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Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2022

Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country. The latest samples of this spyware were detected by the researchers in April 2022, four […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2018

Iron cybercrime group uses a new Backdoor based on HackingTeam’s RCS surveillance sw

Security experts at security firm Intezer have recently discovered backdoor, associated with the operation of the Iron cybercrime group, that is based on the leaked source code of Remote Control System (RCS). The Remote Control System (RCS) is the surveillance software developed by the HackingTeam, it was considered a powerful malware that is able to infect also mobile […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2018

Hacking Team is back … probably it never stopped its activity. Watch Out!

ESET collected evidence of Hacking Team ‘activity post-hack, the company published an interesting analysis based on post hack samples found in the wild. Security researchers at ESET have spotted in fourteen countries previously unreported samples of the Remote Control System (RCS), the surveillance software developed by the Italian Hacking Team, in fourteen countries. Malware researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2016

Italian Government revoked Hacking Team ’s global export license

The government authority who oversees the export of “dual use” technologies revoked the Hacking Team ’s global export license. On July 2015, the Italian surveillance company Hacking Team suffered one of the worst data breaches in the history. Unknown attackers have exfiltrated some 400Gbs of data, including internal emails, exploit source code and invoices. A few months […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2015

The surveillance firm Hacking Team is back stronger than before

Motherboard has obtained a non-public email sent by the Hacking Team CEO to its customers that announce a new generation of hacking tools. Hacking Team is the popular surveillance company that suffered a serious data breach this year. More than 400 GB of its sensitive data were exfiltrated from the Italian company, including internal emails, zero-day exploits, surveillance […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2015

Free Milano Tool scans for Hacking Team Malware and exploits

Researchers at Rook Security have released a free tool, called Milano, that is able to detect the presence of HackingTeam malware on target systems. Researchers at Rook Security have released a free tool, called Milano, that is able to detect the presence of HackingTeam malware on target systems. The experts have also published a set […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2015

Internal emails reveal Hacking Team is working on a weaponized spying drone

Experts who are analyzing the Hacking Team internal emails discovered that the firm is working on the development of a weaponized drone. Security experts are continuing to dig the leaked internal emails from the Hacking Team, last revelation is related to the development of an unmanned aerial vehicle with the ability to run cyber attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2015

Dead NIS agent left note denying spying on SK population

South Korean police has found a NIS agent that left a note denying massive surveillance operated by the Government of Seoul on the population. The New York Times reported that a 46-year-old NIS agent working for the South Korean government was found dead in an apparent suicide. The man left a note denying National Intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2015

FBI paid Hacking Team to identify Tor users

Documents leaked online after the Hacking Team data breach revealed that the company supported the FBI in the investigation on Tor users. While the security experts are continuing to analyze the impressive amount of data stolen from the Hacking Team, new revelation are circulating over the Internet. Among the clients of the Italian security firm, there […]

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Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company

Iron cybercrime group uses a new Backdoor based on HackingTeam’s RCS surveillance sw

Hacking Team is back … probably it never stopped its activity. Watch Out!

Italian Government revoked Hacking Team ’s global export license

The surveillance firm Hacking Team is back stronger than before

Free Milano Tool scans for Hacking Team Malware and exploits

Internal emails reveal Hacking Team is working on a weaponized spying drone

Dead NIS agent left note denying spying on SK population

FBI paid Hacking Team to identify Tor users

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