Maritime Cybersecurity Firm: 37% of Microsoft Servers On Ships Are Vulnerable

colinneagle writes: A report from maritime cybersecurity firm CyberKeel claims that spot checks at 50 different maritime sites revealed that 37% of the servers running Microsoft were still vulnerable because they had not been patched. But what's most interesting is what happens when hackers can breach security in shipping environments, including one case in which "drug gangs were able to smuggle entire container loads of cocaine through Antwerp, one of Belgium's largest ports, after its hackers breached the port's IT network," said Rear Adm. Marshall Lytle, assistant commandant responsible for USCG Cyber Command.

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That's Because they're all running

[Anonymous Coward]

Pirated versions.

yarrr

Re:Running "Microsoft"

[rstanley]

"So this summary doesn't even go into which Microsoft product is vulnerable, ..."

Are you kidding?

They ALL are!!!

37% of webservers, not servers on ships

[Dutch Gun]

Hopefully that includes timely patch management, since CyberKeel claims 37% of maritime webservers running Microsoft were not patched and thereby "open to remote control risk." Granted, that risk is about hackers taking over websites, but it could certainly turn into a misinformation mess.

Also, I love the picture used for that article - a coast guard cutter in front of a ship burning on the water in the background - as though it's vulnerable Microsoft-based computer suddenly burst into flames and took the ship with it. Danger! Patch your OS or this could happen to you!

Re:Running "Microsoft"

[geekmux]

So this summary doesn't even go into which Microsoft product is vulnerable...

I'm sorry, but can you please identify your location? It seems the rest of us in the known universe are wondering what planet you are from where there is a Microsoft product that somehow isn't vulnerable.

..., and how these vulnerabilities could be potentially exploited.

Given that the latest SMB rehashed vuln affects every version of Windows, I'd say the "exploit" is running Windows.

This level journalism is what causes people to say that Windows NT left a ship marooned.

Given my previous statement regarding vulnerabilities still being discovered, it really wouldn't fucking matter what version of Windows they assumed was hacked.

Obviously

[ArcadeMan]

Those servers are particularly vulnerable to flooding.

Re:On the other hand

[grcumb]

Drug smugglers in Europe managed to deliver 400kg of cocaine to the Aldi supermarket chain in Berlin. So apparently not all drug smugglers are good at moving their contraband.

Aldi supermarket workers find record cocaine stash in banana boxes

'Allo? Polizei? Ve bin finden der... four... five... six... er, FOUR hundred kilos von der cocaine!'