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Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2014
UK – A new GCHQ-NCA unit will catch pedophiles in the Deep Web

Prime Minister Cameron announced that a newborn cyber unit composed by officials from GCHQ and NCA will fight online pedophiles even in the Deep Web. Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed that national intelligence agencies will join the efforts to track and arrest online abusers and pedophiles. The British Prime Minister announced that the British Intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2014
NHS Trusts fail to Extend Outdated Windows XP Security Support with Microsoft

Thousands of patient records in UK are vulnerable to cyber fraudsters after up to 20 trusts under the National Hospital Service failed to extend security support for outdated Windows XP with Microsoft. Trusts running on the outdated OS risks reversed engineered attacks from hackers exploiting vulnerabilities on the unsupported OS. Hundreds of Thousands of Patient […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2014
The number of Keyless cars thefts is rising

According to a UK motoring industry group and authorities keyless cars ‘increasingly targeted by thieves, which are using computers e dedicated equipment. According to a UK motoring industry group, criminal organizations are increasingly targeting high-end cars with keyless security systems.  The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that car thieves are using dedicated equipment to access […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2014
Is big data a security threat?

Interesting vision on privacy issues related to the development of the paradigm of Big data. Who and how will manage a so precious mine of information? Discussions about issues created by the so called “Big Data” and the possibility to spy any information about our private life are more and more frequent. However, they have […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2013
Profession Hacker, it’s shortage for cyber experts

Hacker, a figure considered today one of the most precious professional by Government organizations, private businesses and intelligence agencies. It’s a shortage! All the report produced by principal security firms remark a meaningful increase in the number of cyber attacks against organizations, government offices and private companies. The increased number of cyber incidents is animating […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2013
Cost of cybercrime for UK Small Businesses

The Federation of Small Businesses issued an interesting study on cost of cybercrime suffered by small businesses in the UK. Cost of cybercrime is usually evaluated for large corporate underestimating its dramatic effect on small business, small companies are in fact most vulnerable to the increasing cyber criminals and hacktivists. An interesting study conducted by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2013
New dangerous threat Magic Malware hit thousands of UK firms

The Internet is full of news regarding malware more or less sophisticated that are used for various purposes, cybercrime, cyber espionage, hacktivism or cyber warfare but not all these agents demonstrated their efficiency over the time. This time thousands of UK companies have been targeted by a smart malware, dubbed “Magic Malware”,  that has gone undetected […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2012
Reflections on Infomation Warfare Conference 2012

Last week I attended the third Annual Information Warfare Conference, an interesting opportunity to understand the evolution of cyber warfare scenario specifically for my Italian context. One of the main reflection raised is the limited knowledge on the social-economic impact of the concept of cyber weapon, the majority of governments are currently working to improve […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2012
UK recruits “Xbox generation” youngsters for cyber war games

The future is now, I’ve often spoken about the enormous potentiality of gaming platforms and of the capabilities of young players, months ago I introduced a US project to develop an application to spy on gaming console all over the world gathering precious information on their owners. The control of a gaming console could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2012
UK cyber strategy discussed in ISC report 2011/2012

The elaboration of a proper cyber strategy is one the main target of intelligence services all around the world. We often discuss of US and Israel, but also European governments are pushing to reinforce their presence in the cyber space. The fear of cyber attacks against critical infrastructures is high, it is a common strategy […]

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