Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2015
By Exploiting a flaw in the SS7 protocol hackers can access every conversation and text message mobile users send from everywhere in the world. Hackers can spy on every mobile phone user wherever it is. Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes has revealed the existence of a security hole in modern telecommunication systems that could be exploited by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2015
NBC News reported Russian hackers have compromised computers at the Pentagon, an unclassified email system has been shut down in response of the attack. According to the NBC news, US officials have reported that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system. The unclassified email system has been shut down […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2015
The NBC News published a secret NSA map reporting the locations of “Victims of Chinese Cyber Espionage” attacks that resulted in data thefts. The NBC News has published in exclusive a secret NSA map showing the locations of the cyber attacks carried out by Chinese hackers over a five-year period. Every marker in the secret NSA map […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2015
Part of a Pentagon email network taken down over suspicious activity, the US authorities are investigating on the alleged intrusion. New problems for the White House emerges from the cyberspace, a portion of the Department of Defence’s email network has been taken down over suspicious activity. According to Pentagon spokeswoman, the unclassified email network used by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2015
After revelations in June about the hack to the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), now it’s time to clarify and explain the extent of the data breach. After the disclosure in June about the hack to the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), now was time to clarify and explain the extent of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2015
Wikileaks reveals an extended economic espionage activity conducted by the NSA in Germany, the spies were particularly interested in the Greek debt crisis. Recently we spoke about the last collection of data disclosed by Wikileaks on NSA massive surveillance, highlighting the cyber espionage operations of the US intelligence against principal security firms and the France politicians, today we […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2015
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show the NSA and the GCHQ efforts to compromise security software companies including Kaspersky Lab. A new collection of documents leaked by the popular whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that both UK and US government intelligence agencies are targeting principal security firms and security companies. Kaspersky Lab calls nation-states’ targeting of security companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2015
Security researchers at the GData security firm discovered a second stage of the cyber attack on the German Bundestag that exploited a banking trojan to steal data. In the last weeks, I have reported the various news related to the cyber attack against the Bundestag and a possible involvement of Russian state-sponsored hackers. The media reported that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2015
Experts say the cyber attack on the German Bundestag alleged began with the compromise of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal computer. I have written many posts regarding a recent attack against the German Bundestag with caused a major data breach. We discussed the possibility that the cyber attack against the German Parliament was coordinated by Russian state-sponsored hackers that spread a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2015
Following the recent OPM data breach the White House requested IT administrators to implement and adopt basic security measures. A few days ago news media agencies reported the data breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), according to the US Government the hack is one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data. Data […]
