Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2015
Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Yahoo and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are joining their efforts in the fight against child sexual abuse. Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining their effort in the fight against child sexual abuse. The IT giants child after joining forces with a the UK charity, the Internet Watch Foundation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2015
Metadata acquired due to the NSA surveillance programs was ruled illegal by a court in May 2015. The NSA will lose access to its metadata in Nov. 29. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the NSA will destroy millions of US phone records collected during its investigation. The process will […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2015
Bad habits are hard to eradicate, according to a post published by The Telegraph, porn sites accessed 20,000 times a month on British parliament computers. The news could appear disconcerting, computers used by MPs, peers and staff tried to access restricted porn sites, the Telegraph reported almost 250,000 attempts to visit porn websites were made […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2015
Documents leaked online after the Hacking Team data breach revealed that the company supported the FBI in the investigation on Tor users. While the security experts are continuing to analyze the impressive amount of data stolen from the Hacking Team, new revelation are circulating over the Internet. Among the clients of the Italian security firm, there […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2015
The Hacking Team CEO David Vincenzetti announced that the popular surveillance company will be back to business vert soon, but experts have many doubts. After the embarrassing data breach suffered by the Hacking Team, the surveillance company plans to rebuild the “empire”. The hackers likely havenât stolen the entire intellectual property of the firm, which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2015
IIn response to the recent cyber-attacks against German targets the German Government has announced measures to improve the cyber security. In response to the recent cyber-attacks against German targets, including the hack of the systems at Bundestag, the central Government has announced measures to improve the cyber security. To avoid more problems, the German Government listed its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2015
In the UK hard times for messaging applications like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the Investigatory Powers Bill, probably will pass in Autumn. We have already discussed the plan of the UK Government to ban principal messaging applications for security reason, the authorities fear that they could be exploited by terrorist groups as a communication channel. Early this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2015
The New Zealandâs Government passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill, which declares war to cyberbullying and other abuses of Digital Communications. The Government of New Zealand has passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill that would implement the Government’s decisions on addressing harmful digital communications. The Bill establishes serious penalties against cyberbullying considering it as a serious criminal offense. The Bill states that any […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2015
The OPM announced that it has temporarily suspended its Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) system to fix a security flaw. According the results of a security audit conducted after the hack at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the systems of the US Department are affected by a serious vulnerability. The vulnerable system is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 27, 2015
The law enforcement agencies from six European countries coordinated by the Europol have arrested members of a Ukrainian ring behind Zeus and SpyEye botnets. The law enforcement agencies from six European countries have dealt a serious blow to the organized crime by taking down a Ukrainian ring suspected of developing managing the popular Zeus and […]
