Security Affairs

Iran, the cyber threat … are we creating a new enemy ?

"Iran, the super power capable of threatening the world". This is the title of a hypothetical sensationalist article aimed to enhance the computer skills of a nation of which little is known. In recent weeks the strange coincidence of events is helping...

What should we expect from next cyber weapon? Hypothesis on Stuxnet 3

This 2011 was the year of the consecration of cyber weapons from a mediatic point of view. Awareness of the threat has been shared by all the major states of the world. This weapons could be been used in cyber attacks, claiming victims from cyberspace...

December 23, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Hacking Malware Security

Russia, cyber repression in the social networks era

Several times in these posts we have discussed of the importance of social media in recent years. Social Media are the valuable carrier to disclose political decisions taken by central governments. This is well known to the main strategist of governments...

December 22, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Hacking Intelligence Security Social Networks

Malware attacks Georgia Hospital, have we learnt the lesson?

The medical industry is historically one of the sectors that has benefited more than others for the introduction of technology. Devices allow ever more complex operations every day to millions of patients and to medical equipments, from health conditions...

December 21, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Hacking Malware Security

The thin line between monitoring and censorship

During the last year we have seen the consolidation of the tendency to use social media as a major vector for the exchange of information. The imperative is to be social, no matter if you need to share photos with friends or to express an opinion on a topic...

December 20, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Intelligence Laws and regulations Security Social Networks

Duqu – The worst may still have to come for critical infrastructures

Duqu, a name that we are reading since several months and with whom we have called a malware that scares the scientific community for some features we will shortly describe. I wrote a lot in this blog about Duqu and on more than one occasion we have raised...

December 19, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Hacking Hacktivism Intelligence Malware Security

SCADA and vulnerabilities to critical infrastructures

Over the last few months there have been different events that led to the story than they can be dangerous attacks on SCADA systems used to control production processes in industrial plants of various kinds, from industrial production to the provision...

December 18, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Intelligence Malware Security

Software piracy,from statistics to hypotheses of cyber warfare

With the term software piracy is referred the illegal distribution or reproduction of software for business or personal use. Whether software piracy is deliberate or not, it is still illegal and punishable by law. We distinguish several type of software...

December 17, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Hacking Malware Security

The year of the networked protest, from SOPA act to Anonymous

It's end of the year and time for reflections. Yesterday we have discussed on incident occurred to CAs, but what else will we remember of this 2011? No doubts, we will remember the new way to use Internet, an irreplaceable vector for social protests,...

December 15, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Digital ID Hacking Intelligence Security Social Networks

2011, CAs are under attack. Why steal a certificate?

2011 was a terrible year for the certification authorities, the number of successful attacks against some major companies reported is really high and totally out of any prediction. Many attacks have had disturbing consequences.It all began, or so we were...

December 15, 2011 By Pierluigi Paganini Posted In Cyber Crime Digital ID Hacking Intelligence Security