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Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
The BlackEnergy malware was a key element of the Ukraine power outage

According to security experts the BlackEnergy malware was a key element of the attack against Ukrainian power grid that caused the power outage.  On December 23, the entire Ivano-Frankivsk region in Ukraine suffered a major power outage, according to security experts and the Ukrainian Government the attackers used a destructive varian of the popular BlackEnergy […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
The German intelligence agency BND resumed surveillance activities with the NSA support

According to the German media the German intelligence agency BND has resumed the monitoring activities conducted in a joint effort with the US NSA. It seems that the German government has never suspended the surveillance activities on its unaware population, to be precise monitoring activities conducted in a joint effort with the US NSA have been […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Juniper will drop a function alleged developed by the NSA for surveillance

Juniper Networks announced on Friday it would stop using the security code that experts believe was developed by NSA for surveillance purpose. The Juniper Networks company announced last week it would stop using a portion of code that security experts believe was developed by the National Security Agency in order for surveillance purposes. The code that relies on […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Online Security Threats to Watch for in 2016

Cybersecurity is one the world’s largest growing concerns, which are the Online Security Threats to Watch for in 2016. Security Affairs has shown me the way to a more secure online life Not only do they post great tips regarding how to take care of your computer, they provide one with information as to what […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 42 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Analyzing Ransom32, the first JavaScript ransomware variant @FFD8FFDB Twitter bot spies on poorly configured cameras Turkish hackers took over a Russian Govt Instagram account Security Affairs newsletter Round 41 – News of the week Mac OS X […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2016
Russian Army is largely investing in modern UAVs

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the Russian Army received over 1,500 modern UAVs in the last four years. Almost every government is increasing the adoption of drones within its military. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) represent a privileged option for military surveillance, reconnaissance and attack, these vehicles could be used also to improve the physical […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2016
Why PS4 is not so secure for the ISIS members’ communication?

Duo Labs demonstrated that there’s no reason to think that PS4 or Xbox are any more secure than anything else when dealing secret communication. Members of the ISIS terrorist group make large use of technology, security experts believe that it is radical organization with the greatest cyber capabilities in the history. Recently a footage published […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2016
The FBI used the NIT to de-anonymize thousand Pedos on Tor

The US law enforcement conducted an unprecedented hacking campaign leveraging on the  network investigative technique (NIT) to de-anonymize Tor users. In July, at least two individuals from New York have been charged with online child pornography crimes after visiting a hidden service on the Tor network. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had used a hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2016
Islamic State launches the Kybernetiq magazine for cyber jihadists

The Islamic State launches a new cyber war magazine for jihadists titled Kybernetiq that instructs militants about technology. The ISIS continues to demonstrate great communication capabilities, the dreaded radical organisation not only master social media for its propaganda, but now has launched a magazine titled Kybernetiq. The magazine aims to instruct jihadist on how to participate in the cyber war against the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2016
Clickjacking Campaign exploits the European Cookie Law

Experts at MalwareBytes discovered a clickjacking campaign that tricks users into clicking on what looks like a legitimate European cookie law notification. Cyber criminals always exploit any opportunity to make profits, news of the day is they are abusing of the legitimate European Cookie Law notices in clever clickjacking campaign. The clickjacking campaign recently discovered […]