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Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2015

Naikon APT Group backed by the Chinese PLA Unit 78020

According to a new report the popular Naikon APT group is actually backed by China’s PLA Unit 78020, a firm traced it through online activity. Ge Xing, also known as “GreenSky27,” is the name of an alleged member of the People’s Liberation Army unit 78020, a group of Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The man was identified […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2015

OPM stolen data includes 5.6 Million Fingerprints

According to the a statement by OPM Press Secretary Sam Schumach on Background Investigations Incident OPM breach included 5.6 Million Fingerprints. The press secretary of the Office of Personnel Management, Sam Schumach, announced that the data breach suffered by the OPM exposed approximately 5.6 million sets of fingerprints belonging to federal employees, contractors, and other members of the staff. In […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2015

New updates on Cyber Conflict Agenda 2016 and what’s new in ‘Cyber power’

The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2016) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 31st of May to 3th of June next year, what’s new? The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2016) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 31st of May to 3th of June next year, in order to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2015

New attacks on critical communications infrastructure in the US

Unknown attackers continue to target critical communications infrastructure in the US, on Monday they cut backbone fiber optic Internet cables in California. Unknown attackers continue to target critical communications infrastructure in the US, on Monday they cut backbone fiber optic Internet cables in California. Someone continues to target critical communications infrastructure in a region of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2015

The DUKES APT – 7 years of Russian state sponsored hacking

F-Secure has published an interesting report on the cyber espionage operations conducted by the Dukes APT group, which appears linked to the Kremlin. Security researchers at F-Secure have published an interesting report detailing the cyber espionage operation of a Russian APT group, dubbed the Dukes, the experts speculate the group is backed by the Russian government. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2015

Department of Energy hacked 159 times between 2010 and 2014

According to a review of federal records obtained by USA Today, the US Department of Energy is among the most targeted government organizations in the US. The US Department of Energy manages information of strategic importance for a potential attacker, it oversees the operations of power grid, nuclear arsenal, and national labs. The data show that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2015

Another computer system at the Pentagon has been hacked

Another cyber attack hit computer systems at the Pentagon, this time the food court computers have been hacked exposing employees’ bank information. In August, alleged Russian hackers have hacked an unclassified emailing server of the Pentagon, it was just one of the numerous attacks against the US Government systems. According to the NBC news, US […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2015

North Korea exploits a 0-day in the South Korea’s principal Word processor

FireEye suspects that the North Korea is responsible for a number of attacks against the South Korea relying a 0day in the South most popular Word processor. Security experts from FireEye speculate that The North Korea has carried out cyber attacks against entities of the South Korea by exploiting a zero-day ( CVE-2015-6585) in a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015

Israel is the main source of cyber attacks on Iran

According to a recent report issued by the Mehr news agency, more than 10,000 cyber attacks are detected by Iran every day, mostly from Israel. According to a recent report, more than 10,000 Internet security attacks are detected by cyber security experts in Iran every day, a country that is spending a significant effort to improve […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2015

Rocket kitten and Cyber Espionage – Targeting individuals for geopolitical purposes

ClearSky detected new activity from the Rocket kitten APT group against 550 targets, most of which are located in the Middle East. Cyber espionage nowadays plays an important role in politics, it helps governments to decide their “friends” as well their “enemies”, and the more dependent we are of technology the more Cyber espionage will […]

Cyber warfare

Naikon APT Group backed by the Chinese PLA Unit 78020

OPM stolen data includes 5.6 Million Fingerprints

New updates on Cyber Conflict Agenda 2016 and what’s new in ‘Cyber power’

New attacks on critical communications infrastructure in the US

The DUKES APT – 7 years of Russian state sponsored hacking

Department of Energy hacked 159 times between 2010 and 2014

Another computer system at the Pentagon has been hacked

North Korea exploits a 0-day in the South Korea’s principal Word processor

Israel is the main source of cyber attacks on Iran

Rocket kitten and Cyber Espionage – Targeting individuals for geopolitical purposes

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