University Of Texas
Chris-Craft Names Hunt VP of Sales
Gavan Hunt has joined the Chris-Craft team as Vice President of Sales. A marine industry veteran, Hunt most recently worked at Cobalt Boats, where held multiple positions throughout a total of 17 years with the company, including roles as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Director of Dealer Development, and Regional Sales Manager. In addition to Cobalt, Hunt has held similar roles at Chaparral Boats and Nautic Global Group. While in college at the University of Texas, Gavan worked with his friend Darrell Wilson, owner of the Slalom Shop marine dealership in the Dallas area.
GPS Spoofing and the Potential Perils to Ships at Sea
Simple annoyance or potential security threat? Spoof is defined as “a hoax or swindle.” In the world of electronic networks, a spoofing attack is a situation in which one program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining an improper advantage. We have all heard of, and possibly fallen victim to, fraudulent card readers (often inserted on self-service fuel pumps). The fraudulent card readers copy security information from the credit card, which is then used to clone an illegitimate credit card and incur improper charges on the victim’s credit card account.
