Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2015
German media states that Bundestag may need to replace 20,000 computers after the recent attack, an operation that could cost millions Euro. A few days ago the experts the German Government has confirmed that hackers who breached the Bundestag systems a few of weeks ago have also stolen data from targeted network. A spokeswoman for the Bundestag, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2015
Threat actors used a Duqu 2.0 worm in a series of attacks worldwide that also breached the systems at Kaspersky Lab. It is most complex malware ever seen. A new powerful strain of Duqu malware, dubbed Duqu 2.0, appeared in the wild after going dark in 2012. Duqu 2.0 is a very sophisticated agent that exploited a number […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2015
FireEye speculates that behind the hack of Franceâs TV5Monde television channel there is the popular APT28 that used the pseudonymous ISIS Cyber Caliphate. Security experts involved in the investigation on the hack of Franceâs TV5Monde television channel revealed that behind the pseudonym of ISIS âCyber Caliphateâ there were Russian hackers. “Russian hackers posing as the ISIS âCyber Caliphateâ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2015
Belgian law enforcement exploited end-to-end encryption gaps in WhatsApp to intercept messages exchanged between members of a Chechen jihadist group. According to a report published by Bloomberg, two men were arrested and warrants were issued for other three suspects that were allegedly preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium. The interesting part of the news is that law […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2015
ISIS supporters are spreading online a collection of tutorial titled the Book of Terror to teach how Hack a Wi-FI network and which are main spying tools. ISIS militants are spreading a small package, titled Book of Terror, containing data of various spy tools, as well as tutorials on how to hack Wi-Fi networks in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2015
Security experts developed their PunkSPIDER, a Tor crawler, that already scanned more than 7000 domains and discovered numerous vulnerabilities. We have discussed several times about the Tor anonymizer network and the way it is exploited  by criminal crews to sell any kind of illegal product and service. Last week, an automated scanner dubbed PunkSPIDER was launched in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2015
The US Air Force bombed an ISIS HeadQuarter after tracking location through the analysis of the imaged posted on social media platforms. ISIS members make professional use of social media for propaganda and to recruit new sympathizers, but intelligence agencies are trying to exploit every little mistake to track down the terrorist cells. Air Force […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Yemen Cyber Army will release 1M of records per week to stop Saudi Attacks The Importance of Operational Security and User Education CIA Chief: Ending NSA Spying Would Boost […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2015
The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama approved the law to give to NSA wider powers, what does it means for Americans? The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama approved the law to give to NSA wider powers, where the NSA is able to spy internet traffic in search […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2015
US Government announced that a major data breach likely backed by Chinese hackers caused the exposure of data belonging to millions of government workers. Once again a data breach interested systems of the US government, the Obama administration on Thursday confirmed to have been the victim of a major cyber attack. According to the US […]
