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2020_007

A maritime authority informs of several cases of impersonating in a few cases of phishing asking [...]

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
21	April	2020	Chile	Ship	Phishing

Summary

A maritime authority informs of several cases of impersonating in a few cases of phishing asking for the transmission of ship official documents to an unauthorized party.

Victim

N/A

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

N/A

Origin

Undisclosed

Main impact

Confidentiality

References

https://apam-peru.com/web/alertamos-a-comunidad-portuaria-uso-fraudulento-de-identidad-de-autoridades/

Recommendations to Ship to reduce Phishing risks:

Educate employees about recognizing phishing attempts and not clicking on suspicious links.
Implement email filtering systems to detect and block phishing emails.
Regularly update and patch software to address vulnerabilities that could be exploited by phishers.
Work with your CSIRT organization to gather indicators to better detect and fight the threat.
Monitor your messaging servers to detect and filter the threat.

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