Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2016
KimDotcom’ Megaupload, the popular website seized by feds 5 years ago and currently managed by the FBI is serving adult content. Sometimes really bizarre things happen and it is difficult to explain them. Is it possible that the FBI hosts a porn website? The first thing that I have is that the FBI might run […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2016
An FBI cyber security expert funneled sensitive information about the Bureau to the Chinese government, and now faces years in the jail. If it can happen to the FBI, it most likely is happening in the private industry. Yesterday, the FBI revealed that it was been the victim of insider espionage campaign by a Chinese-born electronics […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2016
Operation Pacifier is the massive hacking campaign against computers worldwide launched by the FBI in early 2015 to track criminals on the dark web. We are now aware that the FBI launched a massive hacking campaign against computers worldwide in early 2015 in the attempt to de-anonymize criminals visiting dark web child porn website The use of the NIT was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2016
Report on wiretaps in 2015 suggests Americans are using less encryption to hide their activities online, is it really true. Last week, a wiretap report from 2015 surfaced on the United States Courts website that suggests Americans are using less encryption to hide their activities online but the report may not tell the whole story. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2016
Earlier June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser that implements a feature dubbed Selfrando to defeat exploits. Early June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser, the Tor Browser 6.5a1-hardened. “A new hardened Tor Browser release is available. It can be found in the 6.5a1-hardened […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2016
According to the US GAO