Elude control … let’s digitally sign malware code

F-Secure Researchers have discovered a digitally signed malware that has code signed with a stolen government certificate belonging to the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute. The issue has long been known and this attack methodic...

November 20, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Digital ID  Hacking  Malware 

The business of Censorship. Golden Shield Project, but not only …

""If you open the window for fresh air,  you have to expect some flies to blow in" this is the Deng Xiaoping’s phrase, which summarizes the essence of the "Golden Shield Project" also Known as the "Great Firewall of China". The project is...

November 19, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Intelligence  Social Networks 

Duqu … Do we really know the enemy?

In recent months we have read many reports related the analysis of the famous malware  and different assumptions about its genesis. Who designed the malicious agent? For what purpose? What features of Duqu we know? How can protect our structure...

November 18, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Malware 

Social Network “in-security”

In recent years social networks have succeeded  in the historic feat of bringing to the web a growing number of users. Jupiter users, the elderly, individuals and businesses all within the large network, many, too much, share the total...

November 17, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Digital ID  Hacking  Intelligence  Malware  Social Networks 

Video game & Security, a new opportunity? Gaming platform primary target for cyber attacks. (EN/IT)

English version Which could be a critical objective to choose if we evaluate media coverage of the event, complexity and effort necessary to the success of the attack, the audience involved, access to resources used in turn for further offenses? Personally,...

November 14, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Hacking 

Trojan & Co, the new frontiers of espionage

Once upon a time the espionage made by agents who essentially lived in complete anonymity and free of the past were able to recover the greatest amount of information about their objectives by building dangerous relationships with the reality...

November 13, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Intelligence  Malware 

The Next Generation Search Engine Hacking Arsenal

The title is borrowed from a presentation made by Francis Brown of Stach & Liu, Hacker Halted 2011 in Miami. The presentation focus on two topics that are crucial in the modern scenario: Cloud Computing Search engines demonstrating the...

November 13, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Hacking 

Public Tender for an Internet Content Monitoring System, really strange.

Few days ago I have partecipated to an open discussion started by Stefano Mele, a security  and cyber-terrorism expert, on the development of Internet Content Monitor System by the Soviet government. In April, the "Russian Federal Service...

November 13, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime  Intelligence  Social Networks 

On demand Calling service for cybercriminals growing

Trusteer Researchers have found a professional calling service that has been designed for cybercriminals needs. The service is organized to offer the extraction of sensitive information needed for bank fraud and identity theft from individuals. The security...

November 9, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime 

SSL replacement? Convergence for replacing CA … Maybe

After the Diginotar case , another certification authority, the dutch KPN has released a statement announcing the termination of their service following the discovery that it has been compromised. KPN stopped issuing certificates after the detection...

November 8, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Digital ID 


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