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Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2013

LinkedIn – How to exploit social media for targeted attacks

The professional social network LinkedIn is a mine of information for any king of attackers, a Websense post described a typical attack scenario. Recently I read an interesting post published on the Websense security labs blog on the use of social network LinkedIn for the reconnaissance phase of an attack. The concept is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2013

Israel – AP Exclusive reveals tunnel hit by cyber attack

Cybersecurity experts revealed that a major artery in Israel’s national road network located in the northern the city of Haifa suffered a cyber attack. Israel is considered one of the most advanced country in cyber security, but at the same time is a privileged target for hostile governments intent in sabotage and cyber espionage on […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2013

Subcontractors are for hackers the weakest link in security chain

Hackers use to target subcontractors to hit big enterprises due the poor level of security they offer, in the energy sector this trend is very concerning. Let’s follow the discussion on the hacking world and the way hackers impact business with their activities. We discussed about the role of hackers for companies and their employment […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2013

Cyber Threat summit 2013 – Modern online-banking cybercrime

“Modern online-banking cybercrime” -The presentation analyzes current context for cybersecurity in Banking focusing on cyber threats and countermeasures. Today I presented at Cyber Threat Summit 2013 the topic “Modern online-banking cybercrime“, the presentation analyzes current context for cybersecurity in Banking focusing on cyber threats and countermeasures. The agenda is: Intro Phishing attacks Malware Based Attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2013

Reading IBM X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report

IBM issued the X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, a detailed analysis of current security landscape, including data on main cyber threats and information on mitigation techniques. IBM issued the X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, a study that identifies Social media as the main target of cyber criminal activities. The powerful social networking […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2013

NetTraveler APT hackers still active improved their attacks

Experts at Kaspersky firm provided evidences that the hackers behind cyber espionage campaign NetTraveler are still active and improved their attack methods. Last June Kaspersky firm uncovered a new global cyber espionage campaign dubbed NetTraveler. Kaspersky’s team discovered that NetTraveler targeted over 350 high profile victims from 40 countries. The name of the operation derives from […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2013

ICS-CERT Surge In attacks against Energy Industry

The ICS-CERT issued a new Monitor report that revealed a surge of brute force attacks against control systems mainly belonging to the energy sector. The ICS-CERT issued a new Monitor report that revealed an intensification for brute force attacks against control systems mainly belonging to the energy sector. The ICS-CERT received notification for more than 200 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2013

Watering hole attacks and exploit kits – Indian gov site case

Number of Watering hole attacks is increasing, most of them based on well known exploit kits. The case of compromised Indian gov Web site leads to BlackHole Watering Hole attacks increase in a meaningful way in the last years following a scaring trend, the technique is based on infection of website’s visitors, typically attackers use to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2013

IE8 zero-day exploit targets U.S. nuke researchers

Security experts have discovered a new IE8 zero-day vulnerability exploited to target U.S. Government experts working on nuclear weapons research. Security experts have discovered a new IE8 zero-day vulnerability exploited to target U.S. Government experts working on nuclear weapons research, the concerning discovery has been confirmed by principal security firms that revealed that the flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2013

CrySyS Lab revealed a decennial cyber espionage operation by TeamSpy

Last week was monopolized by the discussion on cyber attacks that hit North and South Korea, but I found a news equally stunning, researchers at Hungary-based CrySyS Lab have discovered a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted high-level political and industrial entities in Eastern Europe. The attackers, dubbed by security researchers TeamSpy, used the popular remote-access […]

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LinkedIn – How to exploit social media for targeted attacks

Israel – AP Exclusive reveals tunnel hit by cyber attack

Subcontractors are for hackers the weakest link in security chain

Cyber Threat summit 2013 – Modern online-banking cybercrime

Reading IBM X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report

NetTraveler APT hackers still active improved their attacks

ICS-CERT Surge In attacks against Energy Industry

Watering hole attacks and exploit kits – Indian gov site case

IE8 zero-day exploit targets U.S. nuke researchers

CrySyS Lab revealed a decennial cyber espionage operation by TeamSpy

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