Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2016
UAV – âGo ahead, look up [points to the sky] ⊠see the drone? No? Itâs alright, because the drone sees you. Sees your face. We know who you are.â The scene is from the movie â13 hours â The secret story of the soldiers of Benghaziâ: as the member of Ansar al-Sharia looks up, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2016
Is it possible to hack voting machines? According to cyber security experts, it is possible due to the use of outdated systems. The recent attacks against the DNC and Hillary Clinton‘s server raised the question about the cyber security of entire US election machine. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Lisa O. Monaco, homeland security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2016
Experts spotted a previously unknown APT group dubbed Strider or ProjectSauron that carried out surgical cyber-espionage attacks against targets worldwide. A previously unknown hacking group variously dubbed ‘Strider’ or ‘ProjectSauron’ has been conducting a surgical cyber espionage campaign against targets in Russia, Belgium, China, Iran, Sweden, and Rwanda. According to experts from Symantec, the Strider crew […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2016
The number of high-profile hacks demonstrates that a silent cyberwar is already ongoing among countries in the cyberspace. The recent hacks of the Democratic National Committee and presidential candidate Hillary Clintonâs campaign and the alleged infections spotted by the Russian FSB inside government networks demonstrate the intense activity in the cyberspace. It is a virtual […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2016
Hackers accessed Telegram accounts in Iran, a security duo investigated the security breach and will present its findings at the Black Hat Conference. 15 million Iranian Telegram accounts have been compromised, users have reportedly had their personal information exposed (phone number, Telegram ID). The security researchers Collin Anderson and Claudio Guarnieri have investigated the case, more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2016
The Russian Intelligence agency, the FSB, announced the discovery of a spyware in the computer networks belonging to at least 20 organizations. While security experts and the US law enforcement speculate the involvement of Russian state-sponsored hackers behind the DNC hack, the Federal Security Service, the FSB, announced the discovery of a spyware in state […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2016
Media outlet continues to publish news regarding the DNC hack, computer servers used by Clinton campaign were compromised as part of DNC hack. The news of the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC) hack is monopolizing the technological debate around the US presidential campaign. Yesterday I reported the news of another hack against the operation of the DNC, according to the Reuters, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2016
The notorious hacker Detox Ransome was searching for Heartbleed vulnerable servers when found and stole a Democratic National Committee DB in 2015. According to The Epoch Times, the notorious hacker Detox Ransome stole Democrat Databases in 2015. In September 2015, the hacker breached a service linked to the operations of the Democratic National Committee accessing the internal database. Detox […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2016
Security experts at Symantec revealed that the Patchwork hacker crew is now expanding espionage activities on companies in a wide range of industries. Security experts from Symantec have spotted a new cyber espionage campaign managed by the Patchwork group targeting organizations in multiple industries. The hacker crew is a well-known group, its activities are focused on diplomatic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2016
New evidence collected by investigators suggests that hackers that attacked DNC penetrated deeper than previously thought. In June, the security research firm CrowdStrike reported on a cyber breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNS). CrowdStrikeâs incident response time discovered not one, but two hacking groups that it considers âsome of the best adversaries out of the all […]
