Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2019
Security researchers discovered a code-execution vulnerability that affects versions through 9.0.4 of the Ghidra software reverse engineering (SRE) framework. GHIDRA is a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that runs on major OSs (Windows, macOS, and Linux). The framework was first mentioned in the CIA Vault 7 dump that was leaked in 2017. WikiLeaks obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2019
NSA is redefining its cybersecurity mission and with the Cybersecurity Directorate it will enhance its partnerships with unclassified collaboration and information sharing. Under the new Cybersecurity Directorate â a major organization that unifies NSAâs foreign intelligence and cyberdefense missions The NSA announced the new Cybersecurity Directorate â which will help defend domestic organizations from foreign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2019
The former NSA contractor who pled guilty to stealing over 50TB of data from the Agency, was sentenced to nine years in prison The former National Security Agency contractor Harold Thomas Martin III, who was accused and subsequently pled guilty to stealing over 50TB of classified NSA data, was sentenced to nine years in prison. The man was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2019
The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging Windows users and administrators to install security updates to address BlueKeep flaw (aka CVE-2019-0708). Last week Microsoft issued a second security advisory to warn users of older Windows OS versions to update their systems in order to patch the remote code execution vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep. Now the National Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
China-linked APT group tracked as APT3 was using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior to Shadow Brokers leak. China-linked APT group tracked as APT3 (aka Buckeye, APT3, UPS Team, Gothic Panda, and TG-0110) was using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2019
NSA released the complete source code for its GHIDRA suite, the version 9.0.2 is available on the Agency’s Github repository. In January 2019, the National Security Agency (NSA) announced the release at the RSA Conference of the free reverse engineering framework GHIDRA. GHIDRA is a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that runs on major OSs (Windows, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2019
Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB malware researchers decided to use the NSA Ghidra suite in a real case study, the analysis of the AZORult malware. Introduction One of the most expected moments in the infosec community during the last few months was, with no doubt, the Ghidra public release. On the 5th of March, at the RSA conference, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2019
Harold Thomas Martin III, a 54-year-old Navy veteran from Glen Burnie and former NSA Contractor pleads guilty to 20-Year-Long theft of classified data. The former National Security Agency contractor stole a huge quantity of sensitive data from the agency and then stored it at his home and car for over two decades. The man was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
A security expert has discovered a vulnerability in the NSA Ghidra platform that could be exploited to execute code remotely. A security expert who goes online with the handle of sghctoma has discovered a vulnerability in Ghidra platform recently released by the US NSA, the issue could be exploited to execute code remotely. GHIDRA is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2019
Kaspersky was a long accused to support Russian intelligence, in an ironic turn, source now revealed it helped to catch alleged NSA data thief Kaspersky was a long accused to support Russian intelligence in cyber espionage activities and for this reason, its products have been banned by the US Government and EU Parliament. The company […]
