Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2015
Security experts at Paloalto Networks have uncovered a multiyear espionage campaign dubbed Musical Chairs Involving New Variant of Gh0st RAT Malware. The Gh0st RAT malware is a popular remote administration tool (RAT) created in China in the early 2000s that was used in a number of cyber espionage operations. Targeted espionage operations on Tibetan activists, including the Operation Night Dragon and the GhostNet attacks, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2015
The Obama administration weighs sanctioning China and Russia in response to recent cyber attacks who have exposed sensitive data of the US Govt and US firms. The US Government is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese hackers in response to the hacking campaign targeting US entities. The news was reported by several U.S. officials yesterday who […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2015
Security experts at FireEye uncovered a cyber espionage campaign that targeted organizations in India and the Tibetan activists. Security firm FireEye revealed an intense activity of hackers based in China particularly interested in entities and organization linked to the Indian Government as well as in information on Tibetan activists. Also in this case we are dealing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2015
A senior U.S. intelligence official revealed that Chinese hackers have accessed the private emails of “many” top Obama administration officials. According to an official of the US intelligence, Chinese hackers have accessed the private emails of “many” top members of the Obama administration. The news was reported by the NBC News which obtained a top […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2015
The Panda Emissary group extensively uses long-running strategic web compromises and relies on whitelists to syphon defence aerospace projects from victims. An alleged Chinese APT group dubbed Panda Emissary (also known as TG-3390) is targeting high-profile governments and organisations searching for defense aerospace projects. Researchers at Dell discovered that the Panda Emissary group used Watering hole […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2015
A Chinese-language Virtual Private Network service provider dubbed Terracotta VPN offers a network of compromised servers as a stealth hacking platform. According RSA Security, a China-based virtual private network (VPN) service provider offers hacking crews a network of compromised servers which can be used to carry out stealth cyber attacks. The attacks appear to be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2015
The NBC News published a secret NSA map reporting the locations of “Victims of Chinese Cyber Espionage” attacks that resulted in data thefts. The NBC News has published in exclusive a secret NSA map showing the locations of the cyber attacks carried out by Chinese hackers over a five-year period. Every marker in the secret NSA map […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2015
The US will strike back China in response to the recent wave of cyber attacks against Government offices, including the Office of Personnel Management. Recently, the New York Times published an article saying that the president of the United States, Barack Obama took the decision to retaliate against China, after the famous hack of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2015
Ongoing incidents have brought to light the power of both Russia and China in the field of cyber espionage. Their experts have continuously targeted the US and the British, including Governmental sources and esteemed companies. It is no surprise that cyber espionage has been growing larger and larger. Significant players come from Russia and China, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2015
The Dublin’s Criminal Assets Bureau discovered that unknown hackers have stolen €4.6m from Ryanair bank accounts transferring them to a Chinese bank. Airline company Ryanair suffered a cyber attack that allowed hackers to steal millions of dollars from its business bank account. According to reports, the hackers have stolen €4.6 million (US $5 million), investigators discovered that the […]
