Kaspersky Transportation Cybersecurity

2021: Start of Kaspersky Transportation Cybersecurity - service for protection of cars against cyber attacks

On January 19, 2021 Kaspersky Lab announced start of service for protection of cars against cyber attacks. The company decided to offer this service because more and more attention as malefactors constantly invent new technicians is paid to information security of vehicles, and in the industry new statutory requirements appear.

Within new service of the company can obtain information on threats, specific to the industry, on what data can be used by hackers for development of the attacks on the automobile electronic systems, operational notifications on new threats and also the recommendation about counteraction by it.

Kaspersky Lab started Kaspersky Transportation Cybersecurity service for protection of cars against cyber attacks

Each report includes the overview and the analysis of trends and also information on the threats and vulnerabilities characteristic of cars and the related infrastructure. Promulgated incidents, publications of independent researchers, reports of the large companies of the industry, a performance from profile conferences, discussions at specialized forums and the covered areas of the Darknet and also the tools with the open code implementing potential vectors of the attacks on the electronic systems of the car and its external infrastructure are considered.

If by preparation of the report experts detect threat which requires immediate reaction, clients receive the express notice.

In modern cars more and more technologies therefore to representatives of the transport industry it is necessary not only to observe statutory requirements are used, but also to be aware of possible cyberrisks — from vulnerabilities in electronic control units before attacks on components of the V2X-systems intended for data exchange between the car and other objects of road infrastructure. Our reports help the organizations to solve these problems — the head of department of the transport systems in Kaspersky Lab Sergey Zorin said.[1]

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