Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2017
The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group as Lazarus is believed to be behind attacks targeting United States defense contractors. According to Palo Alto Networks, the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group as Lazarus is believed to be behind attacks targeting United States defense contractors. The activity of the Lazarus APT Group surged in 2014 and 2015, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2017
WikiLeaks has published another Vault 7 leak, revealing the CIA tool CouchPotato that allows operators to remotely spy on video streams in real-time. “Today, August 10th 2017, WikiLeaks publishes the the User Guide for the CoachPotato project of the CIA. CouchPotato is a remote tool for collection against RTSP/H.264 video streams. It provides the ability to collect either the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2017
Experts at Cylance noticed that the decoy document used in KONNI attacks is similar to the one used in recent campaigns of the DarkHotel APT. In May, Cisco Talos team discovered a RAT dubbed KONNI malware that targets organizations linked to North Korea. The malware, dubbed by researchers “KONNI,” was undetected for more than 3 years and was used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2017
The Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid was targeted by a state-sponsored actor, the hackers weren’t discovered at least for two months. The Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid was targeted by a state-sponsored attack. EirGrid is the state-owned company that operates the electricity transmission grid across the Ireland, it also supplies the distribution network […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2017
The US Army has ordered its units to stop using Chinese DJI drones because of “cyber vulnerabilities” in the products. The US Army is going to ban its units from using drones manufactured by the Chinese firm DJI due to “cyber vulnerabilities”. The decision was based on the findings of a research conducted by the Army […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2017
South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service attempted to influence 2012 presidential election. South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service (NIS) attempted to manipulate voters to help conservative win parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Agency conducted a two-years PSYOPs involving up to 30 teams to manipulate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2017
Wikileaks published a new batch of files belonging to the CIA Vault 7 archive that reveals the ‘Dumbo’ tool used by the agents to disable security cameras. Wikileaks published a new batch of files belonging to the CIA Vault 7 archive, the documents detail a tool code named ‘Dumbo‘ that was developed by the intelligence […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2017
Wikileaks published another batch of classified documents from the CIA Vault 7 leak, it includes details of the Imperial project. Today another batch of classified documents from the CIA Vault 7 leak was published by Wikileaks. The documents are related to a CIA project codenamed ‘Imperial,’ they include details of three CIA hacking tools and implants that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2017
Researchers from ClearSky and Trend Micro uncovered a new massive cyber espionage campaign conducted by CopyKittens dubbed ‘Operation Wilted Tulip’ A joint investigation conducted by experts from the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm by ClearSky and Trend Micro uncovered a new massive cyber espionage campaign dubbed ‘Operation Wilted Tulip’ conducted by an Iran-linked APT group CopyKittens (aka Rocket Kittens). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2017
According to the UK’s Department for International Trade, the country granted a license to export surveillance equipment to Turkey earlier this year. The UK continues to be one of the most active countries involved in the trade of surveillance technology. British firms continue to export surveillance systems ranging from internet mass surveillance equipment to-catchers. According to the […]
