surveillance

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2013
Jeremy Hammond on state-sponsored hacktivism

Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, during the process he declared that FBI directed my attacks of Anonymous on foreign governments. Jeremy Hammond, the popular Anonymous hacktivist considered the principal responsible for the disclosure of thousands of emails from the private intelligence firm Stratfor was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2013
GCHQ used fake LinkedIn and Slashdot to hack GRX providers and OPEC

The GCHQ (British Government Communications Headquarters) used fake LinkedIn and Slashdot to hack Belgacom, OPEC & others GRX providers. According to the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel the British signals intelligence spy agency has again adopted a “quantum insert” technique to target employees of two companies that are GRX (Global Roaming Exchange) providers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2013
The Silk Road black market reloaded … 2.0 is out!

A new version of the popular black market Silk Road has been launched, the greatest illegal marketplace on Tor network has risen again. The Silk Road is up again, the biggest black market of the Tor network came online on Wednesday. Silk Road was seized by the FBI last October, law enforcement has also identified […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2013
Mobile devices and cyber espionage, principal concerns for governments

The use of mobile devices in government environments concerns the secret service of any states, cyber espionage more often exploits the mobile platforms. Mobile devices are reason of great concern for governments, they have a great computational capability, huge memories to store our personal data, GPS to follow our movements and are equipped with a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2013
Anonymous OpNSA Campaign – OSINT to predict DDoS attacks on Nov 5th

  OpNSA analyzed with OSINT techniques based on the correlation of media activities and physical protests. The analysts provided a forecast on next attacks. Web Intelligence analysis alerts on early signs of an Anonymous cyber campaign dubbed OpNSA that as usual will address with DDoS attack principal US Government websites. Security experts don’t exclude the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2013
I don’t like – Facebook Clickjacking and track screen cursors

A misleading script to increase the number of “I like” and an invasive technology to track screen cursors are threatening the Facebook users. The social media are money machines, the interest of private companies, governments and cybercrime are increasing exponentially. Security experts are observing an alarming trend, a growing number of subjects are spending a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2013
LinkedIn Intro iOS app intercept user’s emails in iPhone and much more

LinkedIn launched LinkedIn Intro app for iOS to show LI profiles right inside the native iPhone mail client. Which is the effect on privacy and security? LinkedIn, like any other social media platform is a mine of information for internet users, due this reason the number of attacks against it are soaring. The principal social […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2013
NSA FOXACID servers used to drive the hack into target systems

NSA leaked documents reveals the existence of FOXACID servers that provides an automated hacking platform used to drive operators into hacking targets. Security expert Bruce Schneier revealed in a recent post that the NSA has a wide-ranging arsenal of zero-day exploits to use for cyber operations, mainly used for cyber espionage campaigns. The effort spent by government for the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2013
How NSA tries to compromise Tor anonymity. Tor Stinks document

Top-secret presentation Tor Stinks leaked by Snowden shows the techniques implemented by the NSA to overwhelm Tor Anonymity with manual analysis. Tor anonymity has been debated many times, according to majority security experts it was one of the most secure ways to stay online being far from prying eyes avoiding government surveillance. Recently a series of events have completely changed […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2013
Proxy.sh – Can you trust your VPN provider? Maybe …

Proxy.sh VPN service with no-logging policy announced to have sniffed the traffic of US based server to Catch Hackers. Can we trust the VPN service? Proxy.sh is considered one of most reliable VPN service with no-logging policy, its staff declares to provide any citizen all around the world the ability to protect their online privacy. Is is true? Are we sure […]