Transportation and shipping reported as second most targeted sector

Cybersecurity threats in the transportation and shipping sectors are on the rise.

Advanced persistent threat (APT) detections targeting the U.S. in Q1 2025 were 2.4 times or 136% higher than the level seen in Q4 2024, according to a recent report by AI-powered cybersecurity firm Trellix. The CyberThreat Report: April 2025 shows that among those APTs, the telecommunications was the top targeted sector, receiving 47% of all detections, followed by transportation and shipping at 36%.

Transportation and shipping generated the most detections in Q4 2024 and the second most detections in Q1 2025, and detected threats to transportation and shipping rose 11% in Q1 2025.

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