Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2012
I find really interesting the report released by security firms regarding the principal cyber threats and the related evolution. This time I desire to share the data proposed in the by McAfee Labs in its McAfee Threats Report – First Quarter 2012. Let’s start observing that this first part of year have registered an impressive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2012
Exactly on week ago a group of Iranian hackers named Cyber Warriors Team claimed to have compromised an SSL certificate issued to the Research and Education Support Services of NASA. The press released by the Cyber Warriors Team said that hackers have written an HTTPS protocol scanner to find weaknesses in the NASA website. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2012
Article published on The Malta Indipendent Data-breaches, intellectual property loss and your money… We have all heard the headlines about the social and economic implications of cybercrime, but how bad is the situation really? If we have a serious security problem, how do we get ourselves out of this mess? In particular, what can I do […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2012
Article published on The Malta Indipendent Critical infrastructure protection, StuxNet, exploding computers, blackouts, collapsing banking systems, and cyber war!! None of us have escaped the headlines warning of impending cyber doom, but this is just sensationalism, right? How bad is the situation really? If we have a serious security problem, how do we get ourselves out […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2012
In last months we have a long discussed about the security status of US networks and infrastructures, we have described the American cyber strategies and the main action proposed to protect the principal assets of the nations. One story in particular struck us deeply, that relating to the vulnerability of U.S. Government networks for admission […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2012
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
April 25, 2012
Several times I wrote on cybercrime trying to analyze a phenomenon that grows with an impressive rhythm. The trend is uniform all over the word, cybercrime business is increasing its profits despite the economic crisis. The impact of cybercrime is transversal, industry, private businesses and governments, are all players that suffers the incoming cyber threats. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2012
The article is published on the last edition of PenTest AUDITING & STANDARDS 03 2012. Several reports published in the last months demonstrate that Cybercrime has double digit growth, being today among the four biggest crime threat all over the world, within asset theft crimes, frauds and corruption. The trend is the same all over the word, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2012
Today I desire to share with you the results of a study of Trend Micro security firm focused on mobile threat incidents related to the first quarter of 2012. The large diffusion of mobile devices and the leak of awareness on the principal cyber threats have produced an increasing interest of the cybercrimein mobility sector, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2012
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 […]
