Cybersecurity lacking at most of the world’s major airports

By Doug Olenick for SC Media
Friday, January 31, 2020

When it came to securing email only 32 of the 147 email servers properly implemented SSL/TLS, 44 servers had poorly implemented the protocol and 48 percent do not support SSL/TLS encryption at all leaving them open to Man-in-the-Middle attacks and having traffic intercepted.

“Cybercriminals may well consider attacking the unwitting air hubs to conduct chain attacks of the travelers or cargo traffic, as well as aiming attacks at the airports directly to disrupt critical national infrastructure,” said Ilia Kolochenko, CEO and founder of ImmuniWeb. Read Full Article

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