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Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2016

The Libyan Scorpions group is behind a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia

The Cyberkov Security Incident Response team spotted a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia conducted by a group named Libyan Scorpions. Thinking of Libya we have in mind a non-stable political country where various forces fight for the control of strategic territories and oil productions. but only a few experts know about cyber malicious activities in the area. Evidently, something […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2016

A nation-state actor is testing methods for a massive takedown of the Internet

According to the popular cyber security experts an unknown nation state actor may be running tests for taking down the entire internet infrastructure. What happens if someone shuts down the Internet? Is it possible? Our society heavily depends on technology and the Internet is the privileged vector of the information today. Blocking the Internet could […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2016

The leak of NSA hacking tools was caused by a staffer mistake

A US investigation into the leak of the NSA hacking tools used by the Agency is focusing on a theory that it was caused by a staffer mistake. The hack of the NSA-linked group Equation Group and the leakage of the NSA hacking tools in its arsenal it probably one the most disconcerting events of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2016

GCHQ plans to protect the country with a national firewall

The British intelligence agency GCHQ is planning to create to protect the country from cyber attacks by creating a national firewall. The news was announced, during the Billington CyberSecurity Summit held in Washington DC, by the GCHQ director general of cyber security Ciaran Martin. The British GCHQ recently created the National Cyber Security Centre, led by Martin, that has […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2016

Colin Powell’s emails leaked online. He calls Trump ‘National Disgrace’

A new batch of Colin Powell’s emails was leaked online by Russian hackers. Powel criticized both Presidential candidates, Trump and Clinton. Powell’s emails sent in a couple of years have been published on the website DC Leaks in a section protected by a password that was available only to select news outlets. The Powell’s e-mails belong to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2016

Sports doping agency WADA confirms attack by Russian cyber spies

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that Russian hackers breached its Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) database. Hackers breached the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and have stolen Olympic athletes’ medical records, the hack was confirmed by the agency. According to the WADA, the hackers accessed the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) database, security experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2016

President Obama at the G-20 Summit: US has more capacity than anybody, both offensively and defensively

President Obama at the recent G-20 Summit held in China declared that the US has “more capacity than anybody, both offensively and defensively.” Governments recognize the cyberspace as the fifth domain of warfare, in June the NATO alliance communicated during the Warsaw summit that it has officially declared cyberspace a warfare domain and confirmed that a cyber attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2016

Evidence on hacks of the US State Election Systems suggest Russian origin

Researchers have found links between the attacks on US state election systems and campaigns managed by alleged Russian state-sponsored hackers. Security experts at threat intelligence firm ThreatConnect have conducted an analysis on the IP addresses listed in the flash alert issued in August by the FBI that warned about two cyber attacks against the election […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2016

Azerbaijani Anti-Armenia Team of hacktivists leaked Armenian security service data

Azerbaijani Anti-Armenia Team of hacktivists leaked Armenian security service data and passport details of foreign visitors to Armenia. A group of Azerbaijani hacktivists has leaked the passport details of foreign visitors to Armenia. The data breach exposed the Internal resources of the Security Service (SNS) that are involved in the process of updating information about passports […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2016

The Network of NewSat satellite telco firm was the ‘most corrupted’ of ever

The Network of NewSat satellite firm was the ‘most corrupted’ of ever, it was hacked by foreign hackers and it had interception kit in its data centre. The story demonstrates the high interest of spy agencies in hacking communication systems. Once upon a time, the Australian satellite company was deeply hacked by cyber spies that […]

Cyber warfare

The Libyan Scorpions group is behind a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia

A nation-state actor is testing methods for a massive takedown of the Internet

The leak of NSA hacking tools was caused by a staffer mistake

GCHQ plans to protect the country with a national firewall

Colin Powell’s emails leaked online. He calls Trump ‘National Disgrace’

Sports doping agency WADA confirms attack by Russian cyber spies

President Obama at the G-20 Summit: US has more capacity than anybody, both offensively and defensively

Evidence on hacks of the US State Election Systems suggest Russian origin

Azerbaijani Anti-Armenia Team of hacktivists leaked Armenian security service data

The Network of NewSat satellite telco firm was the ‘most corrupted’ of ever

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