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Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2018
Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the world’s first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges

Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, and a Swiss insurance broker ASPIS SA that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges cybersecurity, allowing the exchanges’ clients to ensure their assets. According to CryptoIns analysts, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2018
Group-IB: 14 cyber attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million

Group-IB has estimated that crypto exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks between 2017 and 2018. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks,has estimated that cryptocurrency exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks in 2017 and in the first three quarters of 2018. According to Group-IB experts, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2018
All You Need to Know About North Korea and its cyber army

What Type Of Technology Does North Korea Have? How Did The Country Begin Using Hackers? How Do Hacking Efforts Comply with the Political Situation? North Korea is not known for technological sophistication.  The country does not have any global technological franchises, such as Apple or Samsung, and its citizens continue to have limited access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017
South Korea cryptocurrency exchange Youbit shuts down after second hack in 2017

The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit has gone bankrupt after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit shuts down after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The company announced bankrupt on Tuesday after being hacked for the second time in the last eight months, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2016
A look at North Korea’s ‘paranoid’ Red Star OS computer operating system

Experts at the last Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg  analyzed the North Korean ‘paranoid’ Red Star OS computer operating system. North Korea has its new operating system, the Red Star OS, which is used by the population of a country NOT connected to the World Wide Web to access state media and some officially approved sites. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2014
Nuclear plant in South Korea hacked

The South Korean authorities confirmed an incident to the nuclear plant revealing that the attackers have stolen also data from its systems. Recently I wrote about a sophisticated cyber attack on a steel factory that caused severe damage, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) disclosed the incident in its annual security report, while in the same days, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2012
North Korea scares the West

According to US official declarations North Korea has added new sophisticated cyber weapons to its arsenal, the event causes much concern in political and military. The dialogue between Western governments, and particularly the U.S, with the government in Pyongyang continues to be difficult, complicating the situation is the defiant attitude adopted by the North Korean government […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2012
North Korea, why too many see it as a cyber threat?

In the recent years we have seen increasing attention from governments in the presidium of the cyber space. The concept of cyber warfare has become reality with the materialization of new threats that can strike unpredictably with a real destructive power like conventional weapons. In a period of radical changes are narrow new alliances and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 498 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. A botnet exploits e GeoVision zero-day to compromise EoL devices Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2024
DPRK-linked BlueNoroff used macOS malware with novel persistence

SentinelLabs observed North Korea-linked threat actor BlueNoroff targeting businesses in the crypto industry with a new multi-stage malware. SentinelLabs researchers identified a North Korea-linked threat actor targeting crypto businesses with new macOS malware as part of a campaign tracked as “Hidden Risk.” The attackers, linked to BlueNoroff and past RustBucket campaigns, used fake cryptocurrency news emails […]