Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2014
A group of hackers was identified by the FBI while trying to sale a mockup of the XBox One for $5,000. A group of men was accused of running a hacking campaign that lasted at least three years and which hit the gaming industry to steal intellectual properties. Dylan Wheeler, 19, of Perth said in an interview […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2014
The FBI Operational Technology Division which is responsible for malware analysis opens its Malware Investigator portal to the private industry. The FBI has opened its Malware Investigator portal to industry in order to information sharing on this type of cyber threat and to improve incident response in case of attacks against. The FBI hopes to speed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2014
FBI Director James Comey said that he was “very concerned” about decision on Apple and Google to implement data encryption by default on their Smartphones. The FBI is concerned about the improvements made by Apple and Google for their solutions to defend the security and privacy of the users. The companies have implemented encryption by default on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2014
DoJ proposal is trying to legitimate FBI hacking operations against Internet users that make use of any kind of anonymizing technology. The FBI wants greater authority to hack overseas computers, according to a law professor. The Department of Justice (DoJ) is declaring war to online anonymity, its proposal to amend Rule 41 of the Federal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2014
FBI is warning businesses operating in the healthcare industry on possible cyber attacks. The FBI is alerting the healthcare industry companies on potential cyber attacks, the law enforcement are warning companies after the attack on U.S. hospital group Community Health Systems Inc that caused the theft of millions of patient records. “The FBI has observed malicious actors targeting healthcare related systems, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2014
A report disclosed by Wired suggests that the FBI is using a malware to identify Tor users by infecting machines on a large scale. It’s not a mystery that usage of the Tor network represents a problem for investigators of law enforcement agencies and for government entities that need to track users on the popular anonymizing network. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2014
A letter revealed that all the US Intelligence agencies have queried the Section 702 communications content for US persons in 2013. The Snowden case has caused an earthquake in the US intelligence, it is changing the way the principal US agencies are informing citizens of the some of the operation their ordinary conduct to ensure […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2014
The FBI has formed a new cybercrime task force with the NYPD and the Metropolitan Transit Authority to investigate on cyber crimes. Cybercrime is considered by governments an emergency to mitigate urgently, criminal activities are causing large losses to the global economy as reported in the recent report published by McAfee. The FBI created a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2014
The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) has issued a solicitation for malware development confirming the use of malicious code for investigation. The proliferation of malware in the cyber space is not a surprise, according recent reports the number of new malicious code instance is rapidly increasing. State-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals are principally responsible for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 11, 2014
US DoJ formalized a proposal to allow U.S Federal Agencies to secretly hack suspects’ computers to collect criminal evidence into investigations. The US Justice Department (DOJ) wants secretly hack into the suspected criminal’s computer during investigations at any times in bunches for collection of evidence. The document titled “COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE” defines […]
