Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2014
Recent revelations on TURBINE platform include also a disturbing truth, NSA used QUANTUMHAND exploits to implant malware in Facebook users’ machines. Last Week Ryan Gallagher and Glenn Greenwald revealed the existence of TURBINE platform, a sophisticated hacking architecture used to take control of botnet C&C servers managed by cybercrime. One of the details revealed by the journalists raised a heated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2014
The group of hacktivists Cyber Berkut hit several NATO websites with DDoS attacks while in the Crimea is being a referendum on annexation to Russia. Several NATOÂ websites have been hit by cyber attacks while in the Crimea is being a referendum on annexation to Russia, the news has been reported by the principal media agencies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2014
TURBINE is the codename for a sophisticated hacking platform to take control of C&C servers managed by cybercrime. The NSA has been hijacking the botnets managed by cybercrime to its own purpose, this is the last revelation on questionable activities of the agency. Also this last revelation is based on documents leaked by Snowden, the news was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2014
Proofpoint discovered more Than 750,000 Phishing and SPAM Emails Launched From “Thingbots” Including Televisions, Fridge Recently security researchers from Proofpoint uncovered a cyber attack against the Internet of Things (IoT), more than 100,000 Refrigerators, Smart TVs and other smart household appliances have been hacked to send out 750,000 malicious spam emails. The nightmare comes true, dozens […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2014
Kaspersky experts discovered a java version of icefog espionage campaign that targeted at least 3 us oil, gas companies spreading a backdoor dubbed Javafog. Kaspersky Lab in September 2013 announced to have discovered Icefog team, an emerging group of cyber-mercenaries available for hire to conduct surgical hit and run operations against strategic targets. The cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2014
Internet of Things, a business growing at a compound annual rate of 7,9%, which are the principal cyber threats to the popular paradigm? Another week is starting and this morning the topic that I’ve found everywhere is Internet of Things (IoT), it is a growing paradigm that will influence our life in the next future, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2014
Security researchers at Symantec have spotted a series of Network Time Protocol (NTP) reflection DDoS attacks during the Christmas Holidays. DDoS attacks are very simple methods of offence that could cause serious problems to targeted systems, behind the word DDoS there are numerous techniques that could be exploited by attackers to reach their goals. Last […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2013
KrebsOnSecurity has discovered an unusual botnet that disguises itself as a legitimate add-on for Mozilla Firefox to perform website vulnerability scanning. Krebson security blog posted an interesting article on a new concerning botnet infected more than 12,500 systems disguises itself as a legitimate add-on for Mozilla Firefox to hack websites on a large scale. The botnet, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2013
Incapula security firm published a new report on the analysis of website traffic evidencing the increment for malicious activities. Researchers at the Incapsula security firm have published a new study on the nature of website traffic, early 2013 the company revealed that 51% of the overall traffic was generated by non-human entities and 60% of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2013
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, during the process he declared that FBI directed my attacks of Anonymous on foreign governments. Jeremy Hammond, the popular Anonymous hacktivist considered the principal responsible for the disclosure of thousands of emails from the private intelligence firm Stratfor was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in […]
