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Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2015
US weighs sanctioning China and Russia in response to recent cyber attacks

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
Alleged Russian hackers behind the EFF Spear phishing Scam

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
Russian Lawyers want ban Windows 10 from govt offices

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
SS7 flaw allows hackers to spy on every conversation

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
Once again alleged Russian hackers hit the Pentagon computers

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
Operation Potao – hackers used a trojanized version of TrueCrypt

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2015
APT 29 use Twitter to control its Hammertoss data stealer

Experts at FireEye discovered a new APT group dubbed APT 29 that is exploiting Twitter to mask the activities of their data-stealer malware. Experts at FireEye uncovered a group of alleged Russian hackers, dubbed APT 29, that is exploiting Twitter to mask the activities of their data-stealer malware. The hackers belonging to the APT 29 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2015
Seaduke, another weapon in the Duke arsenal

Security researchers at Symantec have analyzed Seaduke, a sophisticated Trojan used by threat actors behind the “Duke” malware family. Security experts at Symantec security firm have analyzed the Trojan.Seaduke, a malware that was used by the APT group behind the Duke espionage campaigns that targeted numerous government organizations worldwide. The Seaduke has many similarities with other […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2015
Cyber espionage – Russia and China are targeting British Companies and Others

Ongoing incidents have brought to light the power of both Russia and China in the field of cyber espionage. Their experts have continuously targeted the US and the British, including Governmental sources and esteemed companies. It is no surprise that cyber espionage has been growing larger and larger. Significant players come from Russia and China, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2015
Chancellor Merkel’s PC was the first one infected in the Bundestag hack

Experts say the cyber attack on the German Bundestag alleged began with the compromise of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal computer. I have written many posts regarding a recent attack against the German Bundestag with caused a major data breach. We discussed the possibility that the cyber attack against the German Parliament was coordinated by Russian state-sponsored hackers that spread a […]