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Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2013

A Zero-Day Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component – CVE-2013-3906

Microsoft Zero-day CVE-2013-3906 – Microsoft informed to be aware of a vulnerability in a Microsoft graphics component that is actively exploited in targeted attacks using crafted Word documents sent by email. A new zero-day vulnerability has been found a Microsoft product that could allow attackers to install a malware via infected Word documents. The Microsoft […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2012

W32.Narilam, the malware that hit databases in the Middle East

Symantec has published an interesting alert on a new agent named W32.Narilam that has been designed to damage corporate databases. Recently we have always thought to malware as dangerous agents used to steal information such as banking credentials or to be used in cyber espionage operation. This is one of the different ways to monetize the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2012

The Flame is “ignited” between the U.S. and France

French weekly news magazine L’Express has reported that offices of France’s former president Sarkozy were hit by a cyber espionage campaign back in May 2012. Few days before the second round of the presidential election won by Hollande the President’s office was infected by Flame malware, within the compromise PCs also the one of Sarkozy’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2012

Cyber espionage attack against Israel is not an isolated event

Once again Middle East area is the scene of a series of cyber attacks, several malware attacks have hit over the last year Israeli and Palestinian systems apparently having a common origin. A group of experts from Norwegian antivirus and security firm Norman ASA have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign against the countries that used various […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2012

Nation state sponsored attacks: the offensive of Governments in cyberspace

Article published on The Malta Indipendent on October 11th 2012 Pierluigi Paganini, David Pace, Publishers of mainstream ICT news are ablaze with articles on the evolution of the “Flame” malware targeting the Middle East region for cyber espionage purposes, and new menaces such as Gauss or Shamoon. No longer the province of deviant black-hat hackers or […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2012

Flame, miniFlame, the mystery of an on going cyber espionage campaign

Last May The Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team (MAHER) detected a new targeted malware which hit the country, that has been named Flame, also known as Flamer or Skywiper, due the name of its main attack module. MAHER wasn’t the only one to detect the agent, also Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab identified the new dangerous malware, recognized […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2012

Analisys on Flame C&C, the cyber war began long ago

In May Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination CenterLab, CrySyS Lab and Kaspersky Lab have published a news regarding a new malware that has been detected and that have hit mainly Windows systems of Middle East area, specifically the Iran. The malware was evidence of a huge ongoing cyber espionage campaign, the level of complexity […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2012

New Madi instance and “AC/DC” virus, Middle East as shooting range

The Middle East has always been considered an area of the planet’s turbulent for the continuing conflict and political tensions among the states that inhabit it. In the last two years, the tensions seem to have intensified and with it has grown the diffusion of malware for cyber espionage and for offensive purposes. In the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2012

Mahdi campaign, ongoing cyber-espionage in the Middle East

Again another great investigation of the excellent team of Kaspersky lab and its partner Seculert firm has discovered an ongoing campaign to conduct a large scale infiltration of computer systems in the Middle East area. The campaign has targeted individuals across several states of the area such as Iran, Afghanistan and also Israel. The operation […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2012

Flame malware, from genesis to the plot theory

In this article I desire to discuss about many personal doubts and beliefs regarding the Flame malware, first my idea that we are facing with a new powerful cyber weapon. In the same hours the Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination CenterLab, CrySyS Lab and Kaspersky Lab have published news regarding the new malware that […]

Middle East

A Zero-Day Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component – CVE-2013-3906

W32.Narilam, the malware that hit databases in the Middle East

The Flame is “ignited” between the U.S. and France

Cyber espionage attack against Israel is not an isolated event

Nation state sponsored attacks: the offensive of Governments in cyberspace

Flame, miniFlame, the mystery of an on going cyber espionage campaign

Analisys on Flame C&C, the cyber war began long ago

New Madi instance and “AC/DC” virus, Middle East as shooting range

Mahdi campaign, ongoing cyber-espionage in the Middle East

Flame malware, from genesis to the plot theory

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