Our colleagues from Dryad Global are reporting that on 13 July 2019 merchant vessel (M/V) PAKSOY 1[1] was attacked and boarded by pirates resulting in the kidnap of 10 crew members. The crew is believed to be of Turkish nationality. This is maritim
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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
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
China is raising their security level on Chinese-flagged vessels transiting the Strait of Malacca; this according to documents obtained through Lloyd’s of London.[1] Shipping companies have been advised to implement Security Level 3, the highest sta
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
Our friends at the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have provided information regarding two potential case studies in which cyber or terrorist threat actors could compromise airport flight display screens to carry out an airport attack. As a
Welcome to this month’s edition of Phish & Ships, brought to you by The Be Cyber Aware at Sea campaign. It is unsettling times in our industry. The physical attacks in the Straits of Hormuz has turned the eyes of the world onto shipping and the geo-
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
With maritime concerns very high, not only in the Persian Gulf areas but worldwide. The practice of shutting off AIS tracking systems is on the rise too. The Automatic Identification System, or AIS transponders, signal a vessel
Additional premiums for war risk marine insurance have jumped more than 10 times since the attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, according to marine insurance market sources. Because of the high value of modern product tankers, shippers and pr
Weekly 2019 Motor Vessel (MV) & Motor Tanker (MT) Impersonation
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Travel data is at risk for many travelers for both leisure and business. A new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of IBM Security1 reveals that travelers are still quite naïve regarding cyber risks they face while traveling. The survey f
US crude oil by rail volumes have fluctuated sharply over the past decade. In 2008, US Class I railroads originated 9,500 carloads of crude oil. That grew to 493,146carloads in 2014, but then had fallen to 128,967 carloads by2017. Rail crude oil v
From our Friends at Cyber Aware at Sea:
Welcome to this month’s edition of Phish & Ships, brought to you by The Be Cyber Aware at Sea campaign. As you will read in AXISʼ article this month, cybersecurity has many parallels with a warzone, with firms
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 s