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Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2012
A picture of the Iran threat

The situation in Iran is becoming really critic, time go by and every diplomatic solution is not realizable. We have western countries disturbed by an aggressive policy of the government in Tehran, defiant as ever, that risks trigger a dangerous situation in the Middle East undermining the unstable equilibrium of the whole area. Many time […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2012
US and China are working for stability in Asia-Pac

In recent days I have discussed the increasing tension between China and the Philippines for a territorial dispute and related effects which have had significant repercussions in cyber space. Just the Asia-Pac region is among those area that are of main concerns in its military and cyber warfare. This time to discuss is the historical […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2012
Anonymous Reloaded. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

The word “Anonymous ” evokes the myth of the hacker in today’s society that defends freedom of expression and agrees with sensational cyber operations in the fight against censorship and government and industrial questionable policies. If Anonymous is perceived by future generations as an attractive ideology to follow, industry and government view with concern the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2012
China vs Philippines, cyber war or hacktivism?

In this period the cyber space is a place in full swing, international attention is focused on Iran and its quarrel with the West, but other silent battles are being fought. In the last month has been registered a surprising activity that opposes China and Philippines, continuous and reciprocal attacks attack to the sound of bits […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2012
Iran vs West, cyber war or media conflict?

Today I have read several articles where is hypothesized an imminent cyber attacks of Iran cyber army against US infrastructures, this news seems alarming the international community. Are we close to a military attack of Iran? Why this news is circulating so closely? Sources of intelligence report to Congress on Thursday that Iran is recruiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2012
Iran,Oil Industry under cyber attack,are we close to a military strike?

A new cyber attack against Iran, in particular this time the Oil Industry was the target of a Malware Attack. The news was widespread by Officials in the Iranian oil ministry, they say that their network and the country’s main oil export terminal were infected with a malware; due this event the government has taken […]

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 16, 2012
DDoS, detailed analysis of the phenomenon

Last year we have observer an impressive grow of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks mainly related to operation arranged by group of hacktivists such as Anonymous. During a DDoS attacks multitude of compromised systems attack a single target causing denial of service for users of the targeted system. I desire to analyze with you the interesting results […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2012
OSINT research to discovery lucrative business of monitoring systems

The dramatic events of recent months have occurred in Syria should lead us all in deep thought. What value do we place on human life? Are we really willing to sacrifice the life of a child for money? International opinion has been found before the massacres of innocent civilians by the Assad regime, but little […]