Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2015
An agreement between the German intelligence agency BfV and the NSA allows the access to the XKeyscore platform to return of  data on German citizens. The German weekly Die Zeit disclosed documents that reveal how the German Intelligence did a deal with the NSA to get the access to the surveillance platform XKeyscore. Internal documents show that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2015
Chinese computer manufacturers Lenovo has been caught once again using a hidden Windows feature to preinstall unwanted and unremovable rootkit. Lenovo firm was accused several times to supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries that allowed the Chinese Government to run espionage operations. In 2013, Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2015
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
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
April 16, 2015
A lawyer who has been dealing with a whistleblower case has claimed that a hard drive used as evidence and sent by the police has infected with spying Trojan. A lawyer from Arkansas is now representing three police officers from Fort Smith at a case of whistleblowers and has now found himself in the middle […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2015
The security firm Bluebox discovered a preinstalled malware, many malicious apps, and a series of security holes on the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone. After the episode of Lenovo pre-installed malware, another case is worrying the IT community. This time, security firm Bluebox has discovered pre-installed malware and other security issues with a Xiaomi Mi 4 mobile […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2015
After Babar malware, security researchers detected a new strain of malware dubbed Casper that appears to be linked to the France Intelligence. Surveillance is the primary goal of Intelligence Agencies worldwide, a few weeks ago cyber security researchers detected a new malware, dubbed Babar, that is considered a product of the French intelligence. According to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2015
Security researchers at AVG have discovered a new Android malware dubbed PowerOffHijack, which spies on users even when mobile is switched off. Security researchers at AVG have discovered a new strain of Android malware which is able to spy on mobile users even when their mobile is off. The malware could be used to control victim’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2015
By investigating on the cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm, experts at TrendLabs discovered a spyware designed for iOS devices. Security experts at TrendLabs have discovered a new espionage iOS app while they were investigating on the cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm. In October 2014, security experts at Trend Micro uncovered a cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
Data related to the number of incidents occurred to national infrastructure confirms that the US Government energy industry is constantly under attack. The US Government is aware that nation’s energy grid is constantly under attack by state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals. Recently The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Russian hackers have infiltrated several critical […]
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