NSA

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2015
The Equation Group shows most complex and sophisticated hacking techniques ever seen

Experts at Kaspersky Lab revealed that the capabilities of the Equation Group Surpass anything known in terms of sophistication of hacking techniques. Security experts at Kaspersky revealed the existence of a hacking group operating since 2001 that targeted practically every industry with  sophisticated zero-day malware. According to a new report from Kaspersky Lab, this group, dubbed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2015
GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, IPT rules

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has considered unlawful the GCHQ access to information gathered by the NSA through its massive surveillance programs. The British intelligence GCHQ acted illegally in accessing millions of personal communications collected by the NSA, this is the judgment of The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) that ruled against the national intelligence agency and security services. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2015
TURNIPSCHOOL – DIY NSA spying technology from the NSA Tao catalog

Researchers have presented the TURNIPSCHOOL project and other activities that replicate NSA surveillance implants with cheaper and off the shelf components. In December 2013, the popular cyber security expert Jacob Appelbaum, with the support of Der Spiegel news agency, disclosed the NSA’s catalog of surveillance. “Germany’s Der Spiegel has published another disturbing article on the NSA surveillance activities, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015
USA and UK announce joint cyber ‘war games’ to improve cyber defenses

The United States and the U.K. announced that they will stage joint cyber “war games” to boost both countries’ resilience to cyberattacks. The US and the UK are planning to step up the collaboration to fight cyber threats, one of the is a series of joint war games involving cyber units from either side. The hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015
New Snowden documents reveal the NSA Digital Arms Race

A new collection of document examined by Der Spiegel magazine reveals that the NSA is now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. Snowden‘s revelations on mass surveillance by the NSA have shocked the IT industry, but experts say the worst is yet to come. The NSA is working to significantly evolve its methods in relation […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2015
British Prime Minister wants to ban Online Messaging Apps including WhatsApp

Prime Minister Cameron said that the UK would pursue banning encrypted messaging apps if the Intelligence was not given access to the communications. At this historical moment, governments are facing increasingly dangerous cyber threats, but their activities are hampered by the large diffusion of encryption mechanisms. Following the Snowden‘s revelations, several IT firms like Google and Apple are […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2014
NSA published reports containing declassified compliance errors

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a collection of compliance reports that details failures and errors in compliance to US laws on surveillance. It’s Christmas time and the National Security Agency decided to post dozens of quarterly reports detailing cases where it potentially violated U.S. laws for monitoring of U.S. citizens and foreigners in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2014
New security flaws in the SS7 protocol allow hackers to spy on phone users

German researchers have announced the discovery of news security flaws in SS7 protocol that could be exploited by an attacker to spy on private phone calls. A team of German researchers has discovered security flaws that be exploited by a threat actor to spy on private phone calls and intercept text messages on a large […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2014
Ecuadorean President Correa claims attacks on his private computers and accounts

Ecuadorean President Correa has publicly denounced the US Intelligence continuous cyber attacks against his private internet accounts and computers. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has publicly denounced the US Intelligence of “systematic, high-tech” cyber attacks on his private internet accounts and computers. The President Rafael Correa also revealed that the last attack occurred  on Thursday, November 20th, was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2014
British firm now owned by Vodafone aided GCHQ in wiretapping undersea cables

New documents leaked by Snowden reveal the crucial role of a Vodafone-owned company in wiretapping of undersea cables for massive surveillance. According to several secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden US and British Intelligence wiretap undersea cables used by telecommunication companies as part of their mass surveillance programs. In June, Snowden released documents that were published by The Register and that reveal the existence of a secret […]