GCHQ

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2016
UK is going to open the National Cyber Security Centre with 700 experts

The UK Government confirms the opening of the UK first national anti-cybercrime centre, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). UK confirms to be one of the most advanced countries on cyber security and announce the imminent opening of the UK’s first national anti-cybercrime centre, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The anti-cybercrime centre will open in London […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2016
GCHQ plans to protect the country with a national firewall

The British intelligence agency GCHQ is planning to create to protect the country from cyber attacks by creating a national firewall. The news was announced, during the Billington CyberSecurity Summit held in Washington DC, by the GCHQ director general of cyber security Ciaran Martin. The British GCHQ recently created the National Cyber Security Centre, led by Martin, that has […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
British MPs emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails. According to Computer Weekly, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails and peers. The revelations have been made public through an […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2016
The British GCHQ has disclosed dozens vulnerabilities this year

The CESG is considered the Information Security Arm of GCHQ, it has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting multiple software this year. The British intelligence agency GCHQ has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting multiple software. The information was shared by a GCHQ spokesperson with the Motherboard. The flaws were discovered by the CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group), which […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2016
Also the FBI Director Comey puts a tape over the webcam

During the Q&A session at Kenyon College last week, the FBI Director explained that he uses tape to mitigate the danger of cyber espionage. Privacy and security are top priorities for some security experts that are aware of threat actors’ capabilities, so I’m not surprised that the FBI Director James Comey uses to cover his laptop webcam […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2016
GCHQ helped US in developing Stuxnet, claims a documentary

A new documentary titled Zero Days revealed that the Stuxnet cyber weapon was just a small part of a much bigger Information Warfare operation (code named “NITRO ZEUS”) against the Iranian civilian infrastructure. A new documentary titled Zero Days has revealed more disconcerting news on the Stuxnet worm, the first malware recognized by security industry as a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2015
GCHQ Gaffer database goes open source

The British intelligence agency GCHQ has released the Gaffer database as an open source project. Gaffer is sort of database written in Java that makes it “easy to store large-scale graphs in which the nodes and edges have statistics such as counts, histograms and sketches.”, its code is available for download on the code-sharing website Github. “Gaffer is […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2015
GCHQ accused of illegal Computer Network Exploitation activities

The British GCHQ has been accused of illegal Computer Network Exploitation activities by Privacy International and internet service providers. The British intelligence is responsible of “persistent” illegal hacking of electronic devices and networks worldwide, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has been told. The popular whistleblower Edward Snowden disclosed a collection of documents revealing the extent of surveillance […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2015
GCHQ and NCA hunting criminals in the dark web

The GCHQ and NCA join forces to fight online criminals in the Dark Web and formed a new unit called the Joint Operations Cell (JOC). The dark web is a privileged environment for cyber criminals, the marketplaces hosted in this hidden part of the web are the right places where to buy and sell any […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2015
The Smurf Suite – GCHQ can hack your phone with a text message

Snowden told the BBC’s Panorama that the GCHQ has developed a hacking suite dubbed Smurf Suite, it can hack any mobile by sending an encrypted text message. There is no way to stop secret services spying on users’ Smartphones, this is the last revelation of the US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Snowden told the BBC’s Panorama that the […]