DDoS

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2013
Anonymous provides damage report for #Opisrael

The #OpIsrael is destined to make the history, for the first time a collective decided to conduct a large-scale cyber attack against a state, despite the campaign started a few months ago it has reached its peak on 7th April when various organizations of hacktivists targeted Israele Web sites with powerful DDoS attacks and in some cases defacing them […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2013
Cybercrime follows money, malware for Bitcoin mining spread via Skype

Recently I wrote an article related the link between the soar of Bicoin value and expected increased interest of cybercrime to the virtual currency. In the post I anticipated the we will assist to the increase of DDoS attacks and data breach against principal Bitcoin exchanges and services providers, I also introduced the possibility to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2013
#OpIsrael, 7 APRIL Anonymous plans a massive attack against Israel

The day is near, the group of hackers belonging to the collective of Anonymous declared in a unanimous way, war on the state of Israel, promising a sensational action on April 7th. The popular group of hacktivists started in the last months a campaign dubbed #OpIsrael  to  protest against Israeli bombing of Palestinian territory, the hackers have […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2013
Soaring of Bitcoin value continues to attract cybercrime

Surge in the value of , also increasing crimes related to the currency digital The most attentive readers and those who are interested in the main trends of virtual currency will surely have noticed the soaring of prices of Bitcoin in the last month, an inexorable growth motivated by a time of economic uncertainty on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2013
vSkymmer botnet, a financial malware appears in the underground

The principal reports proposed by various security firm demonstrate a sustained growth of cyber criminal activities fueled by increased offer of underground. In the underground it is practically possible to acquire/sell any kind of product and services to realize illegal activities. The offer is complete and include programming and hacking services, bulletproof-hosting services, cyber attacks on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2013
From largest DDoS of ever vs Spamhaus a menace to global internet

The news is circulating and this morning many colleagues called me to have more details on the event 
 what’s happening to the internet? All seems to be originated from a single DDoS attack against a unique company, but the event has reached unimaginable proportions with implications for the global network, in particular dragging down Internet […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2013
#OpIsrael & attack to Mossad,cyber dispute or misinformation campaign?

Israel is considered by various group of hacktivists an enemy state to fight, for this reason they decide a joint operation to start on April 7th as part of #OpIsrael.  The attack started in 2012 against the protest against Israeli bombing of Palestinian territory, hacktivists are expressing full solidarity with the Palestinian people, the interest is high […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2013
Threat Intelligence Report by Solutionary, rise of cyber attacks

Continues my overview of the main security reports published by leading companies that produce interesting analysis on the analysis of cyber threats, today I desire to introduce the data proposed by Solutionary in the “2013 Global Threat Intelligence Report” (registration is required). The GTIR report provides insight into prevalent cyber threats identified in 2012 thanks […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2013
The rise of exploit kits according to Solutionary SERT

Today I desire to discuss about a very interesting study by Solutionary’s Security Engineering Research Team (SERT) that shared the results related an analysis on malware and exploit kits diffusion observed with its solution ActiveGuard service platform. The platform has collected and analyzed malicious events that hit company clients globally, the data have been provided […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2013
Cyber warfare between Koreas, a warning for any cyber power

Earlier this month is has been spread the news that South Korea is investing to improve the cyber capabilities of the country recruiting and training hackers to involve in the cyber defense due the increasing number of attacks suffered. A cyber attack hit recently the presidential transition team, in particular the press rooms server, but […]