Wapack Labs performs weekly queries of our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails. Email subject line Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) keyword usage is a common lure to entice users in the maritime industry to open emails containing malicious attachments. Wapack Labs is providing this weekly list of Motor Vessels in which Wapack Labs directly observed the vessel being impersonated, with associated malicious emails. The identified emails attempted to deliver malware or phishing links to compromise the vessels and/or parent companies. Users should be aware of the subject lines used and the email addresses that are attempting to deliver them. Users should never click on or download any attachments or links in suspicious emails.
Significant Vessel Keys Words:
|
MT, M/T |
merchant tanker |
|
MV, M/V |
merchant vessel |
|
MY, M/Y |
motor yacht |
|
VLCC |
very large crude carrier |
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ULCC |
ultra large crude carrier |
|
RV, R/V |
research vessel |
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FPSO |
floating production storage & offloading |
Figure 1. Geo-location of receiving IPs of the malicious emails. Location is not exact and is approximate location of the receiving IP gathered from Wapack Lab’s malicious email collection.
Figure 2. Geo-location of sender IPs of the malicious emails. Location is not exact and is approximate location of the sender IP gathered from Wapack Lab’s malicious email collection.
Table 1: List of subject lines, motor vessel, type of malware sent and sender data that was seen in Wapack Lab’s malicious email collection from February 5, 2019 to February 12, 2019.
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First Seen |
Subject Line Used |
Malware Detections |
Sending Email |
Targets |
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February 6th 2019 |
RE: PRE-ARRIVAL DOCS AT YOSU(MT. BOW ASIA) |
McAfee - Exploit-CVE2017-11882.bq ZoneAlarm - HEUR:Exploit.MSOffice.Generic Microsoft - Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn TrendMicro - HEUR_RTFMALFORM, Ikarus - Trojan.Agent Emsisoft - Exploit.CVE-2017-11882.Y (B) MAX - malware (ai score=80) |
Rodica Barbu-David <rbarbudavid@electroputere.ro>
|
epc.ep.com ok2.epc.ep.com electroputere.ro thomefleet.net ok1.epc.ep.com |
|
February 7th 2019 |
M/V MINOAN FALCON V. 19
|
DrWeb - Trojan.Siggen8.3184 ESET-NOD32 - a variant of Win32/GenKryptik.CYQM Rising - Stealer.Fareit!8.170/N3#98% (RDM+:cmRtazqOkwDzLztpA3XQ4xfnEuqJ) ZoneAlarm - HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.NanoBot.gen Microsoft - Trojan:Win32/Emali.A!cl |
Shenzhen Evergrand International Freight Shipping Co., Ltd. |
pintoruizdelvalle.com szevergrand.cn pleskforletter.smartplatform.es as1.cleanmailcloud.com |
raw data: _wl_malicious_emails.csv
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