New variants of the DevilRobber Mac OS X TrojanFound in Trojaned Apps Are Stealing Data

Mac malware has been making some headlines in the last few months, as attackers have begun applying to OS X some of the tactics they've been using on Windows for decades. Security analysts have discovered several variants of the DevilRobber Mac OS X Trojan,...

November 6, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Malware 

Malicious attacks on Facebook

Let me share with you the paper “A study of malicious attacks on Facebook” presented by Robert Sandilands during the event VB2011 that was held from October the 3rd till the 7th in Barcelona, Spain. A well made summary on the main attacks on a social...

November 5, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Malware  Social Networks 

CIA Admits It Monitors, Analyzes Facebook, Twitter

As always support social networks are now the ideal carrier for an abnormal amount of information and this is the main reason why many governments have invested and are investing in sophisticated analysis tools that can implement intelligent...

November 5, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Intelligence  Social Networks 

US Technologies and Trade Secrets at Risk in Cyber space

The threat to the technological solutions and to the secrets of the United States in the cyber space is relevant.  Foreign Organization, mainly Chinese and Russian are hunting for sensitive information of an economic and industrial nature, in public...

November 4, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Cyber Crime 

Hackers Attacked U.S. Satellites Connected To The Internet, Report Finds

Hackers interfered with the operation of two U.S. government satellites in 2007 and 2008 obtaining access through a ground station in Norway. The usage of the attacked satellites is climate monitoring. There aren't any news regarding the nature of the interference...

November 3, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Hacking 

The Socialbot Network

Online Social Networks(OSN) are an integral part of today's Web.  Hacktivist,Politicians, celebrities, revolutionists, and others use OSNs as carrier for their message to a wide audience. The downside is that these powerful tools can be used to spread disinformation...

November 2, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Social Networks 

Duqu Trojan, Stuxnet-derived malware

The Duqu trojan main purpose is to obtain a remote access allowing an adversary to gather information from a compromised computer and of course to download and run arbitrary programs. Duqu malware spotted and identified by experts is based on the same...

November 2, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Malware 

Welcome on board

Welcome on board Welcome! If you are curious, interested in the subject and looking for a place with a few clicks you canbe updated on what happens in the world … well you you’ve found it. I read news and comments from everywhere on...

November 1, 2011  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Malware  Social Networks 


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