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Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2018

Germany’s defense minister: Cyber security is going to be the main focus of this decade.

On Saturday, Germany defense minister Ursula von der Leyen told CNBC that cyber attacks are the greatest challenge threatening global stability. The cybersecurity is a pillar of modern states, the string of recent massive attacks including NotPetya and WannaCry is the demonstration that we are all potential targets. Cyber attacks could hit governments, private companies and citizens in every […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2017

A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, around 100,000 IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours

A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, experts observed around 100K IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours searching for flawed ZyXEL PK5001Z routers. According to Li Fengpei, a security researcher with Qihoo 360 Netlab, the publication of the proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code in a public vulnerabilities database is the root cause of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2017

Severe flaws found in German e-Government OSCI 1.2 Communication Library

Security researchers at SEC-Consult found severe vulnerabilities in the German e-government Communication Library OSCI (Online Services Computer Interface). According to the experts at SEC-Consult, the German e-government system OSCI (Online Services Computer Interface) is open to padding oracle attacks and other vulnerabilities due to the use of an insecure communications protocol. The researchers at SEC Consult found severe vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2017

German Military to Launch the Bundeswehr’s new Cyber and Information Space Command

Today the German Military is going to launch a cyber command, the Bundeswehr’s new Cyber and Information Space (CIR) Command. Today the German Military is going to launch a cyber command, the Bundeswehr’s new Cyber and Information Space (CIR) Command, a structure that is considered strategic for the defence of the country from cyber attacks. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017

UK NCSC warns of cyber attacks powered by Russia against the political system

The UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is warning of Russian political hacking capabilities, the risk of cyber attacks against the political system is high. The alert was raised by the UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) that is informing political parties in the UK to warn about “the potential for hostile action against the UK political […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2017

UK police arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom

The prosecutor’s office in Cologne and the Federal Criminal Police Office have arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom The agents at the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) have a man that is suspected to be involved with the massive attack on Deutsche Telekom that affected more than 900k routers in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016

More than 900k routers of Deutsche Telekom German users went offline

Deutsche Telekom confirmed that more than 900,000 routers began to have serious problems connectivity problems due to a cyber attack. More than 900,000 routers belonging to Deutsche Telekom users in Germany were not able to connect to the Internet due to an alleged cyber-attack. The affected routers were used by the Deutsche Telekom customers also […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2016

The dangerous interaction between Russian and Brazilian cyber criminal underground

Kaspersky has analyzed the interaction between the Russian and Brazilian criminal underground communities revealing a dangerous interaction. In the past weeks, we have analyzed the evolution of cyber criminal communities worldwide, focusing on illicit activities in the Deep Web. To simplify the approach we have considered the principal cyber criminal communities (Russia, Brazil, North America, Japan, China, Germany) as separated entities, instead, these ecosystems interact […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2016

Nuclear Plants in Germany Are Vulnerable to Terrorism Threats

According to a recent report, Germany nuclear plants are vulnerable to terrorists and there needs to be some serious dealing with this problem. According to a recently released report, Germany is not adequately equipped to prevent terrorist attacks in its nuclear plants. According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) news agency, the report was presented by Oda Becker, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2016

Which are principal cybercriminal ecosystems in the Deep Web?

TrendMicro published an interesting analysis of the principal cyber criminal underground communities in the Deep Web worldwide. A new interesting report published by the experts at TrendMicro highlights the differences between the principal underground ecosystems worldwide. Thinking of a unique “global” underground ecosystem is an error, every community has its own characteristics, the criminal crews that […]

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Germany’s defense minister: Cyber security is going to be the main focus of this decade.

A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, around 100,000 IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours

Severe flaws found in German e-Government OSCI 1.2 Communication Library

German Military to Launch the Bundeswehr’s new Cyber and Information Space Command

UK NCSC warns of cyber attacks powered by Russia against the political system

UK police arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom

More than 900k routers of Deutsche Telekom German users went offline

The dangerous interaction between Russian and Brazilian cyber criminal underground

Nuclear Plants in Germany Are Vulnerable to Terrorism Threats

Which are principal cybercriminal ecosystems in the Deep Web?

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