Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2013
The worst nightmare for security experts, a backdoor hidden in large consume products, once again has become reality, several network appliances from Barracuda Networks Inc. contains a hidden hardware backdoor that allow to attackers to remotely control them. The backdoor, since now undocumented, has been disclosed by the same producer, the devices are configured to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2013
The recently discovered cyber espionage campaign âRed Octoberâ has shocked world wide security community, the principal questions raised are: Who is behind the attacks? How is possible that for so long time the campaign went undetected? Which is the role of AV company in these operations? To try to understand who is behind the attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2013
Last October Kaspersky Labâs Global Research & Analysis Team started a new investigation after several attacks hit computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. The attacks appeared very suspect, a new large scale cyber-espionage operation has been discovered, the operation is dubbed «Red October», a name inspired by famous novel «The Hunt For The Red […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2013
The year is start way for Oracle Java platform, a new Java 0-day vulnerability has been discovered and worldwide security community is very concerned on the potential effect of the bug. We have discovered how much dangerous could be the exploit of a zero-day vulnerability especially against institutional targets and governments (e.g. Elderwood project), state-sponsored hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2013
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies conscious of the high risks related to cyber threats have started massive monitoring campaign, everything must be controlled to avoid unpleasant surprises. The trend is shared by every governments of the planet, intelligence agencies are making great investments in term of money and resources to define new methods and to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2013
IT community become familiar with the concept of zero-day vulnerability, no matter if it is related to SCADA system or mobile phone firmware, it could allow a hacker to silently interfere with userâs life, exposing it to serious risks. This time the product affected by the vulnerability is produced by Symantec, it is PGP Whole […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2013
Ten years, that is the time interval that has totally changed the worldwide perception for the role of hacker, these specialists were once seen as shady individuals to avoid, today they are highly sought professionals in both private business and government sectors. Which are the reasons for their success? The world has acquired awareness on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2013
The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual meeting of international hackers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), one of the worldâs biggest hackers organizations. The CCC group, that describes itself as âa galactic community of life forms, independent of age, sex, race or societal orientation, which strives across borders for freedom of informationâŠ.â, is known for its effort in the fight […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2012
The year is ending and itâs very easy to read forecast for next year, experts are sure that we will assist to a sensible increase of state-sponsored attacks and to the raise of sophisticated malware, both cyber threats will exploit large scale channels such as mobile and social networks. The majority of forecast are focused […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2012
During 2009 it was revealed that one of the primary defense contractor BAE Systems was hacked causing the exposure of sensible information on F-35 fighter jet. The reserved information were obtained by a group of hackers who accessed to internal server of the contractor, but BAE Systems admitted it only in 2012. The attackers were […]
