Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2016
ShadowBrokers complain nobody wants the Euquation Group’s full dump

The ShadowBrokers behind the Equation Group hack is very upset that no one is still bidding on the full dump of the NSA arsenal. Once again we are here to report about the NSA-linked Equation Group and its hacking arsenal leaked online by a group of hackers who called itself TheShadowBrokers. The group of hackers claimed to have […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2016
Russian hackers spy on Citizen Journalists investigating on Flight MH17 Crash

Researchers at the Bellingcat agency have been hit with spear phishing attacks and account takeover attempts while investigating flight MH17 crash. Once again cyber security experts warn of a new hacking campaign that this time is targeting Citizen Journalists reporting the crash of the flight MH17 of the Malaysian Airlines. According to the intelligence firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2016
The Libyan Scorpions group is behind a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia

The Cyberkov Security Incident Response team spotted a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia conducted by a group named Libyan Scorpions. Thinking of Libya we have in mind a non-stable political country where various forces fight for the control of strategic territories and oil productions. but only a few experts know about cyber malicious activities in the area. Evidently, something […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2016
The leak of NSA hacking tools was caused by a staffer mistake

A US investigation into the leak of the NSA hacking tools used by the Agency is focusing on a theory that it was caused by a staffer mistake. The hack of the NSA-linked group Equation Group and the leakage of the NSA hacking tools in its arsenal it probably one the most disconcerting events of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2016
How an insecure messaging app led to fall of a terrorist organization in Turkey?

MIT (Turkish Intelligence Agency) has hacked one-single server of a messaging app in Lithuania in order to identify members of an Islamic terrorist group. Within the harshness of political controversies turned up in Turkey with the recent coup attempt at July of 15th [1], it seems that a cyberwar between MIT [2] (Turkish National Intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2016
Motherboard shows us how surveillance software works

Surveillance is a profitable business, Motherboard has published a never-before-seen 10-minute video showing a live demo of a surveillance software. Recently, the iPhone hack carried out with the NSO Group‘s Pegasus raised the debate about the use of surveillance software. Who uses them? How? Are we able to defend our machines from a so invasive surveillance? NSO Group is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2016
President Obama at the G-20 Summit: US has more capacity than anybody, both offensively and defensively

President Obama at the recent G-20 Summit held in China declared that the US has “more capacity than anybody, both offensively and defensively.” Governments recognize the cyberspace as the fifth domain of warfare, in June the NATO alliance communicated during the Warsaw summit that it has officially declared cyberspace a warfare domain and confirmed that a cyber attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2016
Russia hacks US systems ‘all the time’ said Director of National Intelligence

Chief of the National Intelligence declared Russia hacks US computer networks “all the time,” while also seeking to reassure the situation is under control. The recent string of attacks against people and systems involved in the 2016 Presidential election is alarming the US intelligence. After the attacks against the Democratic National Committee, security firms and government experts collected […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2016
Major Europol’s operation against online terrorist propaganda

The Europol processed 1 677 media content and social media accounts in six languages containing violent online terrorist propaganda. Recently the European law enforcement agency EUROPOL announced the constitution of a cyber unit focused on fighting the online terrorist propaganda. The Agency now announced to have processed 1677 media content and social media accounts in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2016
Evidence on hacks of the US State Election Systems suggest Russian origin

Researchers have found links between the attacks on US state election systems and campaigns managed by alleged Russian state-sponsored hackers. Security experts at threat intelligence firm ThreatConnect have conducted an analysis on the IP addresses listed in the flash alert issued in August by the FBI that warned about two cyber attacks against the election […]