Safety Flash
Cyber-security – malicious spoofing and phishing
Cyber-security – malicious spoofing and phishing
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 33/21
- Security
- Cyber security
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Summary
This safety flash discusses malicious email spoofing and a member report of messages impersonating senior management. It explains phishing through email, telephone and messaging services, and suggests checking unexpected communications, resisting pressure to act, and reporting suspicious messages to company IT departments while blocking the number.
Classifications: Cyber security; cybersecurity; OT security.
Summary
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has released very timely Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) 19-20 relating to malicious email spoofing incidents. The USCG notes that there are increasingly sophisticated malicious email spoofing techniques being used.
IMCA SF 33/21. Themes: security.