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Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2014

North Korea Internet totally down. Sabotage or technical issue?

The North Korea is experiencing a severe Internet outage, the country is isolated from the World Wide network. US cyber attack suspected. North Korea is suffering a severe internet outage, the Internet appears totally down in the country and security experts speculate on a possible retaliation in response to the recent attack that compromised internal […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2014

FBI stated the North Korea hacked Sony Pictures, Pyongyang wants a joint investigation

An announcement by the FBI stated the North Korea hacked Sony Pictures, but Pyongyang refused accusations and offered support for the investigation. The cyber attack against Sony Pictures is monopolizing the attention of the media, in particular, the problem of the attribution is hard to solve. The FBI released the findings of its investigation that definitively […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2014

The wiper malware that hit Sony Picture was written in Korean

Security experts at AlienVault discovered further elements of the wiper malware used for the attack on Sony Pictures that link it to North Korean hackers. New evidence has emerged from the investigation on the clamorous cyber attack against the Sony Pictures, experts at Alien Vault provided further elements to link the attack to the North Korea. Last […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2014

GOP sent threatening emails to Sony Pictures Employees

Hackers behind the major attack against the Sony Pictures Entertainment hit again the company by sending threatening emails to its employees. The massive cybar attack that compromised the corporate computer network at Sony Pictures Entertainment is having a serious impact on the organization and its employees. The GOP crew, aka the Guardians of Peace, that hacked Sony Picture accessed a huge […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2014

TrendMicro analyzed the wiper malware that infected Sony Pictures

TrendLabs has analyzed the Destructive malware mentioned in the FBI warnings recently issued and they have linked it to cyber attack against Sony Pictures. Researchers at TrendLabs announced that they have identified the strain of malware that appears to have been used in the cyber attack against Sony Pictures systems by GOP (Guardians of Peace). The hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2014

Sony Pictures data breach may have exposed staff data and much more

The Sony Pictures Hack was even worse than everyone thought, the hackers have also stolen more than 25 gigabytes of sensitive data. More details are emerging from the investigations on the data breach at the Sony Pictures, the hack has caused much more that the distribution online of pirated movies because a batch of sensitive employee […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2014

FBI warns of major malware-based attacks following the Sony Pictures hack

The Reuters has reported that the FBI issued a confidential warning to US businesses following the destructive malware based attack on Sony Pictures. Following the major breach breach at Sony Pictures Entertainment, the FBI issued an alert to U.S. businesses related to possible malware-based attacks. According the Reuters Agency, the malicious code described in the alert could be the attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2014

Who is GOP? Is the North Korea behind the Sony Pictures data breach?

While the GOP crew continues to leak online internal files stolen in the attack on the Sony Pictures, the company is investigating on a link to North Korea. On Saturday the collective of hackers behind the recent attack on the Sony Pictures Television, the GOP, leaked online sales and contract data stolen in the data breach. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2014

North Korea doubles units of its cyber army

North Korea has doubled the number of its elite cyber warriors over the past two years and established overseas bases to run hacking attacks. The majority of people ignores that all over the world, many silent conflicts happen, the cyberspace is considered for this reason the fifth element of warfare. Unfortunately the effects of these […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2014

Databases of personnel at US command in S Korea hacked

A major cyber attack might have compromised the personal information of 16000 current and former workers employed by the American command in South Korea. US officials have revealed that military database in South Korea has suffered a major cyber attack which caused a data breach. Data related to personnel employed by the United States military […]

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North Korea Internet totally down. Sabotage or technical issue?

FBI stated the North Korea hacked Sony Pictures, Pyongyang wants a joint investigation

The wiper malware that hit Sony Picture was written in Korean

GOP sent threatening emails to Sony Pictures Employees

TrendMicro analyzed the wiper malware that infected Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures data breach may have exposed staff data and much more

FBI warns of major malware-based attacks following the Sony Pictures hack

Who is GOP? Is the North Korea behind the Sony Pictures data breach?

North Korea doubles units of its cyber army

Databases of personnel at US command in S Korea hacked

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