MARCIM-WG: A Cyber Wargame Proposal Based on Math Modeling Applied in a Naval Scenario

As maritime operations increasingly depend on interconnected digital ecosystems, cyber incidents can propagate across maritime networks and degrade critical services. Strengthening strategic Cyber Situational Awareness CSA therefore requires training mechanisms that expose decision-makers to...

APT28’s Stealthy Multi-Stage Campaign Leveraging CVE‑2026‑21509 and Cloud C2 Infrastructure

APT28’s Stealthy Multi-Stage Campaign Leveraging CVE‑2026‑21509 and Cloud C2 Infrastructure By Pham Duy Phuc and Alex Lanstein · February 4, 2026 Updated February 9, 2026: This analysis has been updated to clarify malware naming conventions. Introduction Russian state-sponsored threat group APT28...

MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater. "The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Spyware Alerts, Mirai Strikes, Docker Leaks, ValleyRAT Rootkit — and 20 More Stories

This week's cyber stories show how fast the online world can turn risky. Hackers are sneaking malware into movie downloads, browser add-ons, and even software updates people trust. Tech giants and governments are racing to plug new holes while arguing over privacy and control. And researchers kee...

Iran-Linked Hackers Mapped Ship AIS Data Days Before Real-World Missile Strike Attempt

Threat actors with ties to Iran engaged in cyber warfare as part of efforts to facilitate and enhance physical, real-world attacks, a trend that Amazon has called cyber-enabled kinetic targeting. The development is a sign that the lines between state-sponsored cyber attacks and kinetic warfare ar...

Secure Low-Altitude Maritime Communications Via Intelligent Jamming

Low-altitude wireless networks LAWNs have emerged as a viable solution for maritime communications. In these maritime LAWNs, unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs serve as practical low-altitude platforms for wireless communications due to their flexibility and ease of deployment. However, the open and...

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A Sea of Cyber Threats: Maritime Cybersecurity from the Perspective of Mariners

Maritime systems, including ships and ports, are critical components of global infrastructure, essential for transporting over 80% of the world's goods and supporting internet connectivity. However, these systems face growing cybersecurity threats, as shown by recent attacks disrupting Maersk, on...

Preventing Adversarial AI Attacks against Autonomous Situational Awareness: a Maritime Case Study

Adversarial artificial intelligence AI attacks pose a significant threat to autonomous transportation, such as maritime vessels, that rely on AI components. Malicious actors can exploit these systems to deceive and manipulate AI-driven operations. This paper addresses three critical research...

Maritime Cybersecurity: Threats & Regulations Loom

This review summarizes the key insights shared during the webinar held on April 9th, which featured maritime cybersecurity experts discussing the growing challenges facing ports, logistics operations, and global supply chains...

Satellite Navigation Systems Facing Rising Jamming and Spoofing Attacks

Satellite navigation systems are under rising threat from jamming and spoofing attacks, risking aviation, maritime, and telecom safety worldwide, warn global agencies...

SideWinder APT Targets Maritime, Nuclear, and IT Sectors Across Asia, Middle East, and Africa

Maritime and logistics companies in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa have become the target of an advanced persistent threat APT group dubbed SideWinder. The attacks, observed by Kaspersky in 2024, spread across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates,...

SideWinder targets the maritime and nuclear sectors with an updated toolset

Last year, we published an article about SideWinder, a highly prolific APT group whose primary targets have been military and government entities in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, and Nepal. In it, we described activities that had mostly happened in the first half of the year. We tried to draw...

Maritime lawyers assemble!

Maritime cyber insurance has been playing catch-up with maritime cyber security for a while now. It was all pretty good until the availability of cheap VSAT meant that ships became constantly connected. Vessels were mostly not connected at sea, other than Fleet Broadband connections, rarely used...

What goes into testing a ship?

TL;DR Testing a ship involves identifying and mitigating cybersecurity risks using the "Identify, Prevent, Detect, Respond, Recover" framework. Guidelines include MSC.42898, BIMCO, IACS UR E26/E27, and ISO standards. New builds and existing vessels require proper documentation and network securit...

Sailing the Seven Seas Securely from Port to Port – OT Access Security for Ships and Cranes

Operational Technology OT security has affected marine vessel and port operators, since both ships and industrial cranes are being digitalized and automated at a rapid pace, ushering in new types of security challenges. Ships come to shore every six months on average. Container cranes are mostly...

Cyber threats to shipping explained

TL;DR Modern vessels are becoming increasingly connected. While it is unlikely that hackers could fully control a container ship remotely, they may be able to disrupt systems such as the Power Management System PMS, leading to blackouts and associated loss of propulsion and steering. Although...

Insights and highlights from DEF CON 32

TL; DR Event Dates : August 8-11, 2024, in Las Vegas. PTP Presentations : Windows Hello : Our Ceri Coburn with Outsider Security's Dirk-Jan Mollema revealed vulnerabilities in biometric authentication. Maritime Security : Paul Brownridge discussed vulnerabilities in maritime systems and...

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishi...

Leave the World Behind, or don’t

I watched Leave the World Behind on Netflix recently. I was intrigued as the trailers showed an oil tanker crashing on to a beach. It was implied that it had been hacked and someone had taken control of it. Shipping security is something we know quite a bit about, having been asked to hack a larg...