The day is come, The Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team (MAHER) announced to have discovered a new targeted malware which has hit the country, that has been named Flame (also known as Flamer or Skywiper due the name of its main modules). In...
The day is come, The Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team (MAHER) announced to have discovered a new targeted malware which has hit the country, that has been named Flame (also known as Flamer or Skywiper due the name of its main modules). In...
I find really interesting the report released by security firms regarding the principal cyber threats and the related evolution. This time I desire to share the data proposed in the by McAfee Labs in its McAfee Threats Report - First Quarter 2012. Let's...
The experts of Trusteer firm have discovered a new variant Zeus malware responsible of a series of attacks against principal internet service providers. The variant carried out attacks using the P2P network architecture targeting users of Facebook,...
Law enforcement, FBI first, are worried by the diffusion of the Bitcoin network that could be used by groups of criminals for several activities. The main problem related to the payment system is that is completely anonymous making impossible to trace...
Many people who do not work in our sector are asking me two questions with increasing frequency: Can a virus infect a MAC pc? Is it possible to monetize a malware development? How is it possible? Obvious my answers, we cannot think of a software...
Summary of previous episodes In beginning of the year a news circulated on internet regarding the planned blackout of Internet for millions of users on March 8th decided by FBI to deal with DNSChanger Trojan. The action must be done to stop the diffusion...
A new cyber attack against Iran, in particular this time the Oil Industry was the target of a Malware Attack. The news was widespread by Officials in the Iranian oil ministry, they say that their network and the country's main oil export terminal were...
Yesterday I discussed with a friend and colleague Francesco on the lack of awareness of Apple's users on malware that plague products of the house in Cupertino. This consideration is one of the reasons of the success in malware development for Apple,...
Today I desire to share with you the results of a study of Trend Micro security firm focused on mobile threat incidents related to the first quarter of 2012. The large diffusion of mobile devices and the leak of awareness on the principal cyber threats...
We all know about the malware Stuxnet and Duqu considered unanimously the first examples of cyber weapon developed by a government to silent attacks critical enemy infrastructures. We have written a lot on the topic, we have followed with attention the excellent...