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Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2016
FBI flash alert says foreign hackers compromised state election systems

The FBI issued a “flash” alert to election officials across the country confirming that foreign hackers have compromised state election systems in two states. The FBI confirmed that foreign hackers have penetrated state election systems, federal experts have uncovered evidence of the intrusion. The hackers penetrated the databases of two state election systems in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 73 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! A New Google API Launched, in Avoidance of Android Passwords Hackers could break into billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2016
Cyberespionage against RUAG, from Red October to Turla, who is the culprit?

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 November 29, 2015

Microsoft has updated its security tools to remove two risky digital certificates installed on some Dell computers that could be exploited by attackers. The eDellRoot and DSDTestProvider self-signed certificates both contained their private encryption keys that could be extracted by attackers and used to steal personal data, install data-stealing malware, or hijack the PC. Dell […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2015
ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) as cyber arms control

That means that the State Department and the Pentagon are looking for an alternative framework, they might find it in the ITAR. The US has failed to take the offensive cyber products to the Wassenaar agreement. That means that the State Department and the Pentagon are looking for an alternative framework. They might find it […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2015
GOP hackers are threatening US news media agency

GoP hackers are threatening to attack an American news media organization, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept. According to a new Joint Intelligence Bulletin of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security on the attack on Sony Pictures, the hackers that compromised the systems of the giant. The FBI an official FBI […]