Information Warfare

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2018
Germany’s defense minister: Cyber security is going to be the main focus of this decade.

On Saturday, Germany defense minister Ursula von der Leyen told CNBC that cyber attacks are the greatest challenge threatening global stability. The cybersecurity is a pillar of modern states, the string of recent massive attacks including NotPetya and WannaCry is the demonstration that we are all potential targets. Cyber attacks could hit governments, private companies and citizens in every […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2018
All You Need to Know About North Korea and its cyber army

What Type Of Technology Does North Korea Have? How Did The Country Begin Using Hackers? How Do Hacking Efforts Comply with the Political Situation? North Korea is not known for technological sophistication.  The country does not have any global technological franchises, such as Apple or Samsung, and its citizens continue to have limited access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2018
South Korea Warns of Flash Zero-Day flaw exploited by North Korea in surgical attacks

South Korea’s Internet & Security Agency (KISA) is warning of a Flash zero-day vulnerability that has reportedly been exploited in attacks by North Korea’s hackers. According to the alert published by the KISA, the vulnerability affects the latest Flash Player version 28.0.0.137 and earlier. The zero-day vulnerability could be exploited by an attack by tricking […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2018
Turla APT group’s espionage campaigns now employs Adobe Flash Installer and ingenious social engineering

Turla APT group’s espionage campaigns now employs Adobe Flash Installer and an ingenious social engineering technique, the backdoor is downloaded from what appears to be legitimate Adobe URLs and IP addresses. Security researchers from ESET who have analyzed recent cyber espionage campaigns conducted by the dreaded Turla APT group reported that hackers leverage on malware downloaded from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2017
Information Warfare At Bay – The Dangers of Russian Menace to Underwater Internet Critical Infrastructure

British Armed Forces chief has warned that Russia could compromise underwater communication cables causing severe damage to the financial global economy It came as silently as a fatal heart stroke, and now the dangers of Russian Cyber Warfare materializes into reality. Join us to uncover this cripple and stealth threat to our global community. As […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2017
Happy birthday, Security Affairs celebrates its Anniversary Today

Happy BirthDay Security Affairs! Six years together, I launched Security Affairs for passion in November 2011 and every day dozens of new friends join in my community. It is a dream that comes true, thank your support, I started with a daily single post, today I try to cover the best news almost in real time […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2017
Bug bounty programs and a vulnerability disclosure policy allowed Pentagon fix thousands of flaws

Bug bounty programs allowed the US agency to receive 2,837 valid bug reports from 650 white hat hackers located in 50 countries around the world. Bug bounty program ‘Hack the Pentagon’ launched by the Pentagon in 2016 along with the vulnerability disclosure policy announced nearly one year ago allowed the US agency to receive 2,837 valid bug reports […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2017
Microsoft president urges a digital Geneva Convention, we agree

Microsoft president Brad Smith appeared before the UN in Geneva to talk about the urgency of a digital Geneva Convention. Microsoft president Brad Smith appeared before the UN in Geneva to talk about the role of nation-state actors in the threat landscape. We are assisting a growing number of nation-state cyber attacks, for this reason, cybersecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2017
Iranian hackers compromised the UK leader Theresa May’s email account along with other 9,000 emails

Iranian hackers compromised 9,000 UK emails in ‘brute force’ cyber attack that was initially attributed to Russian state-sponsored hackers. On June 23, around 9,000 email accounts, including those belonging to Theresa May and other Cabinet Ministers, were hacked in the 12-hour “sustained and determined” attack cyber attack. “According to intelligence officials, the cyberattack “bombarded parliamentary email […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2017
Swedish transport agencies targeted in DDoS cyber attacks

Swedish transport agencies were hit by cyber attacks on Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 and 12, is it Information Warfare? Swedish transport authorities were hit by cyber attacks on Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 and 12. The attacks have brought down several IT systems causing delays of the train transportation. The first attack hit the Sweden Transport […]