state-sponsored hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2014
A major cyber attack hits Nasdaq systems to destroy US Finance

Russian hackers hit Nasdaq critical systems with with a malware-based attack with the primary intent to sabotage the U.S. financial world. It was October 2010 when the FBI started an investigation on alleged malware-based cyber attacks against on Nasdaq, probably related to the operation of a state-sponsored group of hackers. After more than 12 months in which […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2014
Deep Panda hacking team targeting US experts on Iraq

Researchers at CrowdStrike reveal that hacking team dubbed Deep Panda is targeting US think thank firms with a significant knowledge on the Iraqi situation. CrowdStrike security firm revealed that a group of hackers, suspected to be linked to the Chinese cyber army, began targeting PCs belonging to think thank firms which are analyzing the Iraqi situation. Experts at […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2014
Pentagon confirms that missile defenses are vulnerable to cyber attack

The Director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency reported to the Congress that missile defenses of the US military are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The Director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency reported to the Congress last week that missile defenses deployed by the US Army are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Security experts are aware that every […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2014
Russia and Ukraine cyber dispute analyzed by FireEye

FireEye has issued data which show the intensification of activities in the cyberspace correspondent  to geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine. The Geopolitical dispute between Russia and Ukraine has its correspondence in the cyberspace, principal security experts have observed an increase in the number of cyber attacks between the two countries. Cyber units on both sides may be actively engaged in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2014
Iranian hackers behind most elaborate spying campaign on social media

Experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. Iranian Hackers use a network of fake accounts (NEWSCASTER network) on principal social media to spy on US officials and political staff worldwide, this is reported in an analysis done by iSIGHT Partners. A few days ago […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2014
Raoul Chiesa – from cybercrime to state-sponsored hacking

Raoul Chiesa gives us his view on the current cyber threat landscape, from Snowden’s case to the links between cyber crime and state-sponsored hacking. Next week the forth Cybercrime Conference will be held in Rome (http://www.tecnaeditrice.com/eventi/cyber_crime_conference_2014/presentazione), two days in which top experts in the field will analyze high-profile cyber attacks discussing also about legal issues, privacy, and cyber strategies […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2014
The Mask – the most sophisticated APT operation seen to date

Speaking at Kaspersky Lab’s Industry Analyst Summit,Costin Raiu revealed details on The Mask campaign, the most sophisticated operation they’ve seen to date. The Kaspersky team recently announced to have detected a new significant APT campaign dubbed The Mask or “Careto” (Spanish for “Ugly Face” or “Mask”), a group of high-level state-sponsored hackers have been targeting government agencies, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2014
Cost of conducting APT campaigns is dramatically dropping

Speaking at Kaspersky Lab’s Industry Analyst Summit Costin Raiu, revealed that the cost for APT campaign is dramatically dropping. The cost of developing advanced malware has fallen dramatically malicious code like Stuxnet and Flame are today economically more affordable. It has been estimated that the expense for the development of a cyber weapon like Stuxnet,or for a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2014
Malware based attack hit Japanese Monju Nuclear Power Plant

IT administrator at Monju Nuclear Power Plant discovered that a malware-based attack infected a system in the reactor control room. On January 2nd one of the eight computers in the control room at Monju Nuclear Power Plant was compromised. An IT administrator has discovered that the system in the reactor control room had been accessed over […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2013
Cyber security, Questions and Answers with the expert

Interview with the security experts Andrey Komarov and Dan Clements of IntelCrawler to analyze significant evolutions in the cyber-threat landscape. Today I desire to propose an interview with Andrey Komarov, CEO of IntelCrawler and Dan Clements, President of IntelCrawler. IntelCrawler is a multi-tier intelligence aggregator, which gathers information and cyber prints from a starting big […]