Weekly 2018 Motor Vessel (MV) & Motor Tanker (MT) Impersonation
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:
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MT, M/T |
merchant tanker |
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MV, M/V |
merchant vessel |
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MY, M/Y |
motor yacht |
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VLCC |
very large crude carrier |
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ULCC |
ultra large crude carrier |
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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 January 15, 2019 to January 22, 2019.
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First Seen |
Subject Line Used |
Malware Detections |
Sending Email |
Targets |
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January 23rd 2019 |
MV VICTORIA. disch abt 7500 mt of wheat in bulk (Agency nomination) |
Avast - Win32:Malware-gen
GData - Trojan.Agent.DNJX
MAX - malware (ai score=80)
Arcabit - Trojan.Agent.DNJX
Backdoor.Win32.Androm.qztg - Kaspersky,
NANO-Antivirus -Trojan.Win32.Stealer.fmccvx
MicroWorld-eScan -Trojan.Agent.DNJX
|
Capt.Eduard Chepurnoy <chepurnoy@profyshipmanagement.com>
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insynergyindia.com
profyshipmanagement.com
gmail.com
crcvmail33.nm.naver.com |
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|
|
Kaspersky -Backdoor.Win32.Androm.ralq
Antiy-AVL -VCS[Warning]/Email.Agent.1
DrWeb - Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23680
Avast - Win32:Trojan-gen
Microsoft -Trojan:Win32/Sonbokli.A!cl
ZoneAlarm -Backdoor.Win32.Androm.ralq |
Glory Marine Services <account07@qetour.com> |
smte.diplomatie.gouv.fr
smtp-inet.proxy.diplomatie.gouv.fr
qetour.com
slu01ex00001.slu01.diplomatie.gouv.fr
slu01ex00001.diplomatie.gouv.fr
az011mx01c13.diplomatie.gouv.fr
diplomatie.gouv.fr
gateway.goholidaytour.com
az001av01934.diplomatie.gouv.fr |
|
January 23rd 2019 |
Re: MV. TBN - PDA FOR LOADING ABOUT 55/57, 000 MT COAL IN BULK OUT OF SAMARINDA |
TSPY_HPLOKI.SMBD - TrendMicro
Win32.Outbreak - Ikarus
Sophos Mal/Fareit-Q
AhnLab-V3 – Win-Trojan/Delphiless.Exp
ZoneAlarm -HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Kaspersky -HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic |
OPS - 1 <admin@webserviceupdate.cf> |
hmsfareast.com |
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January 23rd 2019 |
MV Tianjin Highway - request for quotation for Docking Repair
|
Arcabit - Trojan.Zmutzy.804
Ikarus - Win32.SuspectCrc
Avast - Win32:Malware-gen
Fortinet - W32/Injector.EDAC!tr
BitDefender -Trojan.GenericKD.31564343
Antiy-AVL - VCS[Warning]/Email.Agent.1
Rising - Trojan.Injector!1.B459 (CLASSIC) |
KRBS Yanagida Hiroshi <yanagda.hiroshi@krbs.jp> |
kraeber.de
zelda.com
vanessa.inwise.de
krbs.jp
|
|
January 24th 2019 |
MV ASIAN TRIUMPH IMO 9474668 |
Kaspersky - HEUR:Exploit.MSOffice.Generic
TrendMicro - HouseCall - Mal_HPGen-37b
Qihoo-360 - virus.exp.21711882.b
Antiy-AVL - Trojan[Exploit]/RTF.CVE-2017-11882 |
Vanbloom Shipping Limited <elainezuo@vanbloomship.com> |
cdex01.cidoshipping.com
vanbloomship.com
jennifer.com
torai9.com
cdex02.cidoshipping.com
spam.cidoship.com |
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January 24th 2019 |
Re: MV. TBN - PDA FOR LOADING ABOUT 55/57, 000 MT COAL IN BULK OUT |
AVG - Win32:Malware-gen
BitDefender - Trojan.GenericKD.40977705
Kaspersky - HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.gen
F-Secure - Trojan.GenericKD.40977705
Avast - Win32:Malware-gen
MicroWorld-eScan - Trojan.GenericKD.40977705 |
OPS - 1 <admin@webserviceupdate.cf>
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we0.webserviceupdate.cf
hmsfeex101.hmsfe.net
hmsfareast.com
yahoo.co.id
gmail.com |
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January 24th 2019 |
MV ICE RIVER - VOY 201901 / OUR PFDA / |
Rising - Exploit.CVE-2017-11882/SLT!1.AEE3 (CLASSIC)
TrendMicro - Trojan.W97M.CVE201711882.SMAL02
NANO-Antivirus - Exploit.OleNative.CVE-2017-11882.evenbv
Ad-Aware - Exploit.CVE-2017-11882.Gen
Ikarus - PWS.HTML.Phish
Cyren - CVE-2017-11882!Camelot |
Maestro Reefers <reefer@maestroshipping.com>
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hmsfeex101.hmsfe.net
hmsfareast.com
medmaritimebrokers.com
maestroshipping.com
|
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January 24th 2019 |
MV WAF PASSION / Port Agency Appointment
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AVG - Win32:Malware-gen
Antiy-AVL - Trojan[Exploit]/RTF.CVE-2017-11882
ZoneAlarm - HEUR:Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2018-0802.gen
Ikarus - Win32.Outbreak
Avast - Win32:Malware-gen
Qihoo-360 - virus.exp.21711882.b |
Jisung Shipping Co., Ltd (Shanghai Office) <mabongshangha@mabong.co.kr> |
ngay21.com
ykk.co.kr
mx1.ykk.co.kr
mabong.co.kr
fussel.com.cn
joseph.com
bnkorg01.ykk.co.kr |
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January 24th 2019 |
MV \"Alentejo\" TO DISCHARGE 50,000MT OF Hot Briquettted Iron (HBI) |
ZoneAlarm - Backdoor.Win32.Androm.rahj
AVG - Win32:Malware-gen,Fortinet - W32/Fareit.L!tr.pws
GData - Trojan.GenericKD.31549065
NANO-Antivirus - Trojan.Win32.Stealer.fminkg
Emsisoft - Trojan.GenericKD.31549065 (B) |
GLOBAL ALLIANCE SHIPPING <TANKER@GASHlP.COM>
|
gashlp.com
leopardscourier.com
rcm.it
macroclean.it
gaship.com
zimbra.rcm.it |
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