Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2015
NSA broke trillions of encrypted connections due to a flaw

A flaw affecting the way encryption software implements the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm allowed the NSA to break trillions of encrypted connections. Edward Snowden has revealed to the world that the NSA was able to crack also the almost encryption to conduct a large-scale online surveillance. According to Snowden, the intelligence Agency was able to decrypt […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2015
U.S. charges a suspect with cyber terrorism for the first time

Cyber Terrorism, The Justice Department has charged a hacker in Malaysia with stealing the personal data of US service members and passing it to the IS group. For the first time ever the US Justice Department has charged a suspect for terrorism and hacking, the two practices converge in the concept of cyber terrorismcyber terrorism. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2015
NSA SHARKSEER program aims to detect and mitigate malware Zero-Day

The NSA SHARKSEER Program is a project that aims to detect and mitigate web-based malware Zero-Day and Advanced Persistent Threats using COTS technology. Every day, thousands of cyber attack rely on exploitation of zero-day exploits, even more sophisticated ATP groups trigger unknown vulnerabilities to compromise systems across the world. Intelligence agencies and research groups are investing […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2015
Chinese Hackers Breached LoopPay for cyber espionage through Samsung Pay

Chinese Hackers who allegedly compromised servers at LoopPay, the Samsung subsidiary, appear interested in spying on targets through Samsung Pay technology. The Samsung subsidiary LoopPay has been the victim of a security breach that is worrying the security industry. The investigators speculate that attackers’ motivation is the cyber espionage and excluded a financial crime.  If confirmed the security breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2015
Iranian Cleaver hackers exploit LinkedIn for cyber espionage

The Cleaver group is once again in the headlines managing a well-developed network of fake LinkedIn profiles for cyber espionage purpose. Do you remember the Iran-based APT Cleaver? In December the security firm Cylance released a detailed report on the hacking Operation Cleaver that was run by state-sponsored hackers linked to the Iran. The Iranian hackers targeted critical infrastructure worldwide, ten of which […]

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2015
Is the North Korea behind the attack on the Seoul Subway Operator?

According to the Government of Seoul, the North Korea is the main suspect for a cyber attack that last year hit the South Korean capital’s subway system. The attack, staged between March and August 2014, affected several servers of Seoul Metro, which runs four major subway lines, According to the ruling party legislator Ha Tae-Kyung […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2015
Tracking Hacker Forums with Traffic Analysis

A study conducted by the Intelligence firm RecordedFuture demonstrates the efficiency of the analysis of hacker forums through traffic analysis-like techniques. Hacker forums still exist, hacking communities are with good shape and growing. Hacker Forums are normally hard to find and once you find them you will see them change again. Most prolific Hacker forums […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2015
Karma Police, how GCHQ tried to track every visible user on Internet

A new collection of GCHQ’s documents published by The Intercept reveals how the British Agency tried to track Web visits of “every visible user on Internet” A new revelation made by The Intercept confirms that the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has conducted  a massive online surveillance starting from the 2007. The documents accessed by The Intercept detailed an operation […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2015
The US military is still sending un-encrypted emails

The MotherBoard news website recently published an interesting analysis on how the US Military Fails to Protect its Soldiers’ Emails, how is it possible? After the Edward Snowden case blown up in the US Government face, the US decided to create a task force to encrypt all that can, urging the adoption of HTTPS for […]