Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2018
Ex-CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte charged with leaking Vault 7 dumps

An Ex-CIA employee, Joshua Adam Schulte (29), has been charged with stealing classified national defense information and sharing Vault 7 dumps with WikiLeaks. Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that Schulte has been charged with 13 count indictment. In middle May, both The New York Times and The Washington Post, revealed the name of the alleged source of the Vault 7 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2018
DHS, FBI published a join alert including technical details of Hidden Cobra-linked ‘Typeframe’ Malware

The US DHS and the FBI have published a new joint report that includes technical details of a piece of malware allegedly used by the Hidden Cobra APT. A new joint report published by US DHS and FBI made the headlines, past document details TTPs associated with North Korea-linked threat groups, tracked by the US government as […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2018
China-Linked APT15 is still very active, experts found its new malware tracked as ‘MirageFox’

Following the recent hack of a US Navy contractor security experts found evidence of very recent activity by the China-linked APT group tracked as APT15. The China-linked APT15 group (aka Ke3chang, Mirage, Vixen Panda, Royal APT and Playful Dragon) has developed a new strain of malware borrowing the code from one of the tool he used in past […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 167 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      Crooks used a KilllDisk wiper in an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2018
Singapore was hit by an unprecedented number of attacks during the Trump-Kim Summit

Researchers observed a spike in the number of cyber-attacks targeting Singapore during the Trump-Kim Summit, from June 11 to June 12. Researchers at F5 Labs have observed a spike in the number of cyber-attacks targeting Singapore from June 11 to June 12, in the wake of the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2018
Chinese state-sponsored hackers steal 600GB U.S. Navy data

According to a report published by The Washington Post, Chinese hackers have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data from a U.S. Navy contractor. China-linked hackers have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data from a U.S. Navy contractor, the Washington Post reported Friday. The threat actors stole more than 614 gigabytes of data including secret plans to develop a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2018
Yes, Germany BND foreign intelligence service can spy on the world’s biggest internet exchange

This week, a federal court has ruled that Germany’s BND foreign intelligence service can monitor major internet hubs for strategic security interests. Recently, the operator of the world’s top Internet Hub sued the BND foreign intelligence service for the surveillance activity conducted by the spy agency. The operator wants to be sure that the agency is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2018
US Federal court judge rejected a lawsuit by Kaspersky against the ban on its products

A US Federal court judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, rejected a lawsuit by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab against the ban on the use it solution by government agencies On Wednesday, the US Federal court judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected a lawsuit by Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab against the ban on the use it solution by government agencies. The ban on […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2018
North Korea-linked Sun Team APT group targets deflectors with Android Malware

A North Korea-linked APT group tracked as Sun Team has targeted North Korean deflectors with a malicious app that was published in the official Google Play store. A North Korea-linked APT group tracked as Sun Team has targeted North Korean deflectors with a malicious app that was published in the official Google Play store. The campaign, named RedDawn by security experts at […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2018
Operation Hotel – Ecuador spent millions on spy operation for Julian Assange

According to The Guardian newspaper, Ecuador spent millions on spy operation for Julian Assange after he hacked the embassy network. According to a report published by the Guardian, Ecuador spied on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy where he took in political asylum since 2012, In 2012 a British judge ruled he should be extradited to Sweden […]