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Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2013
uProxy, Digital Attack Map and Project Shield,Google to secure the web

Google has just revealed the details on tree new technologies, uProxy, Digital Attack Map and Project Shield, to secure the web and to fight censorship. This week Google launched the Project Shield, an initiative sustained by the company to protect enterprises from DDoS attack that are becoming a serious problem for Internet infrastructures. Google is […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2013
Root access backdoor discovered in Chinese Tenda Wireless Routers

Craig Heffner has discovered a new backdoor in the Wireless Routers produced by China based networking device and equipment manufacturer Tenda Technology. Just a week ago I wrote on a serious backdoor found by researcher Craig Heffner within the D-Link routers, today I’m here describing a new flaw discovered in the Wireless Routers produced by China […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2013
Profession Hacker, it’s shortage for cyber experts

Hacker, a figure considered today one of the most precious professional by Government organizations, private businesses and intelligence agencies. It’s a shortage! All the report produced by principal security firms remark a meaningful increase in the number of cyber attacks against organizations, government offices and private companies. The increased number of cyber incidents is animating […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2013
How NSA tries to compromise Tor anonymity. Tor Stinks document

Top-secret presentation Tor Stinks leaked by Snowden shows the techniques implemented by the NSA to overwhelm Tor Anonymity with manual analysis. Tor anonymity has been debated many times, according to majority security experts it was one of the most secure ways to stay online being far from prying eyes avoiding government surveillance. Recently a series of events have completely changed […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2013
FireEye World War C report – Nation-state driven cyber attacks

FireEye security firm released World War C report to explain nation-state motives behind advanced Nation-state driven cyber attacks. Nation-state driven cyber attacks are routinely conducted on a global scale to defend national sovereignty and project national power. We are living in the cyber era, human conflict is involving also the fifth domain of warfare, the cyberspace. As never […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2013
Iran hacked US Navy Computers

US officials revealed that Iran hacked unclassified Navy computers in recent weeks in an escalation of cyber attacks against US infrastructures. The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran hacked unclassified US Navy computers, the allegations were made by US officials that consider the attacks of most serious intrusion within Government Network made by foreign states. “The U.S. officials said the attacks were carried out by […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2013
Beware Apple iMessage app for Android, it is a dangerous fake

A fake Apple iMessage app for Android OS has been published on official Google Play app store for around one month and totaling at least 10000 downloads. A fake Apple iMessage app for Android platform is concerning mobile developers and security experts. The app was initially published on the Google Play store but it isn’t the Android version […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2013
Chinese hackers increasingly attracted to the drone technology

Intelligence agencies reveal that Chinese hackers increasingly attracted to the drone technology while Chinese drone industry grows like never before! The fact that Chinese hackers are most persistent collectors for sensitive information is not a mystery, more difficult to demonstrate the direct involvement of the PLA behind the operations of computer experts that systematically seek to unravel […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2013
China hit by DDoS attack. The Internet inaccessible for hours

China hit by DDoS attack. The CINIC confirmed that the country suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend causing the Internet inaccessibility for hours. During the weekend China’s Internet was taken down by a powerful DDoS attack, according to security experts behind the offensive there is a group of skilled hackers that on Sunday hit the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2013
Chinese hackers that hit NYT are evolving their techniques

FireEye security experts discovered a new series of cyber attacks conducted by Chinese hackers targeted the US media in 2012, the attackers have improved the malware used in previous campaign against the New York Times. A new series of cyber attacks conducted by Chinese hackers targeted the US media, it seems that the responsible is […]