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Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019
US DoJ charges Huawei sanctions violations and in technology espionage

The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in technology theft and violation of sanctions. The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases, including the one that led the arrest of a top executive in Canada on a US warrant. According to the US DoJ, the charges are […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2018
Quiet Skies, TSA surveillance program targets Ordinary U.S. Citizens

Journalists revealed a new surveillance program that targets US citizens, the program was previously-undisclosed and code named ‘Quiet Skies’. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), that has admitted the  Quiet Skies, the program has monitored about 5,000 U.S. citizens on domestic flights in recent months. Quiet Skies was criticized by privacy advocates because the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2018
Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin was extradited to the United States

Last week, the Czech Republic announced it had extradited the Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin (29) to the United States. Yevgeni Nikulin was requested by the US for alleged cyber attacks on social networks and by the Russian authorities that charged him with frauds. According to US authorities, the man targeted LinkedIn and Formspring and hacked into the file hosting […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2018
Cyberattacks cost the United States between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016

The report published by the White House Council of Economic Advisers examines the cyberattacks cost that malicious cyber activities cause to the U.S. economy. How much cost cyber attacks to the US? According to a report published by the White House Council of Economic Advisers last week, the cyberattacks cost between $57 billion and $109 billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2018
Why are we all silent on the surveillance?

Silicon Valley with its bright minds has come to a point where almost every day they collect information about individuals. Why are we all silent on the surveillance? NSA spying apart, what Facebook, Apple, and Google know about their usual users is quite overwhelming. Each of these major players is trying to find more about us. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2018
Intel reportedly alerted Chinese companies before US Government about Meltdown and Spectre flaws

According to the Wall Stree Journal, Intel reportedly alerted Chinese companies before US Gov about Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. There is no peace for Intel, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal the company warned Chinese tech giants about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities before notifying them to the US government. Citing unnamed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2017
National Institute of Standards and Technology releases a second Draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a second draft of a proposed update to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. “On December 5, 2017 NIST published the second draft of the proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (a.k.a., draft 2 of Cybersecurity Framework version 1.1).” states the NIST. “This second […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
#OpUSA – OpIsrael – Anonymous hit Israel and threatens cyberattack on US Govt

#OpUSA – OpIsrael – The hacker collective Anonymous threatens cyber attacks on US Government and launched the offensive against the Israeli targets. In the last hours, the hacktivists leaked online names, emails, and passwords of Israeli public employees and shared a list of US government sites to target, calling on action against them. Anonymous leaked data belonging to only a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2017
US Judge Orders Coinbase to hand over details of 14,355 US citizens to the IRS

A federal judge in the California court has ruled that cryptocurrency exchange portal Coinbase must hand over details of over 14,000 users to the US IRS. In November 2016, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed a motion asking the US Federal Court of Northern California to force the US-based cryptocurrency exchange portal to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2017
FBI Director – Terrorists could launch drone attacks very soon

FBI director Christopher Wray warns of terrorists are planning to use drones in attacks, the threat is considered as imminent. This week, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Congress that terrorists may use drones in attacks against the United States, the official described the threat as imminent. “We do know that terrorist organizations have an interest in using […]