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Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2013

NSA tried to insert backdoor into Linux

Linux Torvalds during last LinixCon admitted to have received pressure from US Intelligence to insert a backdoor into Linux. Linux Torvalds during a question-and-answer ‪session ‬at ‪the LinuxCon publicly admitted that the US Government requested him to insert a backdoor into Linux kernel. The circumstance must induce a reflection in all those experts that believe open […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2013

Goolge has access to WiFi passwords stored in Android mobile devices

Google might have the access to WiFi passwords of customers stored in Android mobile devices due a built-in feature in the Android OS. Google company might know every WiFi password in the world used by every single Android user, and extraordinary amount of sensitive data could be exposed. According a Michael Horowitz post published on […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2013

Surveillance – NSA can access data on your mobile device

The German news agency Der Spiegel reported last act of US surveillance, the NSA is able to access data stored in a wide range of mobile devices including Android, iPhone and BlackBerry. Here we are with weekly news on NSA surveillance activities, last week we were shocked by the news on Bullrun program meanwhile today we discuss on the capability of the agency to access data stored […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2013

NSA Bullrun program, encryption and false perception of security

Revelations on Bullrun program demonstrated that NSA has capabilities against widely-used online protocols such as HTTPS and encryption standards. The latest nightmare for US Administration is named Bullrun, another US program for massive surveillance. Snowden‘s revelations represented a heartquake for IT security, the image of NSA and US IT companies are seriously compromised such the trust of worldwide […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2013

Trafﬁc Correlation Attacks against Anonymity on Tor

The researchers led by Aaron Johnson of the Naval Research Laboratory published the paper on Trafﬁc Correlation Attacks against Anonymity on Tor. Anonymity on Tor network is the primary reason for the use of the popular network, hacktivists, whistleblowers, hackers, and cybercriminals are enticed by the possibility to be not traceable. Straying far from prying eyes is the primary attraction for the user of Tor project. In reality […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2013

PRISM repercussion on the Tor network accesses

The article proposes the analysis of the impact on the use of the Tor network after the events related to PRISM surveillance program disclosure. The use of Tor Network to preserve user’s anonymity and to avoid government surveillance, we discussed this topic several times explaining that through the analysis of Tor metrics data it was possible to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2013

Firefox Zero-day exploited against Tor anonymity

Security researchers found a malicious script that takes advantage of a Firefox Zero-day to identify some users of the Tor anonymity network. My readers know very well Tor network and the capability of the system to remain anonymous under specific conditions. We have used terms such as Deep Web, Dark web and hidden web to remark […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2013

Anonymous leaked incorrect credentials of Congress members

Alleged members of the hacker collective Anonymous posted alleged passwords of Hill staffers, but according expert they are outdated and inaccurate. Anonymous claimed to have stolen credentials of members of Congress to protest against the popular surveillance program PRISM. Anonymous is back and once again it targeted US institutions, the group leaked over 2000 username […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2013

Researchers can hack Verizon Wireless femtocells to spy on customers

Two security researchers announced that they have succeeded to transform Verizon mobile phones into spy tools to track Verizon’s users. The security experts revealed to the Reuters agency that it is possible to hack Verizon mobile phones for surveillance purpose, the researchers will present the discovery during the next hacking conferences this summer, the DEF […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2013

Microsoft provided encrypted messages key and Skype calls access to NSA

The guardian issued new top secret documents gathered by Edward Snowden demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government. Edward Snowden has issued new top secret documents demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government, in particular the whistleblower revealed the support received by the NSA that obtained by the company the access to […]

surveillance

NSA tried to insert backdoor into Linux

Goolge has access to WiFi passwords stored in Android mobile devices

Surveillance – NSA can access data on your mobile device

NSA Bullrun program, encryption and false perception of security

Trafﬁc Correlation Attacks against Anonymity on Tor

PRISM repercussion on the Tor network accesses

Firefox Zero-day exploited against Tor anonymity

Anonymous leaked incorrect credentials of Congress members

Researchers can hack Verizon Wireless femtocells to spy on customers

Microsoft provided encrypted messages key and Skype calls access to NSA

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