Logistics & Transport Penetration Testing
Logistics penetration testing for TMS, WMS, EDI and tracking APIs. Stop ransomware downtime. Manual, fixed-price testing with a free retest.
Logistics penetration testing keeps freight moving by finding the flaws that let an attacker stop it. We test the transport and warehouse systems, the tracking APIs and the EDI links that a modern supply chain runs on, manually and under NDA, because in this sector a security incident is measured in stalled shipments and idle docks.
SafetyBis is a European offensive-security team working with carriers, freight forwarders, 3PLs and port operators across Europe. Logistics has a specific problem: availability is everything, the systems are deeply interconnected, and a single ransomware event can halt operations across a whole network. We test with that reality in mind, carefully, without knocking your operation over.
What logistics penetration testing actually covers
Scope follows the flow of a shipment and the systems that track it. Transport and warehouse management, the EDI and API integrations that connect you to partners and customers, the customer-facing tracking portal, and the increasingly connected fleet and warehouse hardware.
The EDI and API layer deserves particular attention. It is old, it is trusted, and it connects your systems directly to partners you do not control. An attacker who can inject a crafted document or abuse a poorly authenticated tracking API can reroute, delay or expose shipments without ever touching your core network.
How we test
Logistics penetration testing at SafetyBis is manual and evidence-based, and it is scheduled around your operation. We use Burp Suite for the web and API layer, nmap for network discovery and ffuf for content discovery, then apply human judgement to the business logic that automated tools do not understand.
Reconnaissance and mapping
We map your external surface: tracking portals, partner integration endpoints, remote-access gateways for depots, and any telematics or IoT management interfaces exposed to the internet. Multi-site logistics estates almost always have a forgotten depot system or a legacy customer portal still online.
Testing the application and API layer
With credentials for each role (customer, dispatcher, warehouse operator, admin) we probe access control, injection points and the API contracts behind the tracking and booking flows. Shipping APIs frequently leak other customers’ consignment data through IDOR, or accept tampered parameters that change a rate or reroute a delivery.
Exploitation and impact
We demonstrate what a finding actually enables, safely: reading another shipper’s tracking data, manipulating a dispatch record, reaching an internal system from an internet-facing one. Where segmentation is weak we show how far a foothold could spread, because that is the ransomware path.
Reporting
Findings arrive with CVSS scoring, reproduction steps and prioritized fixes. Critical issues are escalated the day we confirm them, so nothing that could halt operations waits for the final report.
Common vulnerabilities we find in logistics systems
Broken authorization in tracking and shipping APIs
A tracking endpoint keyed on a sequential consignment number, with no ownership check, lets anyone enumerate every shipment in the system. This IDOR pattern is the most common serious finding we report in the sector, and it exposes customer addresses, contents and delivery schedules.
EDI and integration weaknesses
Integration endpoints that authenticate weakly or trust the partner completely, and document parsers that mishandle malformed input. Because EDI links are trusted, a flaw here is a direct route into core systems.
Injection and server-side request forgery
SQL injection in older TMS and WMS modules, and SSRF in features that fetch tracking data or documents from a URL. On cloud-hosted platforms, SSRF can reach internal services and metadata endpoints.
Flat networks and weak segmentation
Warehouse operational hardware, back-office IT and internet-facing servers on one network, so a single compromised endpoint reaches everything. This is precisely the condition ransomware needs to take out a whole operation, and it is why segmentation testing is central to our logistics work.
Exposed telematics and IoT interfaces
Fleet telematics units and warehouse IoT with default credentials, unencrypted management channels, or internet-exposed admin panels. Left open, these become a beachhead: a telematics gateway on the corporate network is a device an attacker can reach a fleet, or the back office, through.
Business-logic abuse in rating and booking
The bugs a scanner never sees. A rating engine that trusts a client-supplied weight or zone, a booking flow that lets a customer assign themselves a preferential contract rate, a dispatch API that accepts a status change it should reject. These do not crash anything, they quietly cost money or move freight the wrong way, and they only surface when an engineer reasons about how the workflow is supposed to behave and then breaks that assumption on purpose.
Tools and techniques
Burp Suite Professional handles the web, portal and API testing, including REST and SOAP tracking services. nmap maps the external and internal network and its segmentation, ffuf drives content and parameter discovery, and manual analysis covers EDI, business logic and telematics interfaces. We map findings to OWASP ASVS and the API Security Top 10, and describe attack paths against MITRE ATT&CK so your operations and IT leaders share one picture of the risk.
