Cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2019
U.S. Cyber Command disrupted blocked Russian troll factory during 2018 midterms

The U.S. Cyber Command blocked the Internet access to the Russian troll factory while it was attempting to interfere with 2018 midterm. According to the Washington Post, that cites several U.S. officials, the operation conducted by the U.S. Cyber Command hit the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, the company used by the Russian Government […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2019
Russia is going to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test

Russia plans to disconnect the country from the internet as part of an experiment aimed at testing the response to cyber attacks that should isolate it. Russia plans to disconnect the country from the Internet for a limited period of time to conduct a test aimed at assessing the security of its infrastructure. Russian citizens […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2019
Germany makes its cyber capabilities available for NATO alliance

Germany announced it is going to make its cyber capabilities available for the NATO alliance to help fight hacking and electronic warfare. Germany is going to share its cyber warfare capabilities with the NATO alliance to protect members of the alliance against hacking and electronic warfare. During the 2016 Warsaw Summit, NATO officially recognised cyberspace […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 200 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Can Enterprises execute a GRC Movement? Experts observed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 199 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Using steganography to obfuscate PDF exploits Aztarna – […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2019
US authorities aim to dismantle North Korea’s Joanap Botnet

FBI and Air Force experts are sinkholing the Joanap botnet to collect information about it and dismantle the malicious infrastrcuture. The U.S. Justice Department declares war to the Joanap Botnet that is associated with North Korea.  The U.S. DoJ announced this week that it is working to dismantle the infamous Joanap botnet, a malicious infrastructure […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Reading the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018

According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, 2018 has brought significant changes in the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with cybercrime organizations and nation-state actors. I’m proud to present you the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, the annual report published by the ENISA ETL group that provides insights on the evolution of the cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Iran-Linked APT39 group use off-the-shelf tools to steal data

An Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as APT39 is carrying out a widespread campaign using a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf tools. The APT39 cyberespionage group is carrying out a widespread campaign using a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf tools. The group has been active at least since November 2014, its operations are aligned […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019
Netanyahu accuses Iran of cyber attacks carried out daily

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of launching cyber-attacks on its country with a daily basis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Iran launched cyber-attacks on Israel on a daily basis, but its experts are able to block them. “Iran attacks Israel on a daily basis,” Netanyahu declared during a cyber conference in Tel Aviv. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2019
Upcoming Ukraine elections in the crosshairs of hackers

The Ukrainian authorities are observing a surge in allege state-sponsored attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election. Ukraine reported a surge in cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election, the Government believes that Russian nation-state actors could be responsible for them. The news was reported by Reuters, attackers intensified attacks against the […]