FinFisher

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2014
Surveillance – How to secretly track cellphone users position around the globe

Using the proper surveillance systems available on the market it is easy and quick to track cellphone and the movements of targets everywhere on the globe. We recently discussed the decision of Wikileaks to publish copies of the criticized surveillance software FinFisher, highlighting the dangers for the militarization of the cyberspace and in particular for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2014
WikiLeaks publicly disclosed copies of FinFisher surveillance software

WikiLeaks has published copies of the criticized FinFisher surveillance software, claiming that the malware is sold to the most “abusive” regimes in the world. Copies of the surveillance software “FinFisher” were made available for public scrutiny by WikiLeaks early this week. The international, online journalistic organization has decided to publish the public disclose the criticized software online to allow […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2014
Disclosed 40 GB of data of FinFisher government spyware related to alleged Gamma hack

A Hacker claims to have hacked the network of Gamma International firm and he has leaked docs related to the malware-for-government FinFisher. Earlier this week the British company Gamma International appears to have been hacked and a collection of files from its systems have been leaked on the Internet. The security firm is popular because it […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2013
FinFisher found everywhere, more complexity and ready for mobile

Many times we discussed about the fact that FinFisher was discovered in the wild, the use of popular spyware has been abused by governments and intelligence agencies all around the world. The spyware is for law enforcement and government use, but it seems to be  preferred for those regimes that desire to monitor representatives of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2012
Malware,Botnet & cyber threats,what is happening to the cyberspace?

Article published on Hakin9 IT Security Magazine “Raspberry Pi Hacking – Exploiting Software” 08/12 The article proposes an analysis of the main cyber threats that worry security experts and that are profoundly changing the cyber space. The exponential growth of the number of cyber threats and attacks is rebutted by a wide range of statistical […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2012
Finfisher, the case of a cyber espionage tool found everywhere

Two days ago, reading the news that lawful interception malware FinFisher was discovered in the wild I thought … “wow finally we have the evidence, probably we will debate for a long time regarding the use of this tool and of similar agents” But as fate would have it the same day came the news […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2012
DaVinci code,the surveillance business & eligibility of investigations

No doubts, one of the most advanced cyber threat to the technological evolution is the malware diffusion, we read daily news regarding new unknown agents developed by cybercriminals, governments or hacktivists, but are we really ready to reduce the exposure of our resources? Some weeks ago a news has passed without  too much noise but […]