cyber espionage

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2014
Chinese Hackers Comment Crew stole plans of Iron Dome Defense System

CyberESI firm revealed that Chinese hackers members of the Comment Crew group violated the corporate networks of top Israeli defense companies. Once again a news refers of Chinese hackers, alleged members of the Comment Crew group, who have conducted a cyber espionage campaign. This time is has been reported that the attackers violated the databases of three […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2014
Discovered a new Havex variant which hit SCADA via OPC

Researchers at FireEye have detected a new variant of Havex RAT, which scans SCADA network via Object linking and embedding for Process Control (OPC). Security experts at F-Secure and Symantec have recently announced a surge of malicious campaigns based on “Havex” malware against critical infrastructure. The bad actors behind the Havex campaign mainly targeted companies in the energy […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2014
Chinese Executive charged of hacking on Boeing and other defense contractors

Chinese Executive charged of Hacking on Boeing and other defense contractors to steal military data and advanced technologic projects. According to a US criminal complaint, computers of Boeing and other military contractors have been hacked to steal intellectual property and trade secrets on transport aircraft. The initial attacks against Boeing probably occurred between Jan 14th and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2014
Pitty Tiger – small ATPs scare private companies

Security researchers at AIRBUS have uncovered a new APT, named Pitty Tiger, involved in a cyber espionage campaign which targeted mainly private companies. Security experts at AIRBUS Defence & Space – CyberSecurity unit have recently disclosed the results of their investigation on a new APT dubbed Pitty Tiger involved in a cyber espionage campaign which targeted mainly private companies. Also in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2014
Chinese hackers violated systems at the Office of Personnel Management

The New York Times revealed that in March Chinese hackers hacked systems at Office of Personnel Management stealing files of thousands of  Federal employees According to the New York Times, senior American officials revealed that a group of Chinese hackers violated the computer networks of the United States government agency in March. The Chinese bad actors hacked US government systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2014
Google blocked unauthorized digital certificates issued by NIC India

Google Security experts have detected and blocked unauthorized digital certificates for a number of its domains issued by the NIC of India. Google announced to have blocked unauthorized digital certificates for different of its domains issued by the National Informatics Centre of India, which holds several intermediate CA certificates trusted by the Indian Controller of Certifying Authorities (India CCA). […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2014
Deep Panda hacking team targeting US experts on Iraq

Researchers at CrowdStrike reveal that hacking team dubbed Deep Panda is targeting US think thank firms with a significant knowledge on the Iraqi situation. CrowdStrike security firm revealed that a group of hackers, suspected to be linked to the Chinese cyber army, began targeting PCs belonging to think thank firms which are analyzing the Iraqi situation. Experts at […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2014
Pentagon confirms that missile defenses are vulnerable to cyber attack

The Director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency reported to the Congress that missile defenses of the US military are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The Director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency reported to the Congress last week that missile defenses deployed by the US Army are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Security experts are aware that every […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2014
CosmicDuke malware surprisingly linked to Miniduke campaign

While investigating on MiniDuke malware, experts at F-Secure discovered a surprising link to a new malware, dubbed CosmicDuke, belonging to Cosmu family. Early 2013 experts at Kaspersky Lab and Hungary’s Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS) uncovered a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Miniduke which targeted dozens of computers at government agencies across Europe. The hackers exploited a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2014
Cyber espionage campaign based on Havex RAT hit ICS/SCADA systems

Security Experts at F-Secure discovered a cyber espionage campaign based in the Havex malware targeting ICS/SCADA systems and vendors. Security Experts at F-Secure have conducted an investigation on the Havex Malware family in the past months, let’s remember that the malicious agent has been used in several targeted attacks against different industry sectors, and according […]