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'Pirate' is a term that has long been applied to criminals or people operating outside the law, especially those living in the sea of cargo theft. Hence the name 'Virtual Pirates' – a name commonly used to designate blackhat hacker, people with excellent skills in the area of systems security, but who use this knowledge for illegal activities.
If the word pirate refers to criminals who work on the high seas, it can no longer be said that cyber pirates are just criminals on the network. There are already cases of real pirate groups that also use the nets to attack ships.
There have already been cases of criminals who identified the route and location of specific products of interest, invaded the ship and took only the targeted product. The case was investigated by Verizon and took place in 2016(Further Information). This is yet another sign of the dissemination of security problems to several areas previously considered free from cyberattacks.
How cyber pirates can target the real shipping industry 3i4w6x
In the case investigated by Verizon, a group of pirates used a malware to get information about the location of high-value products. The pirates, who in this case were both virtual and traditional, ed a malicious web shell on the servers of a large shipping company. With the web shell installed, they ed a lot of information about routes, location, and shortcodes.
Another similar case in which shipping companies were attacked by hackers was malware discovered by the cyberkeel. criminals hacked and deployed a virus to monitor all email activity from the finance department of a medium-sized shipping company. Whenever a fuel supplier sent an email requesting payments, the virus simply changed the bank informed by another number.
Millions of dollars were transferred to the criminal until the malware was discovered by CyberKeel. In fact, this company specializes in cyber security maritime, an extremely specific area of information security. A clear sign that former pirates are increasingly surfing the world wide web, and not just the rough waters of the seas.
Cyber Maritime Security and the spread of malware 3p4b2q
The development of malware to target maritime trading systems and ship computers is one facet of the general trend within the hacking world. As all sectors of the economy become computerized, malicious software has a wide range of possible targets. At the same time, former criminal groups, such as the traditional pirates of the seas, are beginning to use these tools for their old illicit purposes.
In the shipping industry and maritime commerce, the number of cases has started to climb. Some ship systems have already been infected by simple flash drives used by workers. Others were hacked directly, like the virus that swapped bank numbers discovered by CyberKeel. The fact is that more and more security care is needed in any area where digital systems exist. This is what happens, for example, with the biohacking, banking sector, and several other industrial sectors.
Petya could cost the sea giant Maersk around 300 million dollars in financial results.
Piracy has never ceased to be a problem for world trade. Now, with the new incursions of cyber pirates, the ships that carry 90% of the products traded in the world are even more vulnerable.
