Iranian-linked hacker group victimized Israel’s shipping industry

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Iranian threat group UNC3890 used social engineering lures and a watering hole to jeopardize Israels shipping, government, energy, aviation, and healthcare sectors. This campaign has been running since at least...

Shipping Firms Speared with Targeted 'Whaling' Attacks

Scammers are honing in on the shipping industry, using “whaling,” a.k.a. business email compromise BEC attacks, to scoop up credentials, or worse, compromise critical systems. Hackers are launching whaling attacks to target various types of employees with some serious online and sometimes...

Podcast: Breaking Down the COSCO Ransomware Attack

Last week, shipping giant COSCO China Ocean Shipping Company announced it was hit with a ransomware attack that crippled its U.S. operations. The company’s phone and email for its U.S. branch were down for five days, and have now been restored. Threatpost talks to Matt Tyrer with Commvault about...

Gold Galleon Hacking Group Plunders Shipping Industry

SAN FRANCISCO – Researchers have identified the hacking group behind several widescale business email compromise BEC attacks gouging the maritime shipping industry millions of dollars since last year. Attackers are taking advantage of the industry’s lax security and the use of outdated computers,...