Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2013
Itâs the news of the day, a fraudulent digital certificate that could be used for active phishing attacks against Googleâs web properties. Using the certificate it is possible to spoof content in a classic phishing schema or perform a man-in-the-middle attack according Google Chrome Security Team and Microsoft experts. Microsoft has been immediately started the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2013
Technology in modern warfare has assumed a crucial role, every government is developing new cyber capabilities to be able to contrast and prevent cyber threats the fifth domain of warfare, the cyberspace. Today the concept of warfare is profoundly changed, many states choose to attack foreign governments exploring new technological options, from state-sponsored cyber attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2013
The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual meeting of international hackers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), one of the worldâs biggest hackers organizations. The CCC group, that describes itself as âa galactic community of life forms, independent of age, sex, race or societal orientation, which strives across borders for freedom of informationâŠ.â, is known for its effort in the fight […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2012
Itâs Christmas time everywhere but cyberspace there isnât holiday time for governments, last week a new cyber espionage attack has been detected, the website for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) was compromised. The CFR is a strategic target for espionage, it is one of the most elite foreign policy organizations in the United States with a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2012
The year is ending and itâs very easy to read forecast for next year, experts are sure that we will assist to a sensible increase of state-sponsored attacks and to the raise of sophisticated malware, both cyber threats will exploit large scale channels such as mobile and social networks. The majority of forecast are focused […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2012
In line with expectations a new cyber threat is menacing the mobile, in particular the most diffused OS, Android. The Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web has detected a new malware, dubbed  TheAndroid.DDoS.1.origin, that target Android mobile allowing the attacker to carry out mobile denial of service attacks. Currently is not known how the trojan has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2012
The last couple of years has been characterized by the raise of state-sponsored cyber attacks, governments have increased cyber capabilities to defend their critical infrastructures from offensive originated in the cyberspace but they also improved tactics to offend and spy on foreign government networks. Governments and private business of countries such as US, Japan and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2012
During this week I had the opportunity to read the book “9 Steps to Cybersecurity” written by Dejan Kosutic What You Need to Know in Order to Plan Your Companyâs Cybersecurity in 9 Easy-to-understand Steps  I consider it a great introduction for basics cyber security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2012
Fortinet company, the worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management (UTM), has recently published the report âFortinet 2013 Cybercrime Reportâ that deepens the phenomenon of cybercrime. The report highlights that cybercrime is assuming an amazing relevance, what really surprise is its organizational capacity that has nothing to envy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2012
CNET web site has published a news on a secret National Security Agency program named Perfect Citizen that is targeting on large-scale the control systems inside utilities, including power grid and gas pipeline controllers, with the purpose to discover security vulnerabilities. The program was revealed by new documents from EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center), the […]
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