Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France won’t ban the Chinese giant Huawei from its upcoming 5G telecommunication networks. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government will not exclude Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the building of the upcoming 5G telecommunication networks. However, Macron said that France will favor European providers of 5G technology […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
The Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group leveraged on WhatsApp and LinkedIn to carry out phishing attacks, researchers warn. Clearsky security researchers revealed that Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group is using WhatsApp and LinkedIn to conduct spear-phishing attacks. Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
Elon Musk confirmed that Russian hackers attempted to recruit an employee to install malware into the network of electric car maker Tesla. Recently US authorities arrested the Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) after attempting to recruit an employee at a targeted company to plant a piece of malware. The man was arrested on August […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2020
The Australian government aims at giving itself the power to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The Australian government wants to increase the security of critical infrastructure, for this reason, it plans to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks targeting them. According to a Consultation Paper […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2020
Threat Intel firm Group-IB has released an analytical report on the previously unknown APT group RedCurl, which focuses on corporate espionage Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has released an analytical report on the previously unknown APT group RedCurl, which focuses on corporate espionage. In less than three years, RedCurl […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2020
The Director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) shared info on attempts of influence 2020 U.S. elections. The Director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) William Evanina shared information on ongoing operations aimed at influencing the 2020 U.S. elections. “Many foreign actors have a preference for who wins the election, which they express through a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2020
The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is warning of risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The United States National Security Agency (NSA) published a new guide to warn of the risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The guide, titled […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2020
China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Defense (DoD) released information on a RAT variant, dubbed TAIDOOR, used by China-linked hackers in cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2020
Researchers uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO via fake news content distributed through compromised news websites. Security experts from FireEye have uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. “The operations have primarily targeted audiences in Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland with anti-North Atlantic Treaty […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2020
President Donald Trump announced that he plans to ban the popular short video app TikTok from operating in the US as early as Saturday. President Donald Trump has announced he is going to ban the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok in the US. The US President is ready to sign an executive order as early […]
