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Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2012
Flame and Stuxnet, the union is strength

During the Global Media and Technology Summit Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, revealed to the Reuters agency that the team of experts of his company has found strong similarities between part of the Flame source code and a 2009 version of Stuxnet. The news is really surprising, the analogies demonstrate that behind the development […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2012
What is the Deep Web? A first trip into the abyss

  The Deep Web (or Invisible web) is the set of information resources on the World Wide Web not reported by normal search engines. According several researches the principal search engines index only a small portion of the overall web content, the remaining part is unknown to the majority of web users. What do you […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2012
Stuxnet & Duqu, update on cyber weapons usage

We all know about the malware Stuxnet and Duqu considered unanimously the first examples of cyber weapon developed by a government to silent attacks critical enemy infrastructures. We have written a lot on the topic, we have followed with attention the excellent analysis made by experts of the sector such as Ralph Langner and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2012
Walk trough the penetration testing fundamentals

The article is published on the last edition of Pentest Magazine. Enjoy the reading, the magazine is free and to download it you just have to create a free account on www.pentestmag.com. Talking about penetration testing fundamentals and their introduction in private and military sectors. The growing request for experienced IT professionals is demonstration of the awareness […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2012
Botnets and cyber warfare, a dangerous combination

The US Government is very close to the theme of warfare being among the countries that invest more in the field. In a cyber security context we can enumerate a huge quantity of cyber threats that daily are designed and enhanced, a heterogeneous world and that includes many different options that could harm military and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2012
Social networks & Deactivated Friend Attack, the cybercrime paradise

A few days ago I wrote about the dangers relating to a not careful attendance of social networks, powerful platforms and privileged communication tools, the subject of increasing interest of cybercrime. Many possibilities for attack across these platforms, from social engineering to cyber espionage, not forgetting the spread of all types of malware. Endless audiences […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2012
Stuxnet “neutralized” – Who sows the wind storm gathers!

The news has caused much uproar in the scientific community, according European and U.S. officials and private experts the iranian scientists have isolated and made harmless the Stuxnet malware that has infected the control systems of the nuclear plants all over the country. For some years Iranian security experts are facing with this virus that is […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2012
Stuxnet, are we really safe now? No, of course!

Once again I draw inspiration from the argument “Stuxnet” on which much is being read on the web at this time, and a lot of which will be discussed in the years to come. From all the scientists Stuxnet was defined a deadly weapon, but why  if any direct damages recorded are comparable to those […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2011
GSM mobile … the insecure network

The latest discovered vulnerability in GSM ( Global System for Mobile) technology is worrying many telecom operators of several countries due to their impact on an audience of billions users. Some experts in the Security Research Labs in Berlin have shown how to get the remote control of mobile phones to send SMS and make calls. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2011
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 to the real world. Names like Stuxnet and Duqu have become […]