Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2014
The demand for cyber security experts continues to raise, the US Government announced further investment to recruit new cyber talents with many difficulties. Cyber security is officially one of the first targets of every government, many countries announced huge investments to improve their cyber capabilities, a great effort that is having a significant impact on budgets and politics. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2014
The German Aerospace Center was victim of a cyberespionage attack, many computers have been infected by sophisticated Trojans and other spyware. Cyber espionage is considerable today one of the most alarming cyber threats for governments and private industries, a growing number of attacks has the primary purpose to steal sensitive information like secret documents and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2014
The APWG report 2H2013 seeks to understand trends and their significance by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. Last Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG report titled “Global Phishing Survey: Trends and Domain Name Use in 2H2013” confirms that threat of phishing has never been so high, the number of domains registered to conduct this kind of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2014
Raoul Chiesa gives us his view on the current cyber threat landscape, from Snowden’s case to the links between cyber crime and state-sponsored hacking. Next week the forth Cybercrime Conference will be held in Rome (http://www.tecnaeditrice.com/eventi/cyber_crime_conference_2014/presentazione), two days in which top experts in the field will analyze high-profile cyber attacks discussing also about legal issues, privacy, and cyber strategies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2014
Mandiant has released its annual M-Trends 2014 Threat Report, a document that analyzes actors, means and motivations behind attacks observed in 2013. Mandiant FireEye company has released a new detailed report titled “M-Trends 2014 Threat Report” describing actors, means and tactics behind principal attacks conducted in the recent months. The report consolidated data on principal cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2014
According principal security firms, extortion, ransom and blackmail are pillars of illicit activities, cyber criminals are adapting them to the cyber context. Extrotion is becoming a worrying inclination in the cyber criminal ecosystem, the number of targeted attacks that request money in change of a suspension of the hostilities and to give back to the victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2014
Symantec has issued The Internet Security Threat Report, a document which provides an overview and analysis of global threat evolution in 2013. Security experts are observing a significant increase in the number of targeted cyber-attacks, it has been estimated that the growth is by 91 per cent in 2013 respect previous year, but most concerning […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2014
Security experts at Symantec observed a new phishing campaign based on a fake voting application used to steal victim’s credentials. Phishing is a very dangerous threat for Internet users, nearby classic techniques new forms of phishing are exploiting new platforms like mobile and social networks. Phishers continuously improve their techniques to be able to harvest […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2014
Security researchers at Comodo have detected a new Zeus trojan variant enhanced with digital signature of its source code to avoid detection. The security community is once again menaced by Zeus banking trojan, a new variant of the malicious ZeuS Trojan has been identified by researchers at Comodo AV labs. This instance presents an interesting feature, it is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2014
German authorities have discovered 18 Million Email Passwords, this is probably the biggest Data Theft in the history of the country. German authorities have confirmed that nearly 18 million email accounts were stolen and compromised by hackers, it is the greatest theft occurred in the country in the history. The news was published by the Der Spiegel journal […]
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