Cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2015
Davos – experts warned about major cyberattacks

Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015 – The elite of experts confirms the rising technological risks, notably cyber attacks. The World Economic Forum in Davos brings together some 2,500 of the top players in the sphere of politics, finance and business. The elite of experts meeting in Davos for the World Economic Forum Annual […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2015
NSA compromised systems in North Korea with a Malware

The NSA has been targeting North Korea and its impenetrable system for a long time. Thanks to the new revelations that have been brought to light, the NSA has aimed to equip the USA for possible digital wars in the near future, using surveillance and digital weapons to enhance its existing power.  Though North Korea […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2015
Snowden reveals that China stole plans for a new F-35 aircraft fighter

Snowden’s documents reveal China stole designs for the US-built F-35 Fighter jet, and provides details also a counter-intelligence operation run by the NSA. The documents leaked by Edward Snowden are a precious source of information, the last collection of confidential files have uncovered revealed a new large-scale industrial espionage campaign conducted by the Chinese Government. State-sponsored hackers have […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015
USA and UK announce joint cyber ‘war games’ to improve cyber defenses

The United States and the U.K. announced that they will stage joint cyber “war games” to boost both countries’ resilience to cyberattacks. The US and the UK are planning to step up the collaboration to fight cyber threats, one of the is a series of joint war games involving cyber units from either side. The hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015
New Snowden documents reveal the NSA Digital Arms Race

A new collection of document examined by Der Spiegel magazine reveals that the NSA is now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. Snowden‘s revelations on mass surveillance by the NSA have shocked the IT industry, but experts say the worst is yet to come. The NSA is working to significantly evolve its methods in relation […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2015
CyberCaliphate group hacked US CENTCOM Social Media Accounts

ISIS supporters have hacked the YouTube and Twitter accounts belonging to the US CENTCOM leaking online internal documents stolen from mobile devices. While Anonymous started the #OpCharlieHebdo campaign against jihadist websites to avenge the attack against the Charlie Hebdo, hackers of the CyberCaliphate group, claiming to support the terrorist group ISIS, have compromised the official […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2015
MiniDuke, CosmicDuke and OnionDuke have a same matrix

Security experts collected further evidences of the link between the CosmicDuke, Miniduke and OnioDuke Advanced Persistent Threat campaigns. Researchers at F-Secure firm are constantly monitoring the cyber espionage campaigns MiniDuke, CosmicDuke and OnionDuke and provided an interesting update on the hacking operation. Below a short description of the campaigns: MiniDuke: Kaspersky Lab and Hungary’s Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security, or CrySyS, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2015
Foreign hackers target UK Power Grid every minute

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
Sony Pictures GOP hackers ‘got sloppy’ … or not?

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 Plans to Invest $75 Million towards Empowering its Cyber Control

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 […]