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Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2014

FireEye uncovered two cyber espionage campaigns operating in parallel from China

FireEye discovered two distinct groups of Chinese hackers operating cyber espionage campaigns on a large-scale in parallel. Security experts at FireEye have discovered two hacking campaigns conducted by distinct groups operating in separate regions of China that seems to work in parallel. The first team of hackers, named Moafee, is targeting military and government organizations which were in some […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2014

Disclosed emails reveal assiduous collaboration between Google and NSA

Al Jazeera obtained the emails exchanged between Google executives and former NSA director Alexander which suggest that Google is very close to NSA. The IT Giants Apple, Google and Microsoft always denied any involvement in the surveillance program despite Edward Snowden as produced different documents attesting to the inconvenient truth. Now a new event is shocking the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2013

Chinese hackers increasingly attracted to the drone technology

Intelligence agencies reveal that Chinese hackers increasingly attracted to the drone technology while Chinese drone industry grows like never before! The fact that Chinese hackers are most persistent collectors for sensitive information is not a mystery, more difficult to demonstrate the direct involvement of the PLA behind the operations of computer experts that systematically seek to unravel […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2013

Poison Ivy still alive, old malware new cyber threats – FireEye report

Security vendor FireEye has published a detailed analysis on the popular Poison Ivy RAT, releasing also a set of tools to analyze infections. Security firm FireEye published an interesting analysis on the popular malware Poison Ivy, a remote access trojan (RAT) used in RSA SecurID attack. Poison IVY was also used in the 2011 Nitro […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2013

Chinese Comment Crew caught taking over a fake Water Plant

Chinese Hacking Team Comment Crew caught taking over a honeypot simulating a Water Plant, the infinite offensive of Chinese Cyber Units linked to PLA. The Comment Crew group of hackers has been identified during an attack to a fake US control system of a water facility. The researchers deployed a honeypot to collect evidences on the attackers that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2013

Spy agencies ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities

Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to remotely access to the computers. Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities. Lenovo PC banned by spy agencies in the UK, Australia and the US due the possible impairment […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2013

Researchers can hack Verizon Wireless femtocells to spy on customers

Two security researchers announced that they have succeeded to transform Verizon mobile phones into spy tools to track Verizon’s users. The security experts revealed to the Reuters agency that it is possible to hack Verizon mobile phones for surveillance purpose, the researchers will present the discovery during the next hacking conferences this summer, the DEF […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2013

Gaming platforms under attack – Nintendo and Ubisoft hacks

The number of attacks against gaming platforms is constantly increasing, the recent data breach occurred to Nintendo and Ubisoft are just the tip of the iceberg. Gaming platforms are considerable privileged targets for cybercriminals but also for state-sponsored hackers. The first group of attackers is mainly attracted by possibility to steal sensitive information, in many […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2013

Comment Crew, China-based group of hackers is changing tactics

Chinese hackers Comment Crew is changing tactics, security firms suspected it due the analysis of principal cyber espionage campaigns targeted their clients. The Comment Crew is back again, security experts suspect the involvement of the Chinese group of hackers in the cyber dispute between U.S. and China. In February The Mandiant Intelligence Center™ released an interesting report […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2013

RARSTONE, TrendMicro revealed Naikon cyberespionage campaign

RARSTONE is the name of the RAT (REMOTE ACCESS TOOL) used in a cyber espionage campaign dubbed “Naikon” uncovered by security experts at TrendMicro. Security experts at TrendMicro revealed to have detected the RARSTONE RAT studying targeted attacks across Asia (e.g. India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam) conducted against various companies belonging to different sectors such […]

Cyberespionage

FireEye uncovered two cyber espionage campaigns operating in parallel from China

Disclosed emails reveal assiduous collaboration between Google and NSA

Chinese hackers increasingly attracted to the drone technology

Poison Ivy still alive, old malware new cyber threats – FireEye report

Chinese Comment Crew caught taking over a fake Water Plant

Spy agencies ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities

Researchers can hack Verizon Wireless femtocells to spy on customers

Gaming platforms under attack – Nintendo and Ubisoft hacks

Comment Crew, China-based group of hackers is changing tactics

RARSTONE, TrendMicro revealed Naikon cyberespionage campaign

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