Espionage

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2019
Huawei HCSTC centre opens in Brussels opens to build digital trust through verification standards

The Chinese Telco giant presents the Brussels Huawei HCSTC (Cyber Security Transparency Centre) that will also work on the definition of global security standards. Huawei is urging the adoption of a global framework for technical and legal verification with the intent of building trust. While the tech giant is in the middle of a heated […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2018
Experts detailed how China Telecom used BGP hijacking to redirect traffic worldwide

Security researchers revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom used BGP hijacking to misdirect Internet traffic through China. Security researchers Chris C. Demchak and Yuval Shavitt revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom has been misdirecting Internet traffic through China. China Telecom was a brand of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2018
Dutch expelled two Russian spies over hack plan on Swiss lab working on Skripal case

Dutch intelligence services arrested two alleged Russian spies that were planning to hack a Swiss laboratory where is ongoing an investigation on the poisoning of the spy Sergei Skripal. According to Dutch-based NRC newspaper and Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger, Dutch intelligence services arrested two alleged Russian spies working for Russia’s GRU military intelligence service on suspicion of planning to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2018
UK NCSC, DHS and the FBI Warn of Russian hacking campaign on Western networks

UK NCSC, DHS, and the FBI warn of Russian hacking campaign on Western networks, state-sponsored hackers are targeting network infrastructure key components. US and Britain government agencies warn of Russian state-sponsored cyber attacks to compromise government and business networking equipment. Russian hackers aim to control the data flaw “to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2018
KevDroid Android RAT can steal private data and record phone calls

  Security researchers discovered a new Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed KevDroid that can steal private data and record phone calls. Security researchers at South Korean cybersecurity firm ESTsecurity have discovered a new strain of Android Trojan KevDroid that is being distributed disguised as a fake anti-virus application, dubbed “Naver Defender.” “Spear phishing attacks targeting Android […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2017
Wikileaks: CIA HighRise Android malware used to intercept and redirect SMSs

Wikileaks released the documentation for HighRise, an Android app used by the CIA to intercept and redirecting SMS messages to a CIA-controlled server. WikiLeaks just published a new batch of documents related to another CIA hacking tool dubbed HighRise included in the Vault 7 released in partnership with media partners. The tool is an Android application […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2017
While Trump confirms information sharing with Russians, CIA and NSA leaks threaten Global Security

Opponents of U.S. President Trump are currently locked into scoring political points over alleged leaks from the White House during a meeting with top Russian envoys. Yet, classified details of the meeting leaked to press outlets by either the CIA or NSA shows massive breaches of valuable sources and details from inside U.S. intelligence agencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2017
Android Chrysaor spyware went undetected for years

Chrysaor spyware is an Android surveillance malware that remained undetected for at least three years, NSO Group Technology is suspected to be the author. Security experts at Google and Lookout spotted an Android version of one of the most sophisticated mobile spyware known as Chrysaor that remained undetected for at least three years. due to its […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2017
Privacy Guard – Let’s evaluate privacy risks caused by the apps installed on our device

Privacy Guard is an Android app that evaluates the risks of data privacy relying on the permissions requested by the apps installed on a device. Mobile devices collect a large volume of personal information that could be used for malicious purposes by adversaries. In order to increase the awareness of user towards the possibility of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2017
Russian cyber experts were charged with treason due to the allegations made seven years ago

In December 2016 two Russian state security officers and a cyber security expert in Moscow were charged with treason due allegations made 7 years ago. In December 2016 two Russian state security officers and a cyber-security expert in Moscow were charged with treason due to the allegations made by a Russian businessman seven years ago. […]