The nightmare backdoor , reflections on the case Huawei

Just at this time I came across an interesting discussion proposed by a colleague on the possible presence of a backdoor in the devices of Huawei company. The news in itself is terrifying, even if it is discussed for years. The presence of a backdoor...

January 6, 2012  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Intelligence  Security 

2012, the threat of malware. Evolution in the mobile scenario

Wanting to try out hypotheses about the future of the spread of malware, we cannot help but examine the mobile scenarios. For those who develop viruses and similar mobile platforms are a favorite target. The main causes are: The ubiquity of mobile...

January 5, 2012  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Malware 

Why the use of a cyber weapon has proved a winner?

In recent months one of the topics of greatest interest in the international scientific community has been the development of new cyber weapons to use against hostile countries. What dominates, without any doubt, was the use of viruses and other malware...

January 4, 2012  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Intelligence  Malware 

The strategic importance of censorship in search engines

Every day, billions of people making an unimaginable number of searches through search engines. Complex algorithms seek to recover in the shortest possible time and with greater sorrowfulness the requested information. We may venture that a good 80% of Internet...

January 3, 2012  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Intelligence  Laws and regulations  Security  Social Networks 

A Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network for internet freedom

The news that I desire to discuss with you is the will to put into orbit a satellite system to combat new forms of censorship. The project is certainly ambitious and effective, an hacker group has decided to launch a series of satellites for the composition...

January 2, 2012  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Hacking  Security 

Hardware qualification, a must in a cyber strategy

We live in the era of free technology market , devices and appliances of all kinds can be found on a global market without particular problems. But when you make a purchase of hardware which is the main attribute that influences the final choice? Obviously...

January 1, 2012  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Intelligence  Security 

The power of social networks

For years now we live with the confirmation of the importance of social networks and their impact on daily life. As with any other subject there are many and conflicting opinions on what is considered a social revolution. Millions, billions of people...

December 31, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Security  Social Networks 

WiFi Protected Setup vulnerable to Reaver tool attack

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS; originally Wi-Fi Simple Config) is a computing standard used to allow easy establishment of a secure wireless home network. It has been introduced by the Wi-Fi Alliance on January 8, 2007, with tha main purpose to allow home...

December 30, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Malware 

Stuxnet, Duqu and the sons of the “Tilded” platform

We all have heard of Stuxnet viruses, malware that has undoubtedly marked a new era in the field. It is considered by experts the first real cyber weapon developed to infect control systems present in some of Iran's nuclear facilities. With Stuxnet was,...

December 29, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Intelligence  Malware  Security 

GSM mobile … the insecure network

The latest discovered vulnerability in GSM ( Global System for Mobile) technology is worrying many telecom operators of several countries due to their impact on an audience of billions users. Some experts in the Security Research Labs in Berlin have...

December 29, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Intelligence  Malware  Security 


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