Where a legacy WMS or a partner integration is fragile, we adapt: lower request rates, tighter time windows, and a staging replica for anything that carries a disruption risk. The tooling bends to your operation, not the other way round. That discipline is why our logistics engagements find serious issues without ever becoming the incident they were meant to prevent.
Want this tested on your own systems?
Free 20-minute scoping call, a fixed price with no hourly surprises, and a free retest once you fix what we find.
What you get
Because your customers increasingly send you their own security questionnaires, the attestation letter doubles as the evidence that unblocks contracts with large shippers and retailers.
Compliance and standards
NIS2
Many logistics and transport operators fall in scope of NIS2 as important or essential entities. The directive expects risk-management measures and testing of them, and a penetration test is direct evidence toward that obligation.
ISO 27001
Our report supports ISO 27001 Annex A, including A.12.6 on technical vulnerability management, which matters for 3PLs and forwarders that need certification to win enterprise accounts.
GDPR and PCI DSS
Tracking and delivery data is personal data under GDPR, and where you take card payments the external-testing expectation of PCI DSS requirement 11.4 applies. The report addresses both where relevant.
Why manual testing beats a scanner for logistics
A scanner will never understand that consignment number 88213 belongs to a different customer than the person requesting it, so it cannot find the authorization flaw that leaks your whole shipment book. It cannot reason about an EDI trust relationship or a dispatch workflow. And in an availability-critical environment, an unattended scanner is a liability: it can hammer a fragile legacy WMS into a stall. We test by hand, deliberately, throttling and scheduling intrusive checks so the operation keeps running while we find the real issues.
The pattern we see most often is an attack that starts far from the operational core and walks toward it. An internet-facing tracking portal with a weak login, a customer account that turns out to share a password with an integration service, an integration service that can reach the WMS, a WMS on the same flat segment as everything else. Individually these are minor. Chained, they are the exact route by which a phishing email on Monday becomes idle forklifts on Wednesday. Automated tools report the pieces in isolation and rank them low. A human tester follows the path to its end and shows you the finding that actually matters, which is the one that stops trucks.
Who books this and when
Operations and IT leaders at carriers, 3PLs, forwarders and port operators come to us after a peak-season scare, when a major customer demands a security attestation, ahead of a NIS2 or ISO 27001 deadline, or after a competitor’s ransomware headline. If a day of downtime would cost you more than the test, and for most operations it would, the case makes itself.
Pricing
Logistics penetration testing cost depends on scope: how many applications and APIs, whether TMS, WMS and EDI are all in play, the size of the network, and whether telematics or IoT is included. Pricing is fixed per engagement.
| Engagement | What’s included | Timeline | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | Tracking portal or single application plus its API, authentication and access-control testing, full report and free retest | 3–5 working days | from €2,500 |
| Operator standard | TMS or WMS application, tracking and shipping APIs, EDI integration review, exec plus technical report | 5–8 working days | €3,500–€8,000 |
| Network and OT | Internal network and IT/OT segmentation testing, telematics and warehouse IoT, privilege escalation and lateral-movement analysis | from €4,000, typical €4,000–€9,000 | €4,000–€9,000 |
| Compliance add-on | Mapping and attestation letter for NIS2, ISO 27001, GDPR or a customer security review | with any tier | from €800 |
| Custom / multi-site | Multiple depots, ports or a full estate assessment, scoped to your network | on scoping | custom |
Every engagement is fixed-price, quoted after a free 20-minute scoping call, and a retest is included. Get a fixed quote
FAQ
How much does logistics penetration testing cost?
Will the test disrupt our operations or a live warehouse?
Can you test our EDI and partner integrations?
Do you test tracking and shipping APIs for data leaks?
How does this help against ransomware downtime?
Does this satisfy NIS2 or a customer’s security review?
Can you include fleet telematics and warehouse IoT?
Is the retest included?
Do you test our logistics platforms like the TMS, WMS and EDI links?
Related services
Carriers, freight forwarders, 3PLs, warehouse and port operators across Europe whose operations depend on TMS, WMS, EDI and tracking systems, who face NIS2 or customer security demands and cannot afford ransomware-driven downtime.
Security you can prove
The same standard on every engagement, big or small.
Evidence, not opinions
Every finding ships with a reproduction and proof of concept — no vague "maybe vulnerable".
Humans over scanners
Certified engineers find the logic flaws and chained attacks automated tools walk straight past.
Fixed price, free retest
You know the cost up front, and verifying the fix is part of the deal — not a second invoice.
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Free scoping call, fixed price, free retest. Tell us what you're running and we'll take it from there — usually within one business day.
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