Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2015
The British Parliament reveals that UK Power Grid is under cyber attack from foreign hackers every minute, but the emergency is for infrastructure worldwide. UK Power Grid is targeted by hackers every minute according to James Arbuthnot, a member of parliament who chaired the Defense Select Committee until last year. As reported by Bloomberg, Arbuthnot plans […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2015
The director of the FBI has provided further details of the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, which claim that North Korea was responsible. The unique certainty on the cyber attack on the Sony Pictures is the name of the hacking team that has managed the offensive, the Guardians of Peace (GOP). The FBI linked the GoP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2015
Denmark decided to invest $75 million by 2017 towards getting offensive cyber division and protecting the country against cyber attacks and hostile targets. Investing in a more offensive system regarding cyber control and attacks is of paramount importance for Denmark. $75 million will have been placed to such a cause by 2017, shielding Denmark and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2014
The Russian Army announced the expansion of its aerial fleet with a new generation of Corsair reconnaissance drones as early as the end of 2016. The Russian Government is continuing to improve the national defense investing in high technological equipment. The Armed Forces is acquiring a new small-class of Corsair drones for surveillence purpose. Alexander […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2014
The South Korean authorities confirmed an incident to the nuclear plant revealing that the attackers have stolen also data from its systems. Recently I wrote about a sophisticated cyber attack on a steel factory that caused severe damage, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) disclosed the incident in its annual security report, while in the same days, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2014
The North Korea is experiencing a severe Internet outage, the country is isolated from the World Wide network. US cyber attack suspected. North Korea is suffering a severe internet outage, the Internet appears totally down in the country and security experts speculate on a possible retaliation in response to the recent attack that compromised internal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2014
The annual IT security report issued by the German BSI reported that a sophisticated cyber attack on a steel factory caused severe damage. A cyber attack could cause serious damage to a production plant or a facility, we discussed several times this attack scenario that represents a nightmare for security experts and Intelligence agencies. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2014
An announcement by the FBI stated the North Korea hacked Sony Pictures, but Pyongyang refused accusations and offered support for the investigation. The cyber attack against Sony Pictures is monopolizing the attention of the media, in particular, the problem of the attribution is hard to solve. The FBI released the findings of its investigation that definitively […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2014
Equilibria in cyberspace are evidently unstable and many experts believe that we are in the midst of a cyber-war … there is the urgency of a regulation. Some monthâs ago, news have further stirred the already troubled waters of cyberspace: five Chinese PLA officers (People’s Liberation Army) have been indicted from the U.S. Justice Department. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2014
Security experts at AlienVault discovered further elements of the wiper malware used for the attack on Sony Pictures that link it to North Korean hackers. New evidence has emerged from the investigation on the clamorous cyber attack against the Sony Pictures, experts at Alien Vault provided further elements to link the attack to the North Korea. Last […]
