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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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2012

US develop exploitation methods for mobile devices while refuse UN treaty

Just one week ago a UN treaty was approved to update 24-year-old United Nations telecommunications rules. The agreement states that countries have the right to access international telecommunications services and control them to prevent cybercrimes such as spamming. The downside is that the UN treaty could open the doors to attitudes of censorship of governments […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2012

New attacks against banking, cyber Jihad or cyber warfare acts?

Last week the hacker group known as “Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters” announced a series of attacks against principal banking and financial institutions publishing a message on Pastebin profile. The principal targets include organizations such as U.S. Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase&co, Bank of America, PNC Financial Fervices Group, and SunTrust Banks. In the period between the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2012

Saudi Aramco, war of information on the cyber attack

Last summer a series of cyber attacks hit energy sector, one of the world’s largest oil companies the Saudi Aramco was attacked by a group named the Cutting Sword of Justice. Hackers used the Shamoon malware to attack the systems of the company, fortunately, production environment wasn’t impacted. The malware is able to wipe files from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2012

Korean cyber espionage campaign against Russia

Cyber espionage is worldwide recognized one of the most concerning cyber threats mainly operated by governments to steal sensible information to foreign states and private companies. FireEye has revealed a cyber espionage campaign, named “Sanny“, attributable to Korea that hosts command-and-control (C&C) servers used in the attacks, the C&C channel is embedded on a legitimate page […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2012

How to get into your house through SmartTV

It’s time of analysis for the past year and forecasts on what will be the main cyber threats for next year, F-Secure Labs proposed the following Top 7 Predictions for 2013: The end of the Internet as we know it? Leaks will reveal more government-sponsored espionage tools Commoditization of mobile malware will increase Another malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2012

ProjectWhiteFox 1.6M accounts exposed,Team Ghostshell vs UN Y.2770 standard

Once again the group of hackers Team Ghostshell conquers a record to have attacked major organizations and expose around 1.6 million accounts from the victims. In the past the hacktivists attacked Russian Government and businesses during a campaign named ProjectBlackstar. The hackers during the operation named ProjectWhiteFox have targeted a wide range of companies operating in […]

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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

US develop exploitation methods for mobile devices while refuse UN treaty

New attacks against banking, cyber Jihad or cyber warfare acts?

Saudi Aramco, war of information on the cyber attack

Korean cyber espionage campaign against Russia

How to get into your house through SmartTV

ProjectWhiteFox 1.6M accounts exposed,Team Ghostshell vs UN Y.2770 standard

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