Cyber Security
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Ransomware Attack Targets Marine Services Provider James Fisher
November 05: UK based Maritime services provider James Fisher & Sons(JFS) disclosed on Tuesday that it has become a victim of a cyber attack last week and has chosen to […]
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New Study by University of Cambridge & Lloyd’s: One Cyber Attack on Major APAC Ports Could Cost Billions
October 30: One cyber attack has the potential to cost major Asia-Pacific ports upwards of $110 billion in damages, a figure that is equivalent to half of total losses incurred […]
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7.5 Million Records of Adobe Creative Cloud User Data Exposed
October 25: Adobe secured a database with 7.5 million records belonging to Adobe Creative Cloud users. The cache was not protected in any way, allowing anyone access to client information […]
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10% of Small Businesses Breached Shut Down in 2019
October 23: As a result of cybercrime, 69% of small organizations [non-maritime specific] were forced offline for a limited time and 37% experienced financial loss. Ten percent of small businesses […]
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Airports Rise to Technology Challenge Posed by Drone Threats
October 15: Airports worldwide still face complex and costly challenges in protecting their operations from the threat of disruption from drone flights, and there remains no “silver bullet” solution to […]
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Chinese Hackers Use New Cryptojacking Tactics to Evade Detection
October 15: Chinese-speaking cybercrime group Rocke, known for operating multiple large-scale malicious crypto-mining campaigns, has now switched to new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), including new C2 infrastructure and updated […]
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Uzbek Intelligence Agency Suspected of Attacking Dissidents With Off-the-Shelf Hacking Tools
October 03: Uzbek intelligence officers have used commercially-available computer spying tools to launch a series of cyber attacks against activists and dissidents, researchers at Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said on […]
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Two Major Cyberattacks Have Targetted Kuwait Transportation and Shipping Industry This Year
September 25: The Kuwait transportation and shipping industry has undergone two major cyber attack campaigns on their IT systems between May and June 2019, identified by Unit 42, a global […]
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Update to US Maritime Advisory on GPS Interference in Mediterranean Sea & Suez Canal
September 24: The following is US Maritime Advisory 2019-013, advising of GPS interference in the eastern/central Mediterannean Sea and Suez Canal: 1. Reference: U.S. Maritime Alerts 2018-004A, 2018-004B, 2018-008A. 2. […]
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Safety At Sea and BIMCO Publish Cyber Security White Paper, Available For Download
September 16: Safety at Sea and BIMCO have published a white paper containing advice based on results and findings from Cyber Security Surveys produced over the last four years, as […]
