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Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2013

Red October, RBN and too many questions still unresolved

The recently discovered cyber espionage campaign “Red October” 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

Kaspersky Lab discovered the cyber espionage campaign “Red October”

Last October Kaspersky Lab’s 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

New security problem for Oracle Java software

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

Stylometric analysis to track anonymous users in the underground

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

Zero-day vulnerability in Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption

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 user’s 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

Hackers, a need for cyber security

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

29C3 Chaos Communication Congress.What do USB memory sticks say?

The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual meeting of international hackers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), one of the world’s biggest hackers organizations. The CCC group, that describes itself as “a galactic community of life forms, independent of age, sex, race or societal orientation, which strives across borders for freedom of information….”, is known for its effort in the fight […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2012

Hacktivism and web monitoring in 2013 for Security Affairs

The year is ending and it’s 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

Have you been hacked? … you must disclose it!

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2012

Accessing to PGP, TrueCrypt, and BitLocker encrypted containers with a £300 tool

The news was a bolt from the blue, the confidentiality of our data is at risk, Russian company Elcomsoft has announced that its software tool Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor is able to decrypt encryption containers created with TrueCrypt, PGP and BitLocker To Go. These software are considered the most common and reliable tools used by […]

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Red October, RBN and too many questions still unresolved

Kaspersky Lab discovered the cyber espionage campaign “Red October”

New security problem for Oracle Java software

Stylometric analysis to track anonymous users in the underground

Zero-day vulnerability in Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption

Hackers, a need for cyber security

29C3 Chaos Communication Congress.What do USB memory sticks say?

Hacktivism and web monitoring in 2013 for Security Affairs

Have you been hacked? … you must disclose it!

Accessing to PGP, TrueCrypt, and BitLocker encrypted containers with a £300 tool

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