Op-Ed: Protecting vessels against phishing and malware intrusion
By Andrew R. Lee and James A. Kearns Imagine this scenario, fresh back from leave after a high-seas piracy incident, the captain stood on the bridge of the Babylon Sister, a massive
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USCG highlights cyber threats that can affect marine industry
OCTOBER 10, 2018 — October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and, in a posting on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Commons blog, Charles Blackmore, cyber program specialist, Office of Port & Facility
USCG Cyber Command warns of ransomware threat
What ransomware is, and how to prevent and mitigate it, is the subject of the first issue of a new bi-weekly maritime cyber bulletin launched by the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command to give a greater understanding of the threats and hazards that impact the marine transportation system.
The first bulletin has just been posted on the USCG’s Homeport website (go to Cyber Missions -Cyber News), responds to recent occurrences of ransomeware in the maritime domain.
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