Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2014
CrowdStrike published a new report which blames the Chinese Putter Panda group for the different cyber espionage campaigns conducted against foreign companies. Putter Panda is the name of bad actor responsible for a series of cyber espionage operations originating in Shanghai, security experts linked its operation to the activity of the People’s Liberation Army 3rd General Staff […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2014
A major cyber attack might have compromised the personal information of 16000 current and former workers employed by the American command in South Korea. US officials have revealed that military database in South Korea has suffered a major cyber attack which caused a data breach. Data related to personnel employed by the United States military […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2014
FireEye Labs recently identified several new Molerats attacks based on Xtreme RAT targeting US financial institutions and European government organizations. FireEye experts between 29 April and 27 May have identified several new Molerats attacks targeting organizations across the globe. European government organizations, at least one U.S. financial institution and other private entities were hit by cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2014
Vodafone has recently issued the Law Enforcement Disclosure Report to reveal the existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance. Vodafone, one of the largest mobile carrier of the world has issued a document, titled “Law Enforcement Disclosure Report“, which describes the collaboration provided by the company to many governments for lawful interception for some of its 400 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2014
A last revelation on the surveillance activities of British intelligence GCHQ confirms the existence of spy base tapping undersea cables in the Middle East. In the last year Edward Snowden has leaked many disconcerting documents for the surveillance activity conducted by the NSA and GCHQ intelligence agencies, the last revelation is related Britain covert spying programme, in particular the information on clandestine British base […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2014
FireEye has issued data which show the intensification of activities in the cyberspace correspondent to geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine. The Geopolitical dispute between Russia and Ukraine has its correspondence in the cyberspace, principal security experts have observed an increase in the number of cyber attacks between the two countries. Cyber units on both sides may be actively engaged in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2014
Experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. Iranian Hackers use a network of fake accounts (NEWSCASTER network) on principal social media to spy on US officials and political staff worldwide, this is reported in an analysis done by iSIGHT Partners. A few days ago […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2014
Encryption Tool TrueCrypt shuts down mysteriously, a message on the official SourceForge-hosted page is encouraging users to adopt Microsoft Bitlocker. TrueCrypt, another myth is falling down? Many TrueCrypt users have had a nasty surprise visiting the TrueCrypt page at SourceForge, the page content warns visitors that the open source encryption software is not secure and that its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2014
Researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered that Nice Recording eXpress lawful intercept software contains numerous flaws, including a backdoor. Nice Recording eXpress voice-recording package software used by law enforcement to intercept communications of suspects under investigation contains various flaws, this is the discovery of security researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab. The researchers have recently published an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2014
CYBERPOL the International Cyber-Security Organization (ICSO) is looking into the ID theft of personalities on social websites online that offers very little, if any protection of your identity being used by third parties. This comes after a fake Ban Ki Moon ID profile was discovered by CYBERPOL on LinkedIn on Sunday past. During the examination, […]
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