Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2015
The Iranian Cyber police (FATA) is actively monitoring the activities of the Daesh terrorist group (ISIS) in the country. “Live by the sword, die by the sword,” Iranian hackers are intensifying their activities against the Western countries, recently security firms have uncovered several cyber espionage campaigns targeting US and European. organizations. In November, experts from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2015
Facebook was the first company to notice the intrusion of Iranian Hackers in the e-mail accounts of US State Department officials focused on Iran. The attacks appear politically motivated and aimed to gather data about US-Iranian dual citizens in Iran. Earlier this month, the computers at the US State Department and other government employees were targeted by hackers. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 10, 2015
Experts from Check Point firm published a new report on the Rocket Kitten APT that include more insight into the activities of the group. Do you remember the Rocket Kitten ATP? The Rocket Kitten group has been suspected to be active since 2011 and have been increasing their activity since 2014. The main targets are based in the Middle […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2015
The Cleaver group is once again in the headlines managing a well-developed network of fake LinkedIn profiles for cyber espionage purpose. Do you remember the Iran-based APT Cleaver? In December the security firm Cylance released a detailed report on the hacking Operation Cleaver that was run by state-sponsored hackers linked to the Iran. The Iranian hackers targeted critical infrastructure worldwide, ten of which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2015
According to a recent report issued by the Mehr news agency, more than 10,000 cyber attacks are detected by Iran every day, mostly from Israel. According to a recent report, more than 10,000 Internet security attacks are detected by cyber security experts in Iran every day, a country that is spending a significant effort to improve […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2015
According to a report published by the Citizen Lab Iranian hackers have elaborated a sophisticated phishing scheme to takeover Gmail accounts. According to a report published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, Iranian hackers have elaborated a sophisticated phishing scheme to circumvent security measures that defend Gmail […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2015
Security experts at ClearSky have published a report on the a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Thamar Reservoir that is targeting entities in the Middle East. Security experts at ClearSky have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Thamar Reservoir due to the name of its target Thamar E. Gindin. The investigation led the experts to date the Thamar Reservoir […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2015
Iran – The Cyber Attacks Emergency Center in FATA has thwarted a major cyber attack originated from US against the Oil Ministry. The Iranian Government announced that on Tuesday it had foiled a cyber-attack on the Islamic republic’s Oil Ministry. According to the Fars news agency, the Brigadier General Kamal Hadianfar, head of the cyber police, confirmed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2015
Experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020 will be exposed to an increasing number of cyber threats. Until the end of 2020, experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices on the planet will be connected to the internet, and counting that the Internet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2015
The NSA veteran Chief General Keith Alexander fears crippling cyber-attack on Western energy infrastructure and warned that we are not prepared for that. Security experts are warning companies in the energy industry of possible cyber attacks and Western plants are more exposed to the cyber threats. Electric grids, oil refineries and power plants are the […]
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