Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2020
US authorities warned healthcare and scientific researchers that China-linked hackers were attempting to steal COVID-19 vaccine research. US authorities warned healthcare and scientific researchers that China-linked hackers were attempting to steal research related to treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed that she is the target of an “outrageous” cyber espionage campaign carried out by Russia. German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed that Russia-linked threat actors were targeting her in an “outrageous” cyberespionage campaign. “I can honestly say that it pains me. Every day I try to build a better relationship with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2020
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Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2020
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of cyber attacks against UK universities and scientific institutes involved in COVID-19 research. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned of targeted attacks against UK universities and scientific facilities that are involved in the COVID-19 research. The NCSC reported that nation-state actors are carrying out cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2020
COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate around the world, with potentially harmful consequences for society. During a COVID-19 crisis, while most of the people have to maintain social distancing and work from home, threat cyber are attempting to conduct disinformation and misinformation campaigns. The main difference between misinformation and disinformation is that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2020
The Vietnam-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT32 carried out hacking campaigns against Chinese entities to collect intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Vietnam-linked APT group APT32, also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2020
Security researchers from Volexity discovered a new Insomnia iOS exploit that was being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority. The Uyghur group is a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. “The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government only as a regional […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concerns for cyber cyber attacks that have targeted Czech hospitals involved in the fight against the Coronavirus. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concerns for cyber cyber attacks that recently hit Czech hospitals involved in the fight against the Coronavirus. “As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2020
by Boris Giannetto and Pierluigi Paganini Communication is key in intelligence activities. On the one hand, it is essential to transfer to a number of recipients the knowledge coming from information acquisition and analysis (âintelligence communicationâ); on the other hand, it is crucial to understand and control the communication connected with the activities carried out (âcommunication […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2020
DarkHotel nation-state actor is exploiting a VPN zero-day to breach Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai Chinese security-firm Qihoo 360 has uncovered a hacking campaign conducted by a DarkHotel APT group (APT-C-06) aimed at Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai. State-sponsored hackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Sangfor SSL VPN servers to gain access […]
