Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2015
US State Department – Hackers still in the Email System

Three months from the incursion in the network of the U.S. State Department e-mail system, US specialists are still working to secure the networks. In November 2014 the State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system in response to a suspected cyber attack. ‘Activity of concern’ was detected in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2015
US Government Has Developed a Manhattan Project for Cyber Attacks, Rather than For Defensive Purposes

A cyber Manhattan Project seems to have been on the move for over a decade, providing the US with a great advantage related to online surveillance. Despite belief, no defensive purposes have triggered its setting up. Everybody recalls the notorious Manhattan Project at the end of World War II, which has resulted in the development […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2015
Great SIM Heist – docs reveal mass cell phone hack by Five Eyes intelligence

US and British intelligence services have stolen encryption keys of the major SIM card maker Gemalto to spy on mobile voice and data communications worldwide. A new report published by The Intercept reveals that the National Security Agency and the British counterpart GCHQ obtained encryption keys of the global SIM manufacturer Gemalto, but the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2015
The Equation Group shows most complex and sophisticated hacking techniques ever seen

Experts at Kaspersky Lab revealed that the capabilities of the Equation Group Surpass anything known in terms of sophistication of hacking techniques. Security experts at Kaspersky revealed the existence of a hacking group operating since 2001 that targeted practically every industry with  sophisticated zero-day malware. According to a new report from Kaspersky Lab, this group, dubbed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2015
Law enforcement speculates that ISIS is already using Bitcoin

Law enforcement investigating on terrorism and speculate that terrorists including ISIS members already use Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The ISIS continues to threaten the world, the group is growing in popularity and its operations are increasingly bloody. ISIS has an efficient organizational capability, its strategy of terror is allowing to broaden its reach, and news of the last […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2015
EU parliament bans the Microsoft mobile Outlook app

The experts at the IT Department of the EU parliament bans the Microsoft mobile Outlook app due to the recently disclosed privacy and security issues. A few day ago I wrote about serious security issues for day ago I wrote about serious security issues for Microsoft mobile Outlook app, the researcher and Head of Development at midpoints […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2015
GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, IPT rules

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has considered unlawful the GCHQ access to information gathered by the NSA through its massive surveillance programs. The British intelligence GCHQ acted illegally in accessing millions of personal communications collected by the NSA, this is the judgment of The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) that ruled against the national intelligence agency and security services. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2015
Operation Pawn Storm hackers use a iOS spyware

By investigating on the cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm, experts at TrendLabs discovered a spyware designed for iOS devices. Security experts at TrendLabs have discovered a new espionage iOS app while they were investigating on the cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm. In October 2014, security experts at Trend Micro uncovered a cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015
Snowden revealed intelligence activities of Canadians spies

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed the monitoring activities run by the Canadian Intelligence agency, the Communications Security Establishment Edward Snowden seems to be a bottomless pit, month after month his revelations are shocking the IT security community. Surveillance, hacking, cyber espionage, these are the main activities carried out by the NSA and its […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2015
Regin and Qwerty keylogger are linked with Five Eyes Intelligence

Experts at Kaspersky Lab compared the Regin module 50251 and the “Qwerty” keylogger discovering that they share part of the source code and functionality. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a link between the Regin malware platform and the attack platform cited in the last collection of documents published by Edward Snowden to Der Spiegel magazine. The experts have discovered […]