Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2020
Marco Ramilli published the Cyber Threat Trends Dashboard, a useful tool that will allow us to better understand most active threats in real time. Introduction Information sharing is one of the most important activity that cybersecurity researchers do on daily basis. Thanks to âinfosharingâ activities it is possible to block or, in specific cases, to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2020
A US Government agency was hit with a phishing attack attempting to deliver a new malware dropper dubbed CARROTBALL. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new malware dropper called CARROTBALL that was used in targeted attacks against a U.S. government agency and non-US foreign nationals. Experts attribute the attack to the Konni […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2020
Hackers used a remote access Trojan (RAT) associated with Iran-linked APT groups in recent attacks on a key organization in the European energy sector. Security experts from Recorded Future reported that a backdoor previously used in attacks carried out by an Iran-linked threat actor was used to target a key organization in the European energy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2020
The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee announced that the alliance has sent a counter-hybrid team to Montenegro to face Russian hybrid attacks. Last week in Brussels, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (MC), Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, announced the effort of the Alliance in facing Russian hybrid attacks. The term “Hybrid warfare” refers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2020
Nowadays Iranâs Cybersecurity capabilities are under the microscope, experts warn about a possible infiltration of the Iranian government. Nowadays Iranâs Cybersecurity capabilities are under microscope, many news sites, gov. agencies and security experts warn about a possible cybersecurity infiltration from Iranian government and alert to increase cybersecurity defensive levels. Today I want to share a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2020
Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. The Russian cyberspies, operating under Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency (aka Fancy Bear) carried out a spear-phishing campaign in November aimed at accessing the email of Burisma Holdings employees. The attack was detailed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2020
A group of anonymous security researchers that calls itself Intrusion Truth have tracked the activity of a China-linked cyber–espionage group dubbed APT40. A group of anonymous security researchers that calls itself Intrusion Truth has discovered that a China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked as APT40, uses 13 front companies operating in the island of Hainan to recruit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued warnings about the possibility of cyber-attacks launched by Iran-linked hackers. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued warnings about the possibility of cyber-attacks launched by Iran-linked threat actors. The attacks could be the response of Teheran after Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was killed by a U.S. drone airstrike […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad airport in Iraq. Christopher C. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. assets. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2019
Russia successfully disconnected from the internet Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. The Russian Government has announced on Monday that it has successfully concluded the test on its RuNet intranet and the complete disconnection of the country from […]
