spyware

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2014
Tor browser app in the Apple app store is fake

For more than two months is is present in the official App Store a fake version of the Tor Browser app. It’s full of adware and spyware. The Tor Browser is the most popular tool for anonymization of the user’s Internet experience, it’s use is literally exploded after the  disclosure of numerous documents leaked by […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2013
NetTraveler APT hackers still active improved their attacks

Experts at Kaspersky firm provided evidences that the hackers behind cyber espionage campaign NetTraveler are still active and improved their attack methods. Last June Kaspersky firm uncovered a new global cyber espionage campaign dubbed NetTraveler. Kaspersky’s team discovered that NetTraveler targeted over 350 high profile victims from 40 countries. The name of the operation derives from […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2013
Hackers hit South Korea also spread spyware to steal military secrets

Mc Afee Lab experts revealed that hackers behind large scale cyberattacks against South Korea also designed malware to steal military secrets. The hackers behind the recent attacks against South Korean infrastructure are professionals that designed also malicious code to steal military secrets to the South Korea and US military. Security experts at McAfee Labs revealed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2013
Mobile Threat Report for Q1 2013, the monopoly of Android malware

F-Secure published the Mobile Threat Report for Q1 2013 that reveals Malware targeting Android devices is rapidly growing in both the number of variants detected and in their complexity and sophistication. F-Secure has published the Mobile Threat Report for Q1 2013, an interesting document that the security firm periodically issues giving information on the evolution […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2013
FinFisher found everywhere, more complexity and ready for mobile

Many times we discussed about the fact that FinFisher was discovered in the wild, the use of popular spyware has been abused by governments and intelligence agencies all around the world. The spyware is for law enforcement and government use, but it seems to be  preferred for those regimes that desire to monitor representatives of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2012
Malware, a cyber threat increasingly difficult to contain

Article published on Hakin9 IT Security Magazine – August 2012 When we speak about malware we introduce one of the worst cyber threat that daily evolve with the capacity to hit every sector without distinction. The world “malware” is really generic, we refer in fact a heterogeneous family of malicious software designed with the purpose […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2012
#OpTrapWire, Anonymous against surveillance systems

In this days I have written several times regarding surveillance systems and the huge business around it. Private companies, government agencies and cyber units are all working to develop new tools to spy on wide audience. This tools are really attractive for those governments that desire to monitor and pursue dissident, in many cases these […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2012
Finfisher, the case of a cyber espionage tool found everywhere

Two days ago, reading the news that lawful interception malware FinFisher was discovered in the wild I thought … “wow finally we have the evidence, probably we will debate for a long time regarding the use of this tool and of similar agents” But as fate would have it the same day came the news […]