Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2016
AccordingĀ to the German Intelligence, the APT 28 group, also known as Fancy Bear, is ramping up information warfare against Germany and the rest of West. US intelligence agencies blameĀ the Russian government forĀ ramping up infowar against theĀ US and the West. According to the US Government, Russian-state hackers hacked theĀ Democratic National Committee (DNC)Ā and other political organizations worldwide. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2016
Security firm Zscaler have been monitoring a cyber espionage campaign dubbed ‘CNACOM’ that was targeting government organization in Taiwan. Security researchers from the firm Zscaler have been monitoring a cyber espionage campaign dubbed ‘CNACOM‘ that was targeting government organization in Taiwan. According to the researchers, the hackers behind the CNACOM campaign are linked to China […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2016
The Russian state-controlled bank VTB confirmed that its websites had been targeted by a cyber attack. It is the last attack in order of time. The RussianĀ state-controlled bank VTB confirmed that its websites had been targeted by a cyber attack. The VTB is the second largest bank in the country. Fortunately, the defenses of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2016
The US Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, tasked by President Barack Obama, issued its final report with recommendations on cybersecurity. Cyber security is a primary issue in the agenda of many countries, theĀ U.S. Presidential commissionĀ has recently issued recommendations to urge a proactive cooperation between private and public sectors. The collaboration aims to improve the security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2016
According to the FSB unnamed foreign hackers are planning to undermine Russian Banks with cyber attacks and PSYOPS via social media. The Kremlin is accusing unnamed foreign hackers of plotting to undermine the Russian banks in the country. The Russian Government believes that foreign powers plan to conduct a PSYOps to destabilize the banks. Hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2016
Shamoon wiper is back, security experts from Palo Alto Networks and Symantec spotted it in an attack on a single Saudi company. Do you remember the Shamoon malware? Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first spotted in a wave of attacks that targeted companies in Saudi ArabiaĀ in 2012. Among the victims, there was the petrol […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2016
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 theĀ Mirai BotnetĀ caused serious connectivity problems to at leastĀ 900,000 routers of the Deutsche Telekom. Just after the attack, some experts speculated the involvement of Russian hackers behind theĀ botnet that powered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 28, 2016
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 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
The Russian Government has asked Washington to provide clarifications on reports that the US cyber army has hacked into Russiaās 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 interferenceĀ from foreign government. Across the […]
