Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2015
Researchers have presented the TURNIPSCHOOL project and other activities that replicate NSA surveillance implants with cheaper and off the shelf components. In December 2013, the popular cyber security expert Jacob Appelbaum, with the support of Der Spiegel news agency, disclosed the NSAâs catalog of surveillance. “Germanyâs Der Spiegel has published another disturbing article on the NSA surveillance activities, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2015
Snowden’s documents reveal China stole designs for the US-built F-35 Fighter jet, and provides details also a counter-intelligence operation run by the NSA. The documents leaked by Edward Snowden are a precious source of information, the last collection of confidential files have uncovered revealed a new large-scale industrial espionage campaign conducted by the Chinese Government. State-sponsored hackers have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2015
A new collection of document examined by Der Spiegel magazine reveals that the NSA is now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. Snowden‘s revelations on mass surveillance by the NSA have shocked the IT industry, but experts say the worst is yet to come. The NSA is working to significantly evolve its methods in relation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2015
Prime Minister Cameron said that the UK would pursue banning encrypted messaging apps if the Intelligence was not given access to the communications. At this historical moment, governments are facing increasingly dangerous cyber threats, but their activities are hampered by the large diffusion of encryption mechanisms. Following the Snowden‘s revelations, several IT firms like Google and Apple are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2015
Security experts collected further evidences of the link between the CosmicDuke, Miniduke and OnioDuke Advanced Persistent Threat campaigns. Researchers at F-Secure firm are constantly monitoring the cyber espionage campaigns MiniDuke, CosmicDuke and OnionDuke and provided an interesting update on the hacking operation. Below a short description of the campaigns: MiniDuke: Kaspersky Lab and Hungaryâs Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security, or CrySyS, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2015
The Anonymous collective published a video message online promising to avenge the Charlie Hebdo massacre by razing jihadist websites. A few hours ago the two brothers believed to be members of the terrorist commando that has attacked on Wednesday the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed. The manhunt is over with another […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2015
The British Parliament reveals that UK Power Grid is under cyber attack from foreign hackers every minute, but the emergency is for infrastructure worldwide. UK Power Grid is targeted by hackers every minute according to James Arbuthnot, a member of parliament who chaired the Defense Select Committee until last year. As reported by Bloomberg, Arbuthnot plans […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2015
The Obama administration exacerbates economic sanctions against 10 senior North Korean officials and three entities of the country. The aftermath of the dramatic attack on Sony Pictures continues to be felt, the cyber attack against a company operating on US soil is considered by the Government of Washington a dangerous precedent. Who is behind the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2014
A new collection of documents leaked by Snowden and disclosed by the Der Spiegel reveals the difficulties of Intelligence agencies to de-anonymize Tor users A new collection of NSA documents crawled by the Edward Snowden was leaked online during the weekend, the German news agency Der Spiegel has published online a dump of PDF files […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2014
Recent revelations have made it clear that SS7 breaches can occur, thanks to the vulnerabilities of such a set of protocols for telecom. Hackers can take advantage of these threats, like they have done in the past, as German researchers warn. The example of Ukraine and Russia highlights the danger crawling towards countries wishing to […]
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