Month: January 2020
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SSAS Accidentally Triggered, Causing Major Security Operation at Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong
January 10: Early this morning the Ship Security Alarm System (SSAS) was accidentally triggered on the container vessel OOCL HAMBURG (IMO #9252008), berthed at Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong […]
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Nigerian Navy Frees Three Hostages Taken From AMBIKA Dredger
January 08, 23:00 LT: The Nigerian Navy reportedly rescued three mariners (two Russians and one Indian) who had been kidnapped from the AMBIKA dredger on January 02. During the operation, […]
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French Unions Call For Renewed Strikes Next Week At Refineries and Ports
January 10: The Federation of the Chemical Industry, part of the French CGT labor union, has called on staff at refineries and at other companies in the chemical sector, to […]
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Unremovable Malware Found Preinstalled On Low-End Smartphone Sold in the US
January 09: Malwarebytes said it found malware pre-installed on Unimax U673c handsets, sold by Assurance Wireless (Virgin Mobile) in the US. Low-end smartphones sold to Americans with low-income via a […]
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Citrix Servers Probed For Weakness to Remote Code Execution Vulnerability; Mitigation Guidelines Available
January 09: Cyberattackers are performing scans to find Citrix servers vulnerable to a critical security flaw in ADC and Gateway products, researchers have warned. Disclosed in December, the severe vulnerability, tracked […]
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New Year’s Eve Malware Attack Strikes Travelex; Services Still Offline
December 31-Ongoing: Travelex has been forced offline and into manual mode following a malware attack launched on New Year’s Eve. On Thursday, the London-based currency exchange said a “software virus” […]
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1,500kg Hashish Seized in Arabian Sea
January 05: On Sunday, 5 January 2020, French Ship (FS) COURBET, in direct support of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150), seized 1,500 kg of hashish from a vessel in […]
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Ghana Starts Construction of New Naval Base in Ezilinbo to Improve Gulf of Guinea Security
January 09: Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially launched construction of the country’s new naval base with a sod-turning ceremony. Akufo-Addo said the base is part of the […]
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Investigation Finds That Workers Likely Behind At Least One “Pirate” Attack Against Mexican Oil Platform
January 02: Amongst hundreds of piracy incidents in the Gulf of Mexico in 2019, new investigations into incident/s against oil platforms in Tabasco and Campeche has revealed that workers likely […]
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Cocaine Seized After Reportedly Being Stashed On Underway Container Vessel Headed From Guayaquil
January 07: The Ecuadorian Navy has reportedly seized 88 packages of an unspecified amount of cocaine hidden in four black suitcases in a container aboard the container vessel SEALAND LOS […]
