Dryad

Fraudulent Emails & Maritime Cyber Security Threats

  • Dryad and cyber partners RedSkyAlliance continue to monitor attempted attacks within the maritime sector.
  • Here we continue to examine how email is used to deceive the recipient and potentially expose the target organisations.
  • Red Sky Alliance, perform weekly queries of  backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.

A recent news article published in the Dryad Global reveals about the Maritime Cyber...

https://mfame.guru/fraudulent-emails-maritime-cyber-security-threats/

Piracy on Rise, International Stakeholders Take No Action

  • The international community is on the spot for slow action against the rising menace of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
  • It has become the most dangerous environment for commercial maritime operations in the world.
  • Large international organizations like United Nations, NATO and the European Union have been conspicuously absent in offering tangible solutions to piracy in West Africa.
  • The international bodies, together with coastal West Africa states, have largely failed to implement frameworks to...

https://mfame.guru/piracy-on-rise-international-stakeholders-take-no-action/

Shipping Sector Succumbs To Cyber Threats With Malicious E-mails

Dryad and cyber partners RedSkyAlliance monitor attempted attacks within the maritime sector, reports Safety4sea.

They examine how email is used to deceive the recipient and potentially expose the target organizations. The following update regards the first week of January 2021.

Users enticed using a common lure

It is reminded that email subject line Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) keyword usage is a common lure to entice users in the maritime industry to open emails containing malicious...

https://mfame.guru/shipping-sector-succumbs-to-cyber-threats-with-malicious-e-mails/

Bunkering Vessel Hijacked

According to a Dryad report, the missing tanker Stelios K was reported to be hijacked after owners lost contact with the vessel 40 nm south of Lome.

What happened?

The report indicates that contact was lost with the Togo flagged tanker STELIOS K (IMO8679209) while en route to Lagos. Vessels last known location was 115nm SSW Lomé. 

Coastguard authorities have confirmed that the perpetrators are still onboard the vessel and the crew remain safe. Local authorities have been informed and negotiations...

https://mfame.guru/bunkering-vessel-hijacked/

Offshore Vessel Under Violent Pirate Attack

  • An offshore supply vessel was reportedly attacked offshore Mexico on Friday, July 24.
  • The incident was described as a “violent armed boarding and robbery of personal belongings.”

Pirates attack another Offshore Vessel in Mexico, writes Bartolomej Tomic for OE Digital.

Offshore Vessel attacked 

An offshore supply vessel was reportedly attacked offshore Mexico on July 24.

On July 27, the maritime safety intelligence company Dryad said that the offshore supply vessel Natalie was boarded while...

https://mfame.guru/offshore-vessel-under-violent-pirate-attack/

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