Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
British MPs emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails. According to Computer Weekly, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails and peers. The revelations have been made public through an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
Unlimited surveillance capabilities, but it’s going to cost you

Israeli company Ability Unlimited Interception System (ULIN) promises unlimited surveillance capabilities on any cell phone on the planet. Israeli-based company Ability is planning a big marketing push aimed at law enforcement in the United States.  Ability Unlimited Interception System (ULIN) promises unlimited surveillance capabilities of revealing the location, calls, and texts of any cell phone […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2016
New evidence links the NK Lazarus Group to SWIFT banking attacks

The Analysis of SWIFT attacks revealed five additional pieces of malware containing portions of code shared by Lazarus Group. While security experts continue to investigate the cyber heists that involved SWIFT systems, new evidence collected by a senior security researcher from Anomali Labs link the malware to the North Korean hacker crew known as Lazarus Group. The expert discovered that five […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2016
Did Edward Snowden perform a ‘public service’?

There is very little doubt in the mind of many that Snowden has caused irreparable damage to the U.S. espionage program. Was Snowden right in his actions? Recently, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder praised Edward Snowden for performing a “public service” by bringing forward the debate over the government’s role in domestic surveillance.  The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2016
Terrorism WEEKLY DIGEST – THREAT INTELLIGENCE FEED – MAY 24th – 30th 2016

From today, Global Intelligence Insight, working with SecurityAffairs and SecurityMediaPublishing will deliver a weekly report on issues in Syria and Iraq as well as extremist related global terrorism. Data comes not just from open sources but also from material not readily available and is gathered by intelligence professionals using specialist tactics techniques and procedures in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2016
Why surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate?

Experts discovered that the Controversial Surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate that can be used for web monitoring. Once again we are here speaking about surveillance, security experts have discovered that the controversial firm Blue Coat Systems was granted  powerful encryption digital certificates. Blue Coat sells web-monitoring software, its surveillance appliances were […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2016
Operation Ke3chang, alleged Chinese hackers target Indian Embassies Worldwide

Security experts from PaloAlto Networks collected evidence that the Operation Ke3chang discovered by FireEye in 2013 is still ongoing. Back in 2013, the security researchers at FireEye spotted a group of China-Linked hackers that conducted an espionage campaign on foreign affairs ministries in Europe. The campaign was named ‘Operation Ke3chang,’ now threat actors behind the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2016
Cyberespionage against RUAG, from Red October to Turla, who is the culprit?

Security experts from Melani published a detailed technical report about the strain of Turla used in the cyberespionage attack against the RUAG firm. A few weeks ago I reported about the cyber espionage attack on the Swiss Defense Department that was revealed after a presentation on cyber espionage to the Federal Intelligence Service. The cyber attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2016
Telephone metadata by NSA can reveal deeply personal information

A study conducted by the NSA confirms that telephone metadata from phone logs reveals individuals’ Personal Information to government surveillance agencies. It has been argued in the past that the mass collection of phone records by government surveillance agencies poses a significant threat to privacy rights. Now, however, a new study confirms what privacy advocates […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2016
Cyber spies from Suckfly group hacked organizations in India

A crew of cyber spies named Suckfly group is targeting organizations in India, it conducted long-term espionage campaigns against entities in the country. A group of high professional hackers called Suckfly is targeting organizations in India, according to the experts at Symantec the crew conducted long-term espionage campaigns against the country. Symantec did not disclose the […]