Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2017
Once again, Montenegro was targeted by the Russia-linked hacker group APT28, according to the experts it is just the beginning. On June 5 Montenegro officially joined NATO alliance despite the strong opposition from Russian Government that threatened to retaliate. Cybersecurity experts believe that a new wave of attacks from the cyberspace will hit the state. In February, for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2017
Recent Qatar hack is sparking diplomatic tensions in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties to the country. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain say they want to interrupt any diplomatic relation with Qatar. According to Al Jazeera, the Saudi kingdom made the announcement via its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2017
According to a report published by the London-based think tank Basic, the UK Trident submarines are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to a report published by the London-based think tank British American Security Information Council (Basic), the UKÂ Trident submarine fleet is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to the report “Hacking UK Trident, A Growing Threat,” a cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2017
Russian President Putin says patriotic hackers may have powered attacks against foreign countries and denied Russia involvement. President Vladimir Putin says patriotic hackers may have launched cyber attacks against foreign countries and but denied Russia involvement in cyber espionage campaigns. Russian state-sponsored APT groups area accused of continuous interferences with 2016 US Presidential Election elections […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2017
Wikileaks released a new lot of documents belonging to the Vault7 dump that details the CIA project codenamed ‘Pandemic implant’ Wikileaks released a new batch of documents belonging to the Vault7 archive related to the CIA project codenamed ‘Pandemic.’ RELEASE: CIA 'Pandemic' Windows infection malware documentation #Vault7 https://t.co/YfxAKT1pog pic.twitter.com/HhmmvUBupi — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 1, 2017 The Pandemic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2017
Moscow-based threat intelligence firm Group-IB published a report that details evidence linking the Lazarus APT Group to North Korea. Researchers at security firm Group-IB released a report that links the notorious Lazarus APTÂ to North Korea. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2017
Qatar announced it had begun an inquiry into a security breach by hackers who published fake news that created tensions with the neighbor states. Qatar faced an unprecedented security breach, unknown attackers posted fake news stories attributed to its ruler on highly sensitive regional political issues. The hackers hit the Qatar official news agency website and Twitter account in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2017
A security expert discovered a new worm, dubbed EternalRocks, that exploits the EternalBlue flaw to spread itself like WannaCry ransomware. The security expert Miroslav Stampar, a member of the Croatian Government CERT, has discovered a new worm, dubbed EternalRocks, that exploits the EternalBlue flaw in the SMB protocol to spread itself like the popular WannaCry ransomware. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2017
Security experts at threat intelligence firm Record Future have found a clear link between APT3 cyber threat group and China’s Ministry of State Security. The curtain has been pulled back a little on the Chinese Intelligence Agency intelligence gathering structure — and it includes private security contractors and the network vendor supply chain. In 2010, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2017
A wave of cyber attacks against the Baltic energy networks raised concerns that foreign states could disable them in the region. A wave of “exploratory” cyber attacks targeted energy networks of the Baltic states, the NATO alliance is following with apprehension the events. Baltic attacks raised concerns that foreign states could disable the energy networks in the […]
