Transportation

Two cargo ships arrived at a Ukrainian port on Saturday, the first to do so since Russia withdrew from a grain deal brokered by the United Nations (UN) and Turkey in July of this year.  The ships were scheduled to deliver approximately 20,000 tons of

Moving goods via rail remains one of the most popular modes of transportation.  In a typical year, US freight railroads move around 1.6 billion tons across nearly 140,000 miles of track.  US citizens traveled more than 12.5 billion kilometers by rail

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in

This past week, Russian drones launched attacks on Ukraine's Danube ports of Reni and Izmail, resulting in the destruction of crucial grain warehouses and other facilities.  This comes after Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea deal that permitted

The NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands recently announced the launch of a database tracking cyberattacks and other cyber incidents impacting the maritime sector.

The Maritime Cyber Attack Database, or MCAD, currently tracks

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in

New European Union (EU) regulations will expand the mandate for European companies to establish cyber security plans and will impose penalties in case of non-compliance, according to the manager of IT Service Management, Operations & Cyber Security,

Japan’s largest maritime port, the Port of Nagoya, suffered significant disruption due to a cyberattack, allegedly by the Russian group Lockbit 3.0.  The attack, involving ransomware that locks systems until a payment is made, resulted in a terminal

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in t

Not every time there is a supply chain slowdown or stoppage, it is caused by criminal hackers.  The recent supply chain woes in Seattle and other maritime ports along the west coast of the US, is actually a worker’s slowdown.  The Port of Seattle shu

At a time when vessels and other critical maritime infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected to IT systems, less than half (40%) of maritime professionals think their organization is investing enough in cyber security, according to new resea

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in t

Most documented cyber-attacks against individual vessels have historically been executed by jamming and spoofing navigation signals.  Red Sky Alliance has been sharing Vessel Spoofing reports for many years now which highlight phishing emails.  So, w

The Port of Antwerp has introduced a new security system that will see six autonomous drones perform daily flights in the port area, the result of a partnership between the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, DroneMatrix, SkeyDrone and Proximus.

The ‘D-Hive dron

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in t

In a 22 June 2017 report, Red Sky Alliance reported on an analysis of vessel spoofing regarding twenty (20) ships near the Russian Black Sea coast.  The location of these ships indicated their GPS location, inland and in the area of the Russian Gelen

As the Captain of your ship, you are standing on the bridge and the course is being monitored on a digital display. The course shows a heading of north, yet the ship continues to turn west. On the computer screens in the dark wheelhouse, everything l

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in t

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) i

Let’s say you are a bridge officer on a 12,000 TEU container vessel in the Kill Van Kull Channel (upper NYC area Bay), heading west towards the Bayonne Bridge with a pilot on board.  It is a cloudless sunny day. As you pass Constable Hook Reach, you