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Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2013
The number of attacks against gaming platforms is constantly increasing, the recent data breach occurred to Nintendo and Ubisoft are just the tip of the iceberg. Gaming platforms are considerable privileged targets for cybercriminals but also for state-sponsored hackers. The first group of attackers is mainly attracted by possibility to steal sensitive information, in many […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2013
Edward Snowden is the person responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history, he is former technical assistant for the CIA and currently is working at defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Edward Snowden, this name is destined to enter into the history, a single man has compromised the secrecy of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2013
FireEye report on the evolution of sophisticated cyber threats and their diffusion on global scale FireEye security firm has published another interesting report, titled “FireEye report -The Advanced Cyber Attack Landscape”, that provides an overview of advanced cyber attack landscape, these events are a widespread global activity and during 2012. FireEye experts detected 12 million malware communications seeking instructions, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2013
Security firm Group-IB has detected a new variant of malware that targets the popular Russian stock-trading platform QUIK (Quik Broker, Quik Dealer) provided by Russian software developers ARQA Technologies. The malware has been used during various attacks staring in last November (2012) with the purpose to gather detailed information on the respective owners of the accounts. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2013
Another cyber espionage campaign has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab Team, I start to get the feeling that whatever is done online we cannot avoid being spied. What is singular this time is the sector hit by the attackers, the gaming industry, that using a malware signed with a valid digital certificate has been used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2013
The principal reports proposed by various security firm demonstrate a sustained growth of cyber criminal activities fueled by increased offer of underground. In the underground it is practically possible to acquire/sell any kind of product and services to realize illegal activities. The offer is complete and include programming and hacking services, bulletproof-hosting services, cyber attacks on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2013
Read about APT attacks has become customary, even easier to hear of attacks against political dissidents or minorities as Tibetan and Uyghur activists, but never before has been exploited the Android platform for this type of offensive. In the past Tibetan minorities have been already targeted with malware able to infect Windows and Mac OSs, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2013
Many times we discussed about the fact that FinFisher was discovered in the wild, the use of popular spyware has been abused by governments and intelligence agencies all around the world. The spyware is for law enforcement and government use, but it seems to be preferred for those regimes that desire to monitor representatives of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2013
Continues my overview of the main security reports published by leading companies that produce interesting analysis on the analysis of cyber threats, today I desire to introduce the data proposed by Solutionary in the “2013 Global Threat Intelligence Report” (registration is required). The GTIR report provides insight into prevalent cyber threats identified in 2012 thanks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2013
Russian underground is considered one of the most prolific black market, it provides various services that allow cybercriminals to arrange sophisticated scams and provide all necessary tools to arrange a cyber attack. To get an idea of the main dynamics of a market so organized I suggest you follow the investigations of principal security firms […]
