cyber warfare

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2014
Analysis of the Stuxnet Cyber Weapon Family and Dragonfly

Cyber weapons like Stuxnet will only grow in prevalence, use and sophistication and it is therefore in the interest of national security to develop advanced mitigation techniques and capabilities. The progenitor of Duqu, Flame and Gauss are reported as the authors of STUXNET. As illustrated, the trend of advancements between these four cyber weapons suggests […]

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 07, 2014
North Korea doubles units of its cyber army

North Korea has doubled the number of its elite cyber warriors over the past two years and established overseas bases to run hacking attacks. The majority of people ignores that all over the world, many silent conflicts happen, the cyberspace is considered for this reason the fifth element of warfare. Unfortunately the effects of these […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2014
Air-gap network hacking technique, infects systems via cellphone even if isolated from the Internet

Israeli researchers presented the air-gap network hacking technique to compromise a system, even if it is isolated from the Internet, using a cellphone. Researchers at Ben Gurion University presented a study on the hacking technique dubbed air-gap network hacking which allows an attacker to inoculate a specific type of malware into a cellphone and use the mobile device as […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2014
Databases of personnel at US command in S Korea hacked

A major cyber attack might have compromised the personal information of 16000 current and former workers employed by the American command in South Korea. US officials have revealed that military database in South Korea has suffered a major cyber attack which caused a data breach. Data related to personnel employed by the United States military […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2014
Spy Plane Scrambled Air Traffic Control in Southern California

FAA confirmed that its air traffic system experienced problems while processing a flight plan filed for a U-2 spy plane that operates in Southern California. In the past, we had a long discussed on new cyber warfare scenarios, the conflicts in the cyberspace have many faces, we saw sophisticated hacking platforms like the NSA FOXACID […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2014
Possible evolution of the dispute between Russia and Ukraine

Intelligence Analysts analyzing signals from the cyberspace have tried to predict the evolution of the dispute between Ukraine and Russia. The correlation of the events in the reality with ongoing activities in the cyber space is an essential part of the OSINT analysis. Security experts at Recorded Future, a firm partly funded by the CIA venture capital […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2014
Syrian Electronic Army hacked the US CENTCOM

Syrian Electronic Army hacked the US CENTCOM and it is threatening to leak secret documents due US decision to hit Syria with electronic warfare attacks. Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) is the group of hackers that most of all is threatening the giants of the IT industry and media, the list of victims is very long (Facebook, Microsoft, NYT, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2014
$5 Billion in Military Cyber Spending fivefold increase over last year

The Military Cyber Spending reserved by the Pentagon for cyber operations next year is $5 Billion, part of the comprehensive $496 billion fiscal 2015 budget $5 Billion in Military Cyber Spending, this is the budget reserved by the Pentagon for cyber operations next year, an impressive amount of money that demonstrates the high priority assigned […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2014
South Korea is developing a cyber weapon to hit North Korean nuclear

The South Korea government is working to the development of a cyber weapon to hit North Korean nuclear facilities. It’s Information warfare. The tension between North Korea and South Korea is always high, both governments are spending a great effort to improve their cyber capabilities and to try to silently attack the neighbors. North Korea […]