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
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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
Iceye ship indicators
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
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
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
The US Coast Guard (USCG) is warning that currently unidentified hackers have recently attempted to gain access to various ship’s electronic systems in order to obtain sensitive business information and disrupt shipboard computer systems.[1] [2]
USC
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
On 7-9 May 2019, Wapack Labs detected an increase in malicious emails with the spoofed sender field accounts@hhhmarine.com.sg. Hackers deliver malicious attachments under the pretense of an incoming SWIFT transfer (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Email text spo
Figure 1. Vessel tracking shows the location of the four tankers attacked at the Fujairah anchorage over the past three days
Vessels, specifically oil tankers, sailing through the Strait of Hormuz are being cautioned to raise their security posture a
Figure 1. M/T Amjad, one of the ships attacked in UAE waters.
The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) sent out a warning to all US flagged vessels, including oil tankers sailing through key Middle East waterways, they could be targeted by Iran.[1] Th
