Pierluigi Paganini
November 10, 2015
Experts from Check Point firm published a new report on the Rocket Kitten APT that include more insight into the activities of the group. Do you remember the Rocket Kitten ATP? The Rocket Kitten group has been suspected to be active since 2011 and have been increasing their activity since 2014. The main targets are based in the Middle […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2015
The Der Spiegel magazine reported German Intelligence Agency BND “systematically spied” on its allies and several international organizations. In the last months, the German Intelligence has accused the NSA of spying on Government members, including the Chancellor Angela Merkel. In October, the German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new case of US espionage […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2015
The German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new case of US espionage after they have found a laptop infected by the Regin Spyware. The German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new cyber-espionage campaign that is suspected to be linked to the US intelligence. The news was revealed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2015
The Pawn Storm APT group set up rogue VPN and SFTP servers to target Dutch Safety Board employees involved in the MH17 crash investigation. July 17, 2014, Flight MH17, traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a missile in mysterious circumstances. Flight MH17 was flying over a conflict zone in eastern Ukraine […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2015
Good news, starting today, Facebook will notify you if they believe state-sponsored hackers are trying to compromise your account. Facebook announced a new initiative to protect its users from prying eyes, the popular social network will inform them on any suspected compromise from state-sponsored hackers. “Starting today, we will notify you if we believe your account […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2015
A new research conducted by Citizen Lab revealed that the number of governments using the FinFisher surveillance software has increased. Researchers at Citizen Lab have been monitoring the use of surveillance tools like FinFisher over the past years reporting its use by totalitarian governments. The researchers tracked the physical locations of servers belonging to the control infrastructure used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2015
US authorities confirmed that hackers belonging to the Islamic State (ISIL) are trying to hack American electrical power companies. According to the U.S. law enforcement, the ISIL is trying to hack American energy firms, the news arrives while the US Government has charged for the first time a man of cyberterrorism. The news was revealed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2015
Despite both Microsoft and Adobe releasing patches on Tuesday (10/13/2015), a critical Flash zero-day flaw remains unpatched in Adobe’s latest update. Despite both Microsoft and Adobe releasing critical patches on Tuesday (10/13/2015), a critical zero-day vulnerability remains unpatched in Adobe’s latest update. As per Adobe APSA15-05, this vulnerability (CVE-2015-7645) remains unpatched is actively being exploited in-the-wild. Adobe plans […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2015
Researchers at Trend Micro discovered a new Adobe Flash Zero-Day used in Pawn Storm Campaign Targeting Foreign Affairs Ministries across the world. Once again Flash in the headlines, beware next emergency Flash Player update is critical for everybody as explained by the experts at Trend Micro. The researchers at the security firm explained that the update […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
For the first time, hackers have been arrested in China by law enforcement at the behest of the US government. Is it true cooperation? It is probably the first time that Chinese authorities have arrested hackers in China following a request of the US Government. Two weeks, before the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in the […]
