Intelligence

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2013
The cyber capabilities of Iran can hit US

A study titled “Iran:How a Third Tier Cyber Power Can Still Threaten the United States” states that Iran has sufficient cyber capabilities to attack the US Iran has sufficient cyber capabilities to attack the US causing serious damages to the critical infrastructures of the country. The news doesn’t surprise the cybersecurity experts that know very […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2013
Vulnerability in Windows Phone OS could allow information disclosure

Microsoft Security Advisory reveals a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure Microsoft has issued a security advisory related to a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure, the flaw is related to Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication used by Windows Phone to access to wireless network. According the Microsoft Security Advisory (2876146) a hacker exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2013
XKeyscore, revealed another surveillance tool used by NSA

Snowden revealed that NSA designed a system called XKeyscore considered the “widest-reaching” architecture for developing intelligence from the internet. XKeyscore, NSA former technicians Edward Snowden revealed that the agency has another secret program to spy on user’s Internet experience tracking practically every his activity … PRISM isn’t an isolated surveillance program. The NSA tool collects ‘nearly […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army hacked White House employees personal emails

At least three White House employees personal Gmail accounts hacked by the popular group of hackers knows as Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). White House employees personal email hacked, it is happened to three staffers that suffered data breaches on their personal Gmail accounts. The source of intelligence revealed a link between this attack and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2013
Spy agencies ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities

Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to remotely access to the computers. Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing ban on Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities. Lenovo PC banned by spy agencies in the UK, Australia and the US due the possible impairment […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2013
Trend Micro – targeted attack against Europe-Asia government agencies

Trend Micro uncovered targeted attack against European and Asian government agencies to steal login credentials from IE and Microsoft Outlook products. A new targeted attack has been uncovered by Trend Micro security experts, the hackers hit European government agencies trying to steal login credentials from Internet Explorer (IE) and Microsoft Outlook. The attackers trying to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2013
Secret service agents have plenty of options in accessing our data

Secret service agents of Intelligence agencies all over the world, such as Mossad, MI6 and NSA have plenty of options in accessing our data. The recent revelations by Edward Snowden about how the US secret service National Security Agency has massive access to almost everyone’s data stored by the telecommunications and cloud service providers over […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2013
Stellar Wind, Prism,EvilOlive,ShellTrumpet, US massive surveillance

Stellar Wind, Prism,EvilOlive, ShellTrumpet are the names of some of the US massive surveillance programs revealed recently by the press … The Guardian published new uncomfortable documents that revealed another surveillance program dubbed Stellar Wind that was started in 2001, after the tragic events of 9/11. According to the secret documents obtained by the Guardian, the program was authorized by President George W. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2013
Comment Crew, China-based group of hackers is changing tactics

Chinese hackers Comment Crew is changing tactics, security firms suspected it due the analysis of principal cyber espionage campaigns targeted their clients. The Comment Crew is back again, security experts suspect the involvement of the Chinese group of hackers in the cyber dispute between U.S. and China.  In February The Mandiant Intelligence Center™ released an interesting report […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2013
Operation Tempora, massive tapping program conducted by Britain’s GCHQ

Operation Tempora, is the name of GCHQ program to tap fibre-optic cables for secret access to communications. Operation Tempora, this is the name of last massive tapping program conducted by Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and revealed by The Guardian. Operation Tempora has been going on for at least 18 months, British intelligence adopted “intercept probes” […]