside potential for a truck’s computer-system infiltration through an ECM plug-in device, like an ELD. Reports and device makers suggest risk is minimal without physical infiltration, though malicious programmers abound …
August 8, 2017
Voices
Letter to Trump: Parking, 14-hour rule, congestion ever more urgent issues with ELDs
Reader Clifford “Chappy” Petersen’s open letter to Donald Trump ranges through his views on a variety of issues — from parking and congestion to driver pay and more — that he says are set to be further exacerbated by the ELD mandate.
May 2, 2017
Channel 19
Cybersecurity alliance formed specifically to address IoT, the Internet of Tru…, um, ‘Things’
In AT&T’s analysis of the threat to internet-connected things, including vehicles, over the recent past, the company said “in the past three years” it “has seen a 3,198% increase in attackers scanning for vulnerabilities in IoT devices.”
February 13, 2017
Channel 19
Foiling the truck-hackers, ELD edition: Vigilance needed from all quarters of the industry
Might the future bring malicious programming attacks on the electronic systems controlling vehicles? Cybersecurity researchers have shown it’s possible, but no actual hack has been documented. One operator’s story of ELD/ECM malfunction, however, raises question the industry needs to continue to ask.
January 26, 2017
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