surveillance

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2016
Apple fixed Zero-Days flaws exploited by nation-state spyware

Apple issued emergency iOS updates to patch three Zero-Days exploited by a government spyware in an high-sophisticated attack. Apple has released the iOS 9.3.5 update for its mobile devices (iPhones and iPads). The security updates address three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by nation-state actors to spy on activists. Security experts have spotted a strain of spyware targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2016
ZITiS is the new German Government cyber unit in wake of terror attacks

The German Government announced last week the creation of a new cyber security unit named ZITiS to tackle terrorists online in a wake of terror attacks. The fear of a terror attack is pushing every government and international law enforcement agencies in an additional effort to tackle the activity of the ISIS radical group online. The German government has announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2016
Safe Browsing, Gmail will warn of emails from unauthenticated senders

Google announced a new feature in the Safe Browsing warning set, it will warn users when they will receive an email message from an unauthenticated sender. Google always takes care of security, the last features announced by the IT giant will warn Gmail users when they receive an email message from an unauthenticated sender. Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2016
Shad0wS3C claimed responsibility for the EJBCA data breach

Shad0w Security (Shad0wS3C) claimed responsibility for the data breach of the EJBCA that resulted in the exposure of credentials and certificates. Shad0w Security claimed responsibility for the data breach of the EJBCA – Open Source PKI Certificate Authority. Shad0w Security recently breached into a Switzerland Branch of EJBCA – Open Source PKI Certificate Authority and stole dozens of certificates […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2016
Snowden and Bunnies devised the Introspection Engine to avoid surveillance

The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the popular hacker Andrew “Bunnie” Huang designed Introspection Engine, an interesting anti-surveillance device. While the number of mobile devices is outclassing the number of desktop ones, the concern about the surveillance activities conducted by governments is growing as never before also thanks the Snowden revelations. Mobile devices, often unprotected, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2016
Is Phineas Fisher behind the AKP hack that allowed the disclosure of Erdogan Emails?

One of the most popular hacktivists, Phineas Fisher claimed responsibility for the hack of the Turkish Government that lead the disclosure of Erdogan Emails. A few hours ago I reported the news of the ban on Wikileaks decide by the Turkish Government in response to the publishing of the Erdogan Emails, now the popular Phineas Phisher […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2016
Erdogan Emails: WikiLeaks blocked in Turkey after the release of 300K government emails

The Turkish Government blocked the access to WikiLeaks after release of the Erdogan emails, 300,000 government emails date 2010 to July this year. Cyberspace and the real world are even more interdependent, the observation of the events in both environments is an essential activity for the analysts to predict evolutionary scenarios. The world is attending events […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2016
Tor and Linux Users Are Extremists? The NSA Thinks So

The National Security Agency (NSA) has reportedly turned its focus on Tor and Linux users, having recently shown a keen interest in these users’ online activities. The NSA has gone as far as calling users of products such as The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) and Tor as extremists. Readers of Linux Journal were also […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2016
Boffins spotted over 100 snooping Tor HSDir nodes spying on Dark Web sites

Two security experts have conducted a study that allowed them to spot over 100 snooping Tor HSDir Nodes spying on Dark Web Sites. The attempts of snooping traffic from Tor nodes are not a novelty, in the past, we have reported the activity of threat actors that set up malicious exit nodes to de-anonymize users. Early 2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2016
The NSA wants to exploit IoT devices for surveillance and sabotage

The NSA and other intelligence agencies are spending a significant effort in research for hacking IoT devices for both surveillance and sabotage. Intelligence agencies worldwide are looking with increasing interest to the Internet of Things paradigm, intelligent objects surround us and manage an impressive volume of data related to of existence. Thanks to the Internet of Things devices, we […]