Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2013
US officials revealed that Iran hacked unclassified Navy computers in recent weeks in an escalation of cyber attacks against US infrastructures. The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran hacked unclassified US Navy computers, the allegations were made by US officials that consider the attacks of most serious intrusion within Government Network made by foreign states. “The U.S. officials said the attacks were carried out by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2013
China hit by DDoS attack. The CINIC confirmed that the country suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend causing the Internet inaccessibility for hours. During the weekend China’s Internet was taken down by a powerful DDoS attack, according to security experts behind the offensive there is a group of skilled hackers that on Sunday hit the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2013
Information warfare, under this term governments are working to improve their cyber capabilities, last in order of time are Russia and the New Zeland. Information warfare, cyber warfare, are all terms that are becoming familiar for population all over the world. Every government is aware of the risks connected to the exposure to a cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2013
A study titled âIran:How a Third Tier Cyber Power Can Still Threaten the United States” states that Iran has sufficient cyber capabilities to attack the US Iran has sufficient cyber capabilities to attack the US causing serious damages to the critical infrastructures of the country. The news doesnât surprise the cybersecurity experts that know very […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2013
US Congressmen Ed Markey and Henry Waxman issued the report “Electric grid vulnerability” on the level of security for US critical infrastructure. Attack on critical infrastructure is the main concern for worldwide security community, every government has become aware of the risks related to a cyber attack against their own country and is investing to improve its cyber capabilities. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2013
Governments, and in particular US one, are principal buyers of zero-day vulnerabilities according a report published by Reuters. Zero-days exploits are considered a primary ingredient for success of a cyber attack, the knowledge of zero-day flaw gives to the attacker guarantee of success, state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals consider zero-day exploits a precious resources around […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2013
Itâs not a mystery, every state despite the spending review on the military budget is continuing to reserve consistent investment in cyber security, in particular majority of states is pushing research and development activities on both defense and offense cyber capabilities. US is one of the most advanced country in cyber warfare, the US Government was one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2013
Itâs not a surprise South Korean security experts suggest that the North Korea military is training an elite force of âcyber warriorsâ to involve in cyber attacks against South institutions and companies. The South intelligence revelations follow continuous menaces of North Korea against U.S. Forces located in the Far East, the dictator Kim Jong-UN enhances […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2013
Recent cyber attacks against North and South Korea are inflaming the debate on the importance of cyber security, governments are massively investing in the improvement of cyber capabilities to be prepared to mitigate the increasing number of offensives. China is considered the most aggressive state, according principal security firms and cyber experts, from its country […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2013
Recent explosion of cyber attacks worldwide demonstrating the difficulty to maintain order and stability in the cyberspace, within individual states and among the states themselves. Deterrence strategies adopted by almost all countries are inadequate, cyber warfare need a totally new approach that exceed geopolitical order to mitigate the explosion of cyber threats in the fifth domain. The […]
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