The number of high-profile hacks demonstrates that a silent cyberwar is already ongoing among countries in the cyberspace. The recent hacks of the Democratic National Committee and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the alleged infections spotted by the Russian FSB inside government networks demonstrate the intense activity in the cyberspace. It is a virtual […]
The NATO has officially declared cyberspace a warfare domain and confirmed that a cyberattack on any of its allies will be considered as an act of war. NATO officially recognizes the cyberspace as the fifth domain of a warfare so it could respond with conventional weapons in case of a powerful cyber attack. A cyberattack on one of […]
The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2016) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 31st of May to 3th of June next year, what’s new? The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2016) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 31st of May to 3th of June next year, in order to […]
Period 2015 has become a continuous process of turbulent scenarios in cyberspace because new potential threats, by dealing new opportunities for cybercrime. Period 2015 has become a continuous process of turbulent scenarios in cyberspace because new potential threats, by dealing new opportunities for cybercrime with massive Cyber Poisons. Nevertheless, Antidotes are also part of a […]
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 […]
Imperva released a Web Application Attack Report that provides an overview of the principal cyber security events occurred during the last 12 months. Imperva security firm has just released last annual Web Application Attack Report (WAAR) that provides an overview of the principal cyber security events occurred in the cyberspace during the last 12 months. […]
“Securing Cyberspace in a borderless world: Vision 2015 and Beyond” is the title of a High Level Dialogue that was held during The World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2013. The World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) represents the world’s largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community, the event is organized […]
North Korea is the center of attention these days for its questionable political strategies and for the dispute raging with the entire West. The contrasts have an inevitable reflection even in cyber space, North Korea is considered one of the most aggressive and dangerous states of digital world. Military tensions in the area is escalated […]
Article published on The Malta Indipendent on October 11th 2012 Pierluigi Paganini, David Pace, Publishers of mainstream ICT news are ablaze with articles on the evolution of the “Flame” malware targeting the Middle East region for cyber espionage purposes, and new menaces such as Gauss or Shamoon. No longer the province of deviant black-hat hackers or […]
Last year I wrote about a new powerful surveillance system that Russian government committed to private business to implement a complex monitoring system, officially to prevent terrorist attacks against Russia. The day is come, today the system has been deployed officially to prevent on-line pedophilia but it obvious that a similar system is also able […]