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Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2012

Cyberespionage and new opportunities for cybercrime

The continued technology push that is shaping our society during the last decade has brought an exponential increase in computer crimes, every technology innovation has in fact represented an opportunity for industry of crimeto make profitable frauds and business. The cyber crime has many facets, cybercrime fact manifests itself in countless forms and contextualized in relation […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2012

Iran from cyber warfare to the oil war

Winds of war blowing in the Middle East, increasingly insistent rumors of a possible attack on Iran by Israel or the U.S.. In internet it is possible to find many news regarding the topic that declare both Iran and nations opposing them seem intentioned to attack. In this stage, the contenders are engaged in a mutual and intense […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2012

DNSChanger, FBI’s internet blackout postponed from 8 March to 9 July

Many people are asking me for updates on the case DNSChanger which held its breath many network users. During the last months the news circulating on internet on the planned blackout of Internet for million of users on 8 March decided by FBI to deal with cyber threats. The action must be done to stop […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2012

NASA unprepared for cyber attacks

Everything started last week when has been announced that a laptop stolen from NASA during last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station. The news is sensations as worrying, is it possible to store so sensible information without using any precaution like disk encryption. Are we discussing about an isolated case […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 29, 2012

Young cyber army, cyber threat or resource to enhance?

We live in economically tumultuous days and even more in the cyberspace. Not a day goes by that you do not observe a striking hack, yet another multinational ridiculed and made bare and vulnerable to human eyes. It’s happened with Sony, with RSA with Stratfor, clay giants collapsed at the hands of groups of hactivists, a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2012

Wikileaks & Anonymous, new alliance against dirty affairs

The day has come, WikiLeaks began publishing more than five million emails from Texas-based global security think tank company Stratfor, a global intelligence firm. This time WikiLeaks has chosen a strategic partner, the international Internet hacktivist group of Anonymous, two forces that together are able to frighten the world’s great, the new alliance against dirty affairs. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2012

GPS Spoofing, old threat and new problems

For several years are known vulnerabilities of GPS systems, but the wide use of these technology in today’s society need a continuous reassessment of the risks we are exposed. The first report in which they were discussed threats to technology is known as the “Volpe Report” that describe which are the main reasons to consider […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2012

Stopped antivirus for Iran, controversial penalty

I have just read the news that Iran will be banned the purchase of antivirus systems, a kind of technological embargo with clear reference to the virus Stuxnet and the need of the country to prevent further infection to any control systems of critical infrastructures, nuclear plants first. The new has been made public by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2012

Banking sector under attack, are we ready to the challenge?

Where can I find money? At the bank of course, this is the thought which underlies dell’orietamento of cyber crime that seems to have targeted the banking industry and its services. The event is not new but the intensification of efforts in this area is troubling . The banking sector is considered a strategic sector […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2012

Stuxnet “neutralized” – Who sows the wind storm gathers!

The news has caused much uproar in the scientific community, according European and U.S. officials and private experts the iranian scientists have isolated and made harmless the Stuxnet malware that has infected the control systems of the nuclear plants all over the country. For some years Iranian security experts are facing with this virus that is […]

cyber threats

Cyberespionage and new opportunities for cybercrime

Iran from cyber warfare to the oil war

DNSChanger, FBI’s internet blackout postponed from 8 March to 9 July

NASA unprepared for cyber attacks

Young cyber army, cyber threat or resource to enhance?

Wikileaks & Anonymous, new alliance against dirty affairs

GPS Spoofing, old threat and new problems

Stopped antivirus for Iran, controversial penalty

Banking sector under attack, are we ready to the challenge?

Stuxnet “neutralized” – Who sows the wind storm gathers!

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