{"id":72,"date":"2020-11-24T11:28:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyber-cerber.com\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2021-06-24T04:39:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T06:39:41","slug":"2020-the-year-of-cyber-attack-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyber-cerber.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/24\/2020-the-year-of-cyber-attack-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 &#8211; the year of Cyber Attack explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the pandemic COVID-19 forcing employees and offices to reinvent in remote working outside of the usual &#8220;bubble office environment&#8221; than what it used to be before, cybersecurity concerns explodes&#8230; And with good reasons!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cybersecurity-insiders.com\/mediterranean-shipping-company-msc-hit-by-a-cyber-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mediterranean Shipping Company<\/a> (MSC) was hit on April 9th by a cyber-attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 28th, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmacgm-group.com\/en\/news-media\/global-it-update-09-29-2020\" target=\"_blank\">CMA CMG<\/a> suffered also a cyber-attack over its servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this is not something really new&#8230; Back in May 2019, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cshub.com\/attacks\/articles\/incident-of-the-week-carnival-cruise-lines-hit-by-cyber-attack\" target=\"_blank\">Prince<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cshub.com\/attacks\/articles\/incident-of-the-week-carnival-cruise-lines-hit-by-cyber-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cshub.com\/attacks\/articles\/incident-of-the-week-carnival-cruise-lines-hit-by-cyber-attack\" target=\"_blank\">s Cruises<\/a> (branch of Carnival Cruises) suffered a cyber incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMO is developing a dedicated  a dedicated department for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/OurWork\/Security\/Pages\/Cyber-security.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">maritime cybersecurity<\/a> guidelines to implement higher and stronger procedures and standards in protecting companies virtual assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lr.org\/en\/cyber-security\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lloyd&#8217;s Register<\/a> , <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnvgl.com\/maritime\/maritime-academy\/cyber-security-elearning.html\" target=\"_blank\">DNV<\/a> , <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dco.uscg.mil\/Our-Organization\/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P\/Inspections-Compliance-CG-5PC-\/Office-of-Port-Facility-Compliance\/Domestic-Ports-Division\/cybersecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\">US Coast Guard<\/a> (to mention just a few) are taking also steps forward in implementing the IMO &#8220;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcdn.imo.org\/localresources\/en\/OurWork\/Security\/Documents\/MSC-FAL.1-Circ.3%20-%20Guidelines%20On%20Maritime%20Cyber%20Risk%20Management%20(Secretariat).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Guidelines on Maritime Cyber Risk Management (MSC-FAL.1\/Circ.3) &#8211; July 2017<\/a><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cybersecurity is real and countermeasures are available and applicable. Don&#8217;t remain behind and exposed&#8230; Keep up with the future! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cyber-cerber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CyberCerber<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the pandemic COVID-19 forcing employees and offices to reinvent in remote working outside of the usual &#8220;bubble office environment&#8221; than what it used to be before, cybersecurity concerns explodes&#8230; And with good reasons! Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was hit on April 9th by a cyber-attack. 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