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Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2017

Wikileaks revealed the Scribbles tool used by the CIA to mark documents and track whistleblowers

Wikileaks has published a new piece of the Vault 7 leak that details a CIA project codenamed Scribbles (a.k.a. the “Snowden Stopper”). Scribbles is a software allegedly developed to embed ‘web beacon’ tags into confidential documents aiming to track whistleblowers and foreign spies. Wikileaks has leaked the Scribbles documentation and its source code, the latest released version […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2017

The massive attack against Israel was alleged launched by the Iranian OilRig APT group

According to the experts at the security firm Morphisec that massive attack against Israeli targets was powered by the OilRig APT group. Yesterday the Israeli Cyber Defense Authority announced it has thwarted a major cyberattack against 120 targets just days after harsh criticism of new cyber defense bill. In a first time, the authorities blamed a foreign […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2017

Cracking APT28 traffic in a few seconds

Security experts from security firm Redsocks published an interesting report on how to crack APT28 traffic in a few seconds. Introduction APT28 is a hacking group involved in many recent cyber incidents. The most recent attack allegedly attributed to this group is the one to French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign. Incident response to this Advanced […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017

Russian APT28 group also targeted French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron

The campaign of the French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has been targeted by the notorious cyber espionage APT28 group. Yesterday the Danish Government officially accused the dreaded APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and Strontium) of cyber attacks against Defense Ministry’s email accounts, now DNC hackers are suspected to have targeted also the French presidential […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2017

Hackers compromised thousands of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools DOUBLEPULSAR and ETERNALBLUE

Security researcher warn of hackers compromised thousands of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools DOUBLEPULSAR and ETERNALBLUE Security expert Dan Tentler, the founder of security shop Phobos Group, has observed a significant increase in the number of Windows boxes exposed on the Internet that has been hacked with DOUBLEPULSAR backdoor. The compromised windows boxes have been used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2017

WikiLeaks published the user guide for the CIA Weeping Angel, the Samsung Smart TV Hacking Tool

WikiLeaks published the user guide related to the hacking tool allegedly used by the CIA, code-named Weeping Angel, to hack Samsung Smart TV. WikiLeaks has published a new document included in the Vault7 archive containing technical details about another hacking tool allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This time, the organization has […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2017

The alleged link between the Shadow Brokers data leak and the Stuxnet cyber weapon

Security researchers who analyzed the documents and hacking tools included in the last Shadow Brokers dump found a link to the Stuxnet virus. On Friday, the Shadow Brokers leaked a new bunch of files belonging to the alleged NSA arsenal. Security researchers who analyzed the documents and hacking tools included in the last dump have […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2017

The failure of the missile launch by North Korea may have been caused by US cyber attack

The failure of the missile launch made the North Korea may have been thwarted by a cyber attack powered by the US Cyber Command. The crisis between the US and North Korea is increasing, Donald Trump warns his military may ‘have no choice’ to strike the rogue state. According to The Sun, US cyber soldiers may have […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2017

Callisto APT Group exploited Hacking Team surveillance tools to hack Government targets

The Callisto APT Group borrowed the source code leaked by hackers that broke into Hacking Team network. According to F-Secure Labs, The Callisto APT Group used the HackingTeam leaked surveillance software to gather intelligence on foreign and security policy in eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. The Callisto APT group targeted government officials, military personnel, journalists and think tanks since […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2017

Microsoft says it has fixed exploits leaked by Shadow Brokers in March

Microsoft determined that most of the flaws exploited by the tools in the dump released by Shadow Brokers yesterday were patched in March. Yesterday the Shadow Brokers hacker group has released a new portion of the alleged archive of the NSA containing hacking tools and exploits. The group released a 117.9 MB encrypted dump containing […]

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Wikileaks revealed the Scribbles tool used by the CIA to mark documents and track whistleblowers

The massive attack against Israel was alleged launched by the Iranian OilRig APT group

Cracking APT28 traffic in a few seconds

Russian APT28 group also targeted French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron

Hackers compromised thousands of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools DOUBLEPULSAR and ETERNALBLUE

WikiLeaks published the user guide for the CIA Weeping Angel, the Samsung Smart TV Hacking Tool

The alleged link between the Shadow Brokers data leak and the Stuxnet cyber weapon

The failure of the missile launch by North Korea may have been caused by US cyber attack

Callisto APT Group exploited Hacking Team surveillance tools to hack Government targets

Microsoft says it has fixed exploits leaked by Shadow Brokers in March

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