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Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2016
TorMail hack, FBI surgical operation, or dragnet surveillance?

In 2013 the FBI agents seized TorMail, now new information are emerging on the operations. Someone believes it was a surgical ops others accuse Feds of dragnet surveillance. In 2013 the FBI agents seized TorMail, at the time the most popular dark web email services. The US law enforcement agency seized the TorMail database during in concomitants of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2016
US Eavesdropping on Netanyahu Communications

After a report from the WSJ, the US Government is facing an allegation regarding eavesdropping of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of Congress. After a report from the Wall Street Journal, the US Government is facing an allegation regarding eavesdropping of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of Congress. According to a report from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2015
Cyber Terrorists Can Get Their Hands on UK Infrastructure, Like the Net or Electricity

Cyber terrorists can target UK infrastructure, with the odds being in favor of targeting the power grid, rather than the Internet broadband network. Cyber terrorists are probably going to target the UK and more specifically focus on something that will create chaos in the country. After the devastating incidents of Paris in November, many people […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015
Ponmocup, never underestimate a botnet that infected 15 million PCs

Ponmocup is one of the oldest botnet that infected more than 15 million machines across the years, but many experts still ignore it. Ponmocup is one of the largest and oldest botnets in circulation, but many security experts still ignore it. According to the experts at Fox IT, the botnet is underestimated and infected across the years […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2015
A few hours the Paris attacks, a new ISIS propaganda hub appeared on the Darknet

The popular security expert Scot Terban (aka @krypt3ia ) discovered a few hours after the Paris attacks, a new ISIS propaganda hub appeared on the Darknet. The Paris attacks shocked the world, the war is overwhelmingly coming into our homes and the intelligence experts fear that this is just the beginning. The ISIS knows how to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2015
88 percent of company networks vulnerable to privileged account hacks

A research published by CyberArk Labs focuses on targeted attacks against organizational networks, analyzing hackers’ methods, tools and techniques. Bad news for network administrators, according to the security company CyberArk, 88 percent of networks are susceptible to privileged account hacks. The report published by CyberArk entitled “Analyzing Real-World Exposure to Windows Credential Theft Attacks” reveals that corporate […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2015
ORX Locker, the new Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform

Security experts at Sensecy have uncovered ORX-Locker, a Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform that could allow everyone to become a cyber criminal. It is becoming even easier to become a cyber-criminal thanks to the model of sale known as malware-as-a-service that offers off-the-shelf malware for rent or sale. Recently malware authors started to offer also Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2015
Be aware enterprises, it’s time to block Tor network

A research conducted by the IBM X-Force team reveals that a growing number of cyber attacks against big IT enterprises relies on the Tor network. With the increase of Tor-based attacks, something needs to change, and IBM is advising companies to start blocking Tor. A research conducted by the IBM X-Force team reveals that SQL […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2015
Hack Satellite Connection and Surf Anonymously with High-speed Internet

A Spanish-based security analyst demonstrated new satellite capturing traps that could allow to surf anonymously with High-speed Internet. Digital signals can be conveyed to certain places by satellites where the Internet appears like a wonder: off-the-network desert sunlight based homesteads, the Arctic or a plane carrying warship adrift. Be that as it may, in radiating […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2015
Interpol is training Police officers to fight crime on the Darknet

Police officers from dozen countries have just completed the first training program on Darknets, Tor hidden services and illegal marketplaces. Cybercrime becomes even more sophisticated and explores new technologies for its illegal activities. A growing problem for law enforcement agencies world worldwide is to track illegal activities in the Dark Web. Not only cyber criminals, but also groups […]