Espionage

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2016
Saudi government facilities hit by cyber attacks, Saudi cyber experts convened

Saudi government facilities have been hit cyber attacks, the Government is investigating with the support of Saudi cyber experts. Saudi government facilities have been targeted by major cyber attacks, in response, the Government has convened a group of cyber experts to examine the events. According to the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi cyber experts held urgent talks […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 leaks personal data of nearly 200 Congressional Democrats

Guccifer 2.0, the alleged hacker behind the DNC hack released another trove of documents about House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi’s sensitive data. The hack to the US Presidential election is becoming even more mysterious, while security experts are blaming the Russia for the cyber espionage, a strange figure claims the responsibility for the security breach. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2016
DCCC website redirected donors to a fake contribution page

Another attack hit the Democratic Party organization, this time, the Democratic Party’s congressional fundraising DCCC committee was hit by hackers. The Democratic Party organization continues to be under attack, this time, the Democratic Party’s congressional fundraising committee was hit by hackers. According to the Reuters, the FBI is investigating a security breach of the systems of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2016
Delilah, the first Trojan to recruit Insiders

Delilah is the first extortion trojan that spies on victims and collects information to force them in doing malicious activities from inside. Delilah is a strain of malware developed to extort victims into stealing insider data, it was first discovered on crime forums by the Israeli intelligence firm Diskin Advanced Technologies. Deliah is not distributed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2016
Germany limits BND powers after the disclosure of its support to the NSA

The government of Berlin approved new measures to rein in the activities of BND agency after its scandalous support to NSA surveillance activity. In April 2016, the German government replaced the head of the external intelligence service after a barrage of criticism over the support offered by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) to the NSA in spying […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Speaking with Mikko Hypponen

Mikko Hypponen does not need any introduction, he is a true star, one of those professionals who have indelibly marked the evolution of the cyber security industry. I consider Mikko a legend, and I’m happy to share with you this interview. Enjoy it!   Hi Mikko, you are a legend of the hacking community, can […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2016
FBI warns of KeySweeper keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers

The FBI issued a notification warning actors in the private sector about a rapid diffusion of KeySweeper, a keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers. The FBI is warning actors in the private sector about a rapid diffusion of stealthy keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers. The FBI issued a Private Industry Notification warning of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2016
Isis hackers claim to have infiltrated the UK Ministry of Defence

Pro-ISIS hackers belonging to the Islamic State Hacking Division group brag they have planted a mole at the heart of British Intelligence. Last week pro-ISIS hacker group who is calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division has published a “Kill list” of dozens of American military personnel purportedly involved in drone strikes against the IS in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2016
Former TVA manager admits China paid him for nuclear secrets

A Tennessee Valley Authority senior manager, with access to sensitive information about nuclear development and production admits China paid him for secrets The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been conducting military and commercial espionage for quite some time against the United States, as well as other countries, in an attempt to capture sensitive intellectual […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2016
Wikileaks – NSA tapped world leaders for US geopolitical Interests

The NSA tapped world leaders for US Geopolitical Interests, including a conversation between Netanyahu-Berlusconi over the U.S.-Israel Relations. A couple of days ago the non-profit journalistic organisation WikiLeaks published a collection of highly classified documents that reveals the NSA targeted world leaders for US Geopolitical Interests. Some of the intercepts are classified TOP-SECRET COMINT-GAMMA, these are most […]