Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2016
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 âpublic serviceâ by bringing forward the debate over the governmentâs role in domestic surveillance. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 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
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
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
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
A study conducted by the NSA confirms that telephone metadata from phone logs reveals individualsâ 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
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 […]
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 […]
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