Microsoft

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2013
Vulnerability in Windows Phone OS could allow information disclosure

Microsoft Security Advisory reveals a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure Microsoft has issued a security advisory related to a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure, the flaw is related to Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication used by Windows Phone to access to wireless network. According the Microsoft Security Advisory (2876146) a hacker exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2013
Microsoft provided encrypted messages key and Skype calls access to NSA

The guardian issued new top secret documents gathered by Edward Snowden demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government. Edward Snowden has issued new top secret documents demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government, in particular the whistleblower revealed the support received by the NSA that obtained by the company the access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2013
PRISM – US Top Secret massive surveillance program revealed

The top-secret PRISM project claims direct access to servers of major IT corporates including Google, Apple and Facebook. The recent news on the control of communications made ​​by the US Government through the PRISM program has literally left bewildered public opinion, everyone imagined it but when the Population has been confronted with the evidence remained shocked. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2013
Microsoft could intercept Skype conversation, is it true?

German researchers revealed that Microsoft is able to intercept Skype conversation for security reason. Which are risks to the users’ privacy? Microsoft intercept Skype conversations, the topic is at the center of a heated discussion. Before Microsoft acquisition the popular VOIP application was considered very secure and wiretap-proof, it was officially recognized that was impossible […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2013
Microsoft Skype accused of supporting the surveillance in China

In many occasion we have discussed about the consequences of monitoring activities on internet and communication channels operated by governments all over the world, in particular of the censorship and persecutions operated by authoritarian regimes. In discussion is the technological support often provide by Western IT company in the name of business that totally ignore […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2013
MiniDuke hackers target European governments and researchers

It’s a very difficult period for security researchers that in the last months have discovered various cyber espionage campaigns that hit governments, private businesses and intelligence agencies all over the world. The situation is very concerning, silently cyber threats attacks the above institutions to steal sensitive information and intellectual properties causing damage comparable to those […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2013
New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities affect Java earlier versions

Java, Java and once again Java, the popular framework and its vulnerabilities are becoming a really nightmare for security experts, billion of users and their machines are exposed to a series of attacks that try to exploit flaws in the Oracle software. Security worldwide community attributes to the Java vulnerabilities the principal responsibilities for recent […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2013
Also Microsoft in the club of hacked companies

When Apple revealed the hack to Reuters press agency I wrote that the last big enterprise not yet hacked was Microsoft, anticipating that was question of time. The last events have revealed how much vulnerable also major companies to cyber attacks, Facebook, Twitter and principal Press agencies such as NYT dedicate large investment to cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2012
Microsoft distrupts Nitol botnet, malware hidden in supply chain

The malware diffusion is assuming dimension difficult to control, no matter if we are facing with a state-sponsored attack or with a cyber scam, malicious agents are around us, they have infected a huge quantity of machines with dramatic consequences. But what’s happen if we discover the malware inside the controller of ordinary object that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2012
FBI,content monitoring,backdoors & Going Dark…shake well before use

Social Networks represent a rich mine of information of great interest for researchers, cybercriminals and government agencies. Analyzing the networks is possible to track detailed profile of any users, his relationships and his habits, the possibility to exercise the control of social networks is an actual form of power, the power of knowledge. We have […]