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Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2013
PRISM – US Top Secret massive surveillance program revealed

The top-secret PRISM project claims direct access to servers of major IT corporates including Google, Apple and Facebook. The recent news on the control of communications made ​​by the US Government through the PRISM program has literally left bewildered public opinion, everyone imagined it but when the Population has been confronted with the evidence remained shocked. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2013
NSA collecting phone records of millions of US citizens daily

The U.S. NSA is collecting phone records of millions of Verizon Communications customers, according to a secret court order obtained by the Guardian. The U.S. NSA is collecting phone records of millions of customers Verizon, the second telephone company in the country. The shocking news has been revealed by ‘Guardian‘ whose journalists had access to a “Top […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2013
ThinThread spy system secretly tested on New Zealand population

The author Tim Shorrock revealed that the US spy system ThinThread was tested on the unsuspecting population of New Zealand from 2000 to 2001 ThinThread is the name of a project that the National Security Agency conducted during the 1990s, the program was focused on sophisticated techniques for wiretapping and intelligence analysis. The program was discontinued after […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2013
New wave of cyber attacks from Iran hit US

New cyber attacks from Iran hit US enterprises focusing on energy sector, the offensive has been revealed by American officials and private security experts. A new series of cyber attacks from Iran hit US enterprises, the offensive has been revealed by American officials and private security experts. The attacks are classified as “potentially destructive” and targeted IT […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2013
Zero-day market, the governments are the main buyers

Governments, and in particular US one, are principal buyers of zero-day vulnerabilities according a report published by Reuters. Zero-days exploits are considered a primary ingredient for success of a cyber attack, the knowledge of zero-day flaw gives to the attacker guarantee of success, state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals consider zero-day exploits a precious resources around […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2013
China vs US mutual accusations, the cyber cold war is begun

China and US governments continue to exchange accusations about the continuing incursions into the respective national networks. China and US governments continue to exchange accusations about the continuing incursions into the respective national networks, the cyber attacks are mainly motivated by sabotage and cyber espionage purposes and are increasing exponentially. US government and intelligence agencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2013
US army discloses budget for cyber operations

It’s not a mystery, every state despite the spending review on the military budget is continuing to reserve consistent investment in cyber security, in particular majority of states is pushing research and development activities on both defense and offense cyber capabilities. US is one of the most advanced country in cyber warfare, the US Government was one […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2013
US nation’s military considered unprepared for a cyber-conflict

A report titled “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat” written  by Defense Science Board (DSB), a Federal Advisory Committee established to provide independent advice to the Secretary of Defense, presented alarming scenarios on US nation’s military considered unprepared for a full-scale cyber-conflict. The 138-page report alerts Pentagon on the necessity to improve cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2013
US retaliation strategy against hackers

The year started very difficult for the U.S. government, its networks have been constantly hit by hackers that for different reasons have tried to steal sensitive information and intelligence secrets. The principal menaces against US come from state-sponsored hackers and hacktivists, in the last months we have read of many cyber attacks, mainly for cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2013
Stuxnet was dated 2005, Symantec discovered earlier version 0,5

Rivers of words have been written on the popular Stuxnet virus, there have been many hypotheses, sometimes contradictory, about its paternity but the only certainty seemed to be the date of its creation, but suddenly the certainty as happens in the best thriller movies has been called into question. The authors of Stuxnet, the malware […]