Cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2016
Hacking – German politicians fear Russian interference in the next election

German politicians fear Russian interference in the next election after the cyber attack that hit at least 900,000 routers. During the weekend an improved version of the Mirai Botnet caused serious connectivity problems to at least 900,000 routers of the Deutsche Telekom. Just after the attack, some experts speculated the involvement of Russian hackers behind the botnet that powered […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016
Japan is investigating security breach of Defence Information Infrastructure

The Japanese Government is investigating a reported security breach suffered by the High-speed Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) network. The Defence Information Infrastructure is a high-speed large-capacity communication network connecting SDF bases and camps. The Defence Information Infrastructure comprises two distinct networks, one connected to the Internet and an internal network. The security breach took place […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2016
Cozy Bear targets NGOs and Think Tanks in post-election attacks

Cozy Bear launched new spear-phishing attacks against US policy think-tanks aiming to infect their systems with a malware. Trump is the new US President, a few hours after he won the election, a hacking crew powered several spear-phishing attacks against US policy think-tanks aiming to infect their systems with a malware. The security experts believe […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2016
Presidential Election – Russia asks US clarifications for US cyber threats

The Russian Government has asked Washington to provide clarifications on reports that the US cyber army has hacked into Russia’s critical infrastructure and is ready to strike back in case of interference on 2016 Presidential Election. The US Presidential election is very close and the US Government doesn’t want any interference from foreign government. Across the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2016
The US Government is ready to hack back if Russia tries to hit Presidential Election

Documents and testimonials collected by the NBC news confirm US Government cyber army is ready to hack back if Russia tries to disrupt Presidential Election The alleged interference of Russian state-sponsored hackers into the 2016 Presidential election is triggering the response of the US. For the first time, a member of the US Presidential Staff has treated another country […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2016
Recent Windows Kernel zero-day exploited by hackers behind the DNC hack

Executive vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices group revealed that Windows Kernel zero-day recently disclosed was used by the Fancy Bear APT. On Oct. 31, the Google Threat Analysis Group publicly disclosed a vulnerability in the Windows kernel that is actively being exploited by threat actors in the wild. The zero-day could be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2016
Philip Hammond invokes an active defence of UK hacking back the attackers

The British Government announces an active defence posture in response to nation-state cyber attacks, Chancellor warns UK will retaliate against attacks. Hacking back, or “active defence” as security experts prefer to call it, is becoming a high debated argument. While the number of cyber attacks continues to increase and attackers are using even more sophisticated techniques, many Governments […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2016
NSA Hackers The Shadow Brokers leaked another dump with NSA targets

The ShadowBrokers hacker group leaked a fresh dump containing a list of servers that were hacked by the NSA-linked group known as Equation Group. The notorious Shadow Brokers hacker group has posted a fresh dump containing a list of servers that were hacked by the NSA-linked group known as Equation Group. The hackers disclosed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2016
Lotus Blossom Chinese cyberspies leverage on fake Conference Invites in the last campaign

The Chinese APT Lotus Blossom is trying to lure victims with fake invitations to Palo Alto Networks’ upcoming Cybersecurity Summit. The Chinese APT Lotus Blossom, also known as Elise and Esile, is behind a new cyber espionage campaign that is trying to lure victims with fake invitations to Palo Alto Networks’ upcoming Cybersecurity Summit. With this […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2016
Ukrainian hackers Cyber Hunta leaked emails of Putin’s Advisor

Hackers of the Cyber Hunta collective leaked thousands of emails allegedly stolen from the account of Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov. Last week a Russian government website was hacked by the Jester hacker who defaced the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MID.ru in retaliation for the recent attacks against US targets. This week a Ukrainian hacker collective […]