Last week I reported the virus attack to the Iranian oil industry, a cyber attack that seems has caused few damages but that raised again the theme of cyber warfare. Oil industry is the primary economic business of Iranian Government and an attack to the sector...
Today I have read several articles where is hypothesized an imminent cyber attacks of Iran cyber army against US infrastructures, this news seems alarming the international community. Are we close to a military attack of Iran? Why this news is circulating...
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...
The article is published on the last edition of PenTest AUDITING & STANDARDS 03 2012. Several reports published in the last months demonstrate that Cybercrime has double digit growth, being today among the four biggest crime threat all over...
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...
The dramatic events of recent months have occurred in Syria should lead us all in deep thought. What value do we place on human life? Are we really willing to sacrifice the life of a child for money? International opinion has been found before the massacres...
The US government is financing several activities to investigate and hack into the technology spread in every device that ordinary surround us. This is the next step of the warfare, spy and attacks foreign enemy simply accessing to the devices that...
When discuss on cyber warfare we cannot regardless of the role played by nations such as China, U.S. and Russia. In particular, the Beijing government has distinguished itself in recent years for two key aspects: the aggressive strategy cyber conduct...
Groups of hacktivist like Anonymous are the actual news of the global technology landscape, a new force with which and against which confront. As repeatedly stressed I consider the moment of confrontation with the group a moment of growth for the IT professional...
Article Published on The Hacker New Magazine - April Edition "Cyber_Warfare" First let's try to provide a definition of cyber-weapon, to do this I get inspiration from an article written by experts Thomas Rid and Peter McBurney. Correctly define cyber...