Identifying spoofed maritime signals using information from other vessels
A method, system and product for identifying spoofed maritime signals using information from other vessels. The method comprises obtaining one or more location-reporting signals of a maritime vessel, wherein the one or more location-reporting signals comprise one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates, each of which having a timestamp. The method further comprises determining that the one or more location-reporting signals are at least partially fabricated, wherein said determining is based on a contradiction between a content of the one or more location-reporting signals and information derived from location-reporting signals received from other maritime vessels. The method further comprises performing a responsive action.
1. A method comprising:
obtaining one or more location-reporting signals of a maritime vessel, wherein the one or more location-reporting signals comprise one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates, each of which having a timestamp;
determining that the one or more location-reporting signals are at least partially fabricated, wherein said determining is based on identifying a contradiction between a content of the one or more location-reporting signals and external data, wherein the external data comprises information derived from location-reporting signals received from entities external to the maritime vessel, wherein the entities comprise, at least, other maritime vessels; and
in response to said determining, performing a responsive action, wherein the responsive action is configured to perform:
verifying or refuting a determination of a potential location fabrication event based on said determining, wherein said verifying or refuting is performed by analyzing images depicting the one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates during a period of their timestamps, wherein the potential location fabrication event is verified in case the images do not depict objects that can represent the maritime vessel; and
mitigating a risk from the potential location fabrication event by disassociating from the maritime vessel.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the other maritime vessels are located within a predetermined range from the reported one or more locations of the one or more location-reporting signals at a time indicated by the one or more location-reporting signals.
3. The method of claim 1 , the one or more location-reporting signals comprise a plurality of Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals, wherein each AIS signal of the plurality of AIS signals comprises a valuation of a set of parameters, the set of parameters is measurable by one or more sensors of the maritime vessel, wherein the one or more sensors of the maritime vessel comprise at least one of: a positioning system, an electronic navigation sensor, or a rate of turn indicator, wherein based on the information derived from the location-reporting signals received from the other maritime vessels, determining that a likelihood of following a maritime path of the maritime vessel as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals is below a threshold.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the information derived from the location-reporting signals received from the other maritime vessels, determining that a likelihood of following a maritime path of the maritime vessel as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals, while having heading and speed information as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals, is below a threshold.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining is based on environmental conditions as indirectly measured by the other maritime vessels.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said analyzing the images comprises applying one or more computer vision techniques on the images to extract one or more attributes of depicted vessels, wherein said verifying or refuting of the location fabrication event is utilized to improve an accuracy of a classifier by re-training the classifier using a result of said verifying or refuting as a label of a data point.
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium retaining instructions, which instructions, wherein read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
obtaining one or more location-reporting signals of a maritime vessel, wherein the one or more location-reporting signals comprise one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates, each of which having a timestamp;
determining that the one or more location-reporting signals are at least partially fabricated, wherein said determining is based on identifying a contradiction between a content of the one or more location-reporting signals and external data, wherein the external data comprises information derived from location-reporting signals received from entities external to the maritime vessel, wherein the entities comprise, at least, other maritime vessels; and
in response to said determining, performing a responsive action, wherein the responsive action is configured to perform:
verifying or refuting a determination of a potential location fabrication event based on said determining, wherein said verifying or refuting is performed by analyzing images depicting the one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates during a period of their timestamps, wherein the potential location fabrication event is verified in case the images do not depict objects that can represent the maritime vessel; and
mitigating a risk from the potential location fabrication event by disassociating from the maritime vessel.
8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the other maritime vessels are located within a predetermined range from the reported one or more locations of the one or more location-reporting signals at a time indicated by the one or more location-reporting signals.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein based on the information derived from the location-reporting signals received from the other maritime vessels, determining that a likelihood of following a maritime path of the maritime vessel as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals is below a threshold.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein based on the information derived from the location-reporting signals received from the other maritime vessels, determining that a likelihood of following a maritime path of the maritime vessel as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals, while having heading and speed information as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals, is below a threshold.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein said determining is based on environmental conditions as indirectly measured by the other maritime vessels.
12. A system comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform:
obtaining one or more location-reporting signals of a maritime vessel, wherein the one or more location-reporting signals comprise one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates, each of which having a timestamp;
determining that the one or more location-reporting signals are at least partially fabricated, wherein said determining is based on identifying a contradiction between a content of the one or more location-reporting signals and external data, wherein the external data comprises information derived from entities external to the maritime vessel, wherein the information derived from the entities comprise, at least, location-reporting signals received from other maritime vessels; and
in response to said determining, performing a responsive action, wherein the responsive action is configured to perform:
verifying or refuting a determination of a potential location fabrication event based on said determining, wherein said verifying or refuting is performed by analyzing images depicting the one or more respective sets of geographical coordinates during a period of their timestamps, wherein the potential location fabrication event is verified in case the images do not depict objects that can represent the maritime vessel; and
mitigating a risk from the potential location fabrication event by disassociating from the maritime vessel.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the other maritime vessels are located within a predetermined range from the reported one or more locations of the one or more location-reporting signals at a time indicated by the one or more location-reporting signals.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein based on the information derived from the location-reporting signals received from the other maritime vessels, determining that a likelihood of following a maritime path of the maritime vessel as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals is below a threshold.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein based on the information derived from the location-reporting signals received from the other maritime vessels, determining that a likelihood of following a maritime path of the maritime vessel as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals, while having heading and speed information as reported by the one or more location-reporting signals, is below a threshold.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein said determining is based on environmental conditions as indirectly measured by the other maritime vessels.