October is Cybersecurity Month, so we've gathered some of Heavy Duty Trucking's best cybersecurity content to help you be aware and protect your heavy-duty trucking fleet.
Whether a large-scale attack on infrastructure, a ransomware attack on your fleet's computers, or a smaller-scale attack on individual trucks, the threat of cyberattacks in the trucking industry is very real.
1. NEW: How Today's Cybercriminals Con Their Way Into Trucking Operations
2025: While the art of the con has not changed much, the tools and techniques being used by cybercriminals have. And trucking operations may be especially at risk of succumbing to what's called "social engineering." The modern cybercriminal is increasingly relying on human weaknesses, not technical exploits, to accomplish their objectives.
2. Why Trucking Companies Need to Plan Now for a Cyber Attack
When Harold Sumerford’s phone rang at 2:30 a.m., he knew the news couldn’t be good. But he figured it was probably the safety department – not the CFO telling him the company’s entire computer system was down from a ransomware attack. Learn from J&M Tank Lines' experience.
3. Don’t Let Your Trucking Data Be Held Hostage
Imagine losing access to your business management technologies all at once. From back-office computer systems, to dispatch, to mobile communications and shop technologies. Could you continue to operate? If so, how would you do that? And if you couldn’t operate, would you pay anything to get everything back up and running?
4. Protect Your Fleet Against the Growing Risk of Cyber Attack
Hackers zero in on the trucking industry as an inviting and vulnerable place for cyberattacks. Know how to protect your company before disaster strikes. Read this article or watch the entire interview on HDT Talks Trucking:
5. Minimize the Threat of Cyber Attacks at Your Trucking Fleet
Don’t ignore the threat of a cyber attack just because it hasn’t happened to your fleet. Basic electronic security begins with good online habits and staff training on how to avoid unwanted intrusions in the first place.
6. Cybersecurity for Smaller Trucking Fleets and Owner-Operators
Heavy-duty trucking is a complex and varied industry. Anyone who has worked as an owner-operator or in a small to mid-sized trucking company knows that nearly everyone wears multiple hats, and there is no shortage of work to be done. It’s no wonder cybersecurity is often overlooked amidst all the other fires to put out when running a small trucking fleet — until it’s too late.
Cybersecurity on Today's Connected Vehicles
7. The ELD Hacking Threat: Q&A with Serjon's Urban Jonson
Did you know your fleet’s electronic logging devices may be vulnerable to hackers? Learn more from this interview with Urban Jonson of Serjon, a cybersecurity firm specializing in fleet transportation security,
8. Q&A: How Hackers Can Exploit Fleet Vehicles
Software-defined vehicles and insecure APIs and mobile services have opened new attack vectors for the bad guys to exploit, from cars to heavy-duty trucks. The threat is real, and it will have a huge impact for fleets. Find out why from cybersecurity expert Haim Kantor by reading the Q&A, or watch the full HDT Talks Trucking interview here:
9. Q&A: Upstream CEO on Protecting Trucks Against Cyberattacks
Vehicle and fleet cyberattacks increased by 344% between 2010 and 2022. Yoav Levy, co-founder and CEO of connected vehicle cybersecurity firm Upstream, talks about the nature of the threat and how to protect vehicle assets.
