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Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2015

Hackers trace ISIS Twitter accounts back to the UK govt

A group of hackers known as VandaSec claims three ISIS Twitter accounts trace back to computers belonging to the UK government. According to the revelation of a group of hackers known as VandaSec, at least three Islamic State Twitter social media accounts are run from IP addresses linked to the British government’s Department for Work and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2015

Twitter warns victims of state-sponsored attacks

Twitter has notified some of its users that they may have been targeted in an attack by state-sponsored hackers. Twitter is warning users of state-sponsored cyber attacks, a small number of users, including a few connected to security and privacy advocacy, have been notified that their accounts were targeted by nation-state hackers. The Twitter users received the notifications […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2015

The Turkish Government banned YouTube, Facebook and Twitter

The Turkish Government has blocked the access to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter in the country over Istanbul prosecutor siege images. Once again, I’m writing about online censorship, once again the protagonist is the Turkish Government that this time has blocked the access to popular social media sites, including Twitter and YouTube. The ban follows a court ruling […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2015

#OpISIS Anonymous published a list of 70 pro ISIS websites

A group of hackers linked to Anonymous published a list of websites alleged supporting propaganda activities of the Islamic State (ISIS). In the last weeks, hacktivists linked to the Anonymous collective declared war to members of the ISIS and announced a large-scale campaign against the websites used by the terrorists for propaganda. According to The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2015

Anonymous vigilantes are fighting against the ISIS propaganda

The New York Times reported that a group of hackers is interfering with the activities made through social media by members of the ISIS group. According to The New York Times hackers are targeting accounts used by ISIS members for propaganda and recruit new sympathizers. A group of hackers using the pseudonyms of TouchMyTweets, The Doctor and IS Hunting are targeting suspected ISIS […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2015

Symantec spotted a wide spam operation on Twitter

Security experts at Symantec security firm have uncovered a persistent diet spam operation on Twitter that presents interesting aspects. In July 2014, experts at Symantec have uncovered a spam campaign offering the Green Coffee Bean Extract, a diet supplement, a few months later the experts discovered that the same operators behind campaign is continuing its activities […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2015

Twitter locked down Tor by requiring a phone number for sign-up

Internet users that want to create a new account on Twitter through the Tor network must now provide a phone number to verify their identity. A few days ago, Twitter announced plans to begin tracking users via their mobile phone number, a measure that the company consider necessary in order to fight the trolls. Following the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2015

Twitter is tracking phone numbers to prevent trolls and abuses

Twitter announced that it is starting to track phone numbers of users as a measure to prevent abuses like the creation of new bogus accounts. A few weeks ago, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo explained the difficulties the company is facing to prevent the abuse of its platform. Costolo revealed to be embarrassed for the company’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2015

British army creates the 77th battalion to fight through social networks

The British Government has announced the creation of the 77th battalion, a cyber unit composed of soldiers familiar with social media. The documents leaked by Edward Snowden demonstrate that the NSA and its allies are now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. The cyberspace is a strategic domain for modern warfare, for this reason, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2015

Criminals exploited “Je suis Charlie” to spread Darkcomet malware

Security experts at Blue Coat have discovered that criminal criminals exploited the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie in order to spread the popular DarkComet RAT. Every time there is a clamorous event cyber criminals try to take advantage of the people’s interest to run illegal activities, it is happened recently with the incident to the Air Asia Flight and is […]

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Hackers trace ISIS Twitter accounts back to the UK govt

Twitter warns victims of state-sponsored attacks

The Turkish Government banned YouTube, Facebook and Twitter

#OpISIS Anonymous published a list of 70 pro ISIS websites

Anonymous vigilantes are fighting against the ISIS propaganda

Symantec spotted a wide spam operation on Twitter

Twitter locked down Tor by requiring a phone number for sign-up

Twitter is tracking phone numbers to prevent trolls and abuses

British army creates the 77th battalion to fight through social networks

Criminals exploited “Je suis Charlie” to spread Darkcomet malware

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