Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2015
A Russian manufacturer has built an advanced system for the protection of any channels of telephone communication against wiretapping. The Russian Government has a new system for the protection of communication channels against the wiretapping, the news was disclosed by the director general of the Interstate Corporation of Development (ICD), Ivan Polyakov, and it was reported by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2015
Malware researchers at Check Point Technologies have discovered a new offline ransomware that is targeting mainly Russian users. Malware researchers at Check Point Technologies have spotted a new “offlineâ ransomware that is targeting Russian users. The principal characteristic of this strain of malware is that it doesnât need to communicate with a command and control […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
F-Secure has published an interesting report on the cyber espionage operations conducted by the Dukes APT group, which appears linked to the Kremlin. Security researchers at F-Secure have published an interesting report detailing the cyber espionage operation of a Russian APT group, dubbed the Dukes, the experts speculate the group is backed by the Russian government. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2015
The Shifu Banking Trojan is a new sophisticated malware that has been used to target the customers of more than a dozen Japanese banks. Shifu is the name of a new banking trojan that has been around since at least April targeting Japanese banks and a number of European e-banking platforms. “Shifu currently targets 14 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2015
The Obama administration weighs sanctioning China and Russia in response to recent cyber attacks who have exposed sensitive data of the US Govt and US firms. The US Government is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese hackers in response to the hacking campaign targeting US entities. The news was reported by several U.S. officials yesterday who […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2015
The experts at EFF organization speculate that Russian State-sponsored hackers belonging the APT 28 group have managed the last EFF Spear phishing Scam. Attackers, alleged to belong to a Russian state-sponsored APT registered a bogus Electronic Frontier Foundation domain earlier this month. The hackers used the name brand of popular privacy watchdog in an attempt to trick […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2015
Moscow Lawyers complain to prosecutors over Windows 10 privacy, the Microsoft operating system is accused spying on its users and collect their data. Russian lawyers have filed a complaint calling for restricting the sale of Windows 10 in Russia, the action urges because the newborn OS spy on users violating Russian laws. Starting July 29, and for the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2015
By Exploiting a flaw in the SS7 protocol hackers can access every conversation and text message mobile users send from everywhere in the world. Hackers can spy on every mobile phone user wherever it is. Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes has revealed the existence of a security hole in modern telecommunication systems that could be exploited by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2015
NBC News reported Russian hackers have compromised computers at the Pentagon, an unclassified email system has been shut down  in response of the attack. According to the NBC news, US officials have reported that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system. The unclassified email system has been shut down […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2015
ESET issued a report on a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Potao that relied on the diffusion of a trojanized Russian language version of TrueCrypt. Despite TrueCrypt development was mysteriously interrupted last year, the popular open-source encryption tool still represents the ideal choice for individuals that need to encrypt their data. Recently ESET published an interesting report […]
