Weekly 2019 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:
MT, M/T | merchant tanker |
MV, M/V | merchant vessel |
MY, M/Y | motor yacht |
VLCC | very large crude carrier |
ULCC | ultra large crude carrier |
RV, R/V | research vessel |
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.(No reported receiving.
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 June 14, 2019 to June 21, 2019.
First Seen |
Subject Line Used |
Malware Detections |
Sending Email |
Targets |
June 14th, 2019 | MT. Fairchem Triumph / Voyage 113023 / Kuantan to discharge Methanol | Avira - DR/Deplhi.A
Fortinet - W32/GenKryptik.CEMY!tr
Avast - Win32:Malware-gen
Emsisoft - Trojan.GenericKD.41366892 (B)
TrendMicro - TSPY_HPFAREIT.SMROX
ZoneAlarm - HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Zegost.gen | Kumar Pradeep <kumar.pradeep@gac.com> | rediffmail.com
gac.com
shivalic.com
amosconnect.com
|
June 14th, 2019 | M/T WOOJIN CHEMI - REQUEST FOR QUOTATION | Microsoft - Program:Win32/Uwamson.A!ml
BitDefender - Trojan.GenericKD.41366988
McAfee - Fareit-FPH!D312AF933ACD
AVG - Win32:Malware-gen
MicroWorld-eScan - Trojan.GenericKD.41366988
Avast - Win32:Malware-gen | OJS / BL ANNK <ojs@ojshipping.co.kr> | ojshipping.co.kr
rediffmail.com
youngchang.net
mail.w-sea.co.kr
w-sea.co.kr |
June 15th, 2019 | Enquiry: MV Altonia, E2381813839 | NANO-Antivirus - Trojan.Win32.Inject.fdleqh
Avira - Mal/Fareit-Q
Sophos - HEUR/AGEN.1036641
McAfee - Trojan-FPRH!41AEE7CEA804
GData - Trojan.Agent.CZSS
DrWeb - Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23944 | MOK Shipping Korea Co., Ltd <ahmdgwdn@aludecor.com> | jyetai.com.my
designapparelsdk.com
aludecor.com
asteroids.secure-xp.net
mokship.co.kr |
June 15th, 2019 | Port Clearance for MT QING SHUN | FireEye - Trojan.GenericKD.41366988
ZoneAlarm - Backdoor.Win32.Androm.socf
Fortinet - W32/GenKryptik.DKMM!tr
BitDefender - Trojan.GenericKD.41366988
MAX - malware (ai score=80)
AVG - Trj/GdSda.A | G . H PARK <dongyang@dongyangshipping.co.kr> | rediffmail.com
naver.com
w-sea.co.kr |
June 16th, 2019 | MV. TAIPOWER PROSPERITY II - NOMINATION/PROF D/A REQUEST | Cyren - W32/Trojan.RBXB-4797
MAX - malware (ai score=84)
GData - Trojan.GenericKD.32053292
ESET-NOD32 - a variant of Win32/Injector.EFYV
VBA32 - TScope.Trojan.Delf
McAfee - Fareit-FOM!72DB435E841A,
MicroWorld-eScan - Trojan.GenericKD.32053292 | Get Luck Marine Co., Ltd. <angela@getluckmarine.com> | rediffmail.com
getluckmarine.com
kakatranslink.com
airwillexports.com
mail-srv16.weblink.in |
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