cyber espionage

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2016
US sentences Chinese hacker for stealing aerospace secrets

US sentences the Chinese hacker involved in the theft of industrial secrets on the F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, C-17 transport aircraft and F-35 aircraft. The Chinese national Su Bin (also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin), 50, has been sentenced to 46 months jail for intellectual property theft. The Chinese hacker admitted having […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2016
Experts found a government malware on the Dark Web

Experts have made a disconcerting discovery on the Dark Web, they have found a sophisticated government malware that could be used to target Energy Grids. We have discussed several times about the militarization of the cyberspace and the risks that a government malware goes out of control, what about is a powerful hacking tool is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2016
NetTraveler APT still targets European and Russian interests

Security experts from ProofPoint have spotted a new campaign operated by the APT Group NetTraveler that is targeting Russian and European organizations. NetTraveler is an ATP group first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, when researchers discovered an espionage activity against over 350 high profile victims from 40 countries. The name of the operation derives from the malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2016
Espionage SBDH Toolkit used to target European Countries

ESET security firm has uncovered an espionage toolkit dubbed SBDH that was used in espionage campaigns targeting government organizations in Europe. Security experts from ESET security firm have spotted an espionage toolkit dubbed SBDH that was used by threat actors in hacking operations targeting government organizations in Europe. The research observed infections in many countries, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2016
Boffins spotted over 100 snooping Tor HSDir nodes spying on Dark Web sites

Two security experts have conducted a study that allowed them to spot over 100 snooping Tor HSDir Nodes spying on Dark Web Sites. The attempts of snooping traffic from Tor nodes are not a novelty, in the past, we have reported the activity of threat actors that set up malicious exit nodes to de-anonymize users. Early 2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2016
Pawn Storm APT group targets thousands Google Accounts

Russian cyber spies belonging to the Pawn Storm APT group have targeted a significant number of Google accounts belonging to individuals worldwide. The Pawn Storm APT group is once again in the headlines, this time the hackers targeted a significant number of Google accounts belonging to individuals in Russia, former Soviet Union countries, the United States, Europe. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2016
What’s really behind China’s drop in attacks against the US?

According to the experts from FireEye attacks from China against the US started declining in mid-2014 and has continued to decrease, why? Earlier this week, FireEye released a report showing a significant decline in cyber-attacks originating from China.  According to the report, the attacks started declining in mid-2014 and has continued.  According to FireEye, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2016
Ops … also Zuckerberg covers the webcam with tapes

Like the FBI Director Comey also Zuckerberg use tapes to cover the webcam of his laptop, evidently he fear that someone could spy on him. A Facebook post published by Mark Zuckerberg to celebrate more than 500 million people now use Instagram is attracting the attention of IT experts. In the image that is included in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2016
Wekby APT group leverages DNS requests for C2 communications

PaloAlto Networks has spotted a new campaign conducted by the Wekby APT that leverages on a malware that uses DNS requests for C2 communications. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a China-linked APT group that has been using a strain of malware that leverages DNS requests for command and control (C&C) communications. The group […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2016
Operation Ke3chang, alleged Chinese hackers target Indian Embassies Worldwide

Security experts from PaloAlto Networks collected evidence that the Operation Ke3chang discovered by FireEye in 2013 is still ongoing. Back in 2013, the security researchers at FireEye spotted a group of China-Linked hackers that conducted an espionage campaign on foreign affairs ministries in Europe. The campaign was named ‘Operation Ke3chang,’ now threat actors behind the […]