OOCL warns of fraudulent activities

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced that it recently observed an increase infraudulent activities and has warned that fraudsters can hack email accounts, and by all possible means cheat victims to make remittances.

“Fraudsters can attempt to defraud remittances through the unauthorised use of the OOCL name via email correspondences, informing the victim to change the payment receiving bank account number to one owned by the fraudster,” explains the company in its announcement.

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https://container-news.com/oocl-warns-of-fraudulent-activities/

Cybercriminals selling access to shipping, logistics firm networks, report warns

A container ship travels on the water to illustrate an article about cybercriminals selling access to shipping firms

Cybercriminals have attempted to sell network access to multiple transportation, logistics and shipping companies in recent months, highlighting the risk of devastating ransomware attacks in the supply chain, a new report warns. 

Intel 471, a cybercrime intelligence firm, observed seven instances since July of brokers advertising network credentials or other types of network access. The companies affected consist of a Japanese container shipping provider, a U.S. transportation management and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cybercriminals-selling-access-to-shipping-logistics-firm-networks-report-warns