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Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016

The German intelligence agency BND resumed surveillance activities with the NSA support

According to the German media the German intelligence agency BND has resumed the monitoring activities conducted in a joint effort with the US NSA. It seems that the German government has never suspended the surveillance activities on its unaware population, to be precise monitoring activities conducted in a joint effort with the US NSA have been […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2016

US Eavesdropping on Netanyahu Communications

After a report from the WSJ, the US Government is facing an allegation regarding eavesdropping of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of Congress. After a report from the Wall Street Journal, the US Government is facing an allegation regarding eavesdropping of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of Congress. According to a report from […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2015

Italian intelligence plans to monitor also communications through the Playstation

Italian intelligence is planning to invest in solutions that could allow its counter-terrorism agents to monitor Sony’s PlayStation Network. The Italian intelligence is planning to invest in solutions that could allow the agents of the Italian counter-terrorism to monitor Sony’s PlayStation Network in order to prevent any abuse of jihadists. A few hours later the Paris attacks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2015

Russia has a new anti wiretapping System

A Russian manufacturer has built an advanced system for the protection of any channels of telephone communication against wiretapping. The Russian Government has a new system for the protection of communication channels against the wiretapping, the news was disclosed by the director general of the Interstate Corporation of Development (ICD), Ivan Polyakov, and it was reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2015

18,000 Android Apps include SMS stealing Library

Nearly 18,000 Android apps built using the Taomike SDK, and used in China, have been found to include a malicious SMS stealing library. Bad news for Android users, according to according to Palo Alto Networks, nearly 18,000 Android Applications built using the Taomike SDK have been found to include SMS Stealing Library. The Taomike SDK is one […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2015

Espionage campaign relying on the Zeus Trojan targets the Israeli Public Sector

Check Point discovered a series of malware-based attacks on Israeli public sector organizations that were infected by the Zeus Trojan via RTF files. Security experts at Check Point have detected a series of attacks on high-profile companies, victims were targeted by a malicious spam campaign that relies on bogus RTF file. The campaign targeted several individuals […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2015

The Smurf Suite – GCHQ can hack your phone with a text message

Snowden told the BBC’s Panorama that the GCHQ has developed a hacking suite dubbed Smurf Suite, it can hack any mobile by sending an encrypted text message. There is no way to stop secret services spying on users’ Smartphones, this is the last revelation of the US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Snowden told the BBC’s Panorama that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2015

Vodafone Australia has hacked a Fairfax journalist’s phone

The Telecommunications giant Vodafone denies ‘improper behaviour’ after its employee accessed Natalie O’Brien’s phone records to discover its sources. Vodafone Australia has admitted it hacked a journalist’s phone records for espionage purpose. The company was trying to discover the sources for journalist’s stories, but Vodafone denies any “improper behaviour”. The journalist is Natalie O’Brien and in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015

Musical Chairs: Multi-Year Campaign relying on the Gh0st RAT

Security experts at Paloalto Networks have uncovered a multiyear espionage campaign dubbed Musical Chairs Involving New Variant of Gh0st RAT Malware. The Gh0st RAT malware is a popular remote administration tool (RAT) created in China in the early 2000s that was used in a number of cyber espionage operations. Targeted espionage operations on Tibetan activists, including the Operation Night Dragon and the GhostNet attacks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2015

Fake recruiters on LinkedIn spy on security experts

Security researchers have uncovered a group of fake recruiting accounts on LinkedIn used for intelligence gathering about security experts. A group of fake recruiter accounts is abusing the LinkedIn professional social network to send invitations to security professionals in various industries. The fake recruiters attempt to deceive targets usually by using a LinkedIn profile with […]

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The German intelligence agency BND resumed surveillance activities with the NSA support

US Eavesdropping on Netanyahu Communications

Italian intelligence plans to monitor also communications through the Playstation

Russia has a new anti wiretapping System

18,000 Android Apps include SMS stealing Library

Espionage campaign relying on the Zeus Trojan targets the Israeli Public Sector

The Smurf Suite – GCHQ can hack your phone with a text message

Vodafone Australia has hacked a Fairfax journalist’s phone

Musical Chairs: Multi-Year Campaign relying on the Gh0st RAT

Fake recruiters on LinkedIn spy on security experts

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