Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2016
The US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper revealed that attackers are targeting the campaigns of US presidential contenders. At the end of 2015, I published a post titled “2016 Cyber Security Predictions,” one of my prediction is related the rise of cyber attacks related to the US elections. “Social media are a primary communication method […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2016
The Philadelphia Police Department admitted they disguised a surveillance SUV equipped with a powerful ALPR as a Google Streetview vehicle. The Philadelphia Police Department has used a track for surveillance activity by disguising it as Google Streetview vehicle. “An SUV tucked away in the shadows of the Philadelphia Convention Centerâs tunnel bears the ubiquitous logo for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2016
Researchers at Trend Micro discovered that Pawn Storm threat actor targeted the political party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Christian Democratic Union. Security experts follow a long time the operations of the Russian-linked Pawn Storm cyber spies, aka APT 28, Sednit, Sofacy, Fancy Bear and Tsar Team. In October 2014, security experts at Trend Micro spotted a cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2016
According to 2015 intelligence transparency report, the searches of US citizens made by the NSA and CIA intelligence agencies have almost doubled since 2013 If you believe that the Snowden‘s revelations have stopped or limited the surveillance activities you are obviously wrong. The diffusion of the technology and the increasing threats of espionage and terrorism is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2016
A Tennessee Valley Authority senior manager, with access to sensitive information about nuclear development and production admits China paid him for secrets The Peopleâs Republic of China (PRC) has been conducting military and commercial espionage for quite some time against the United States, as well as other countries, in an attempt to capture sensitive intellectual […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2016
The CESG is considered the Information Security Arm of GCHQ, it has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting multiple software this year. The British intelligence agency GCHQ has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting multiple software. The information was shared by a GCHQ spokesperson with the Motherboard. The flaws were discovered by the CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group), which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2016
Watch the trailer for the Oliver Stone’s new film on the Snowden Story. This week I saw the trailer for new the Oliver Stone’s film on the Snowden‘s Story. Oliver Stone is one of my favorite filmmakers, it is the author of jewels like Scarface, JFK,  and Platoon. His last opera focus on the story of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2016
Security experts eavesdropped and geographic tracked a US Congressman only using his phone number by abusing the SS7 protocol. Hackers eavesdropped and geographic tracked a US Congressman only using his phone number. Security experts will be no surprised, I wrote many articles on the topic explaining that security flaws in the SS7 protocol could be exploited by an attacker to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2016
The US intelligence is massively expanding in Social Media surveillance pushing new technologies, including artificial intelligence for data mining In-Q-Tel, the CIAâs venture capital firm, has been pursuing various new technologies, including artificial intelligence for data mining, computer algorithms that can detect insider threats and robots which are able to seize delicate objects. This is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2016
During the Q&A session at Kenyon College last week, the FBI Director explained that he uses tape to mitigate the danger of cyber espionage. Privacy and security are top priorities for some security experts that are aware of threat actors’ capabilities, so I’m not surprised that the FBI Director James Comey uses to cover his laptop webcam […]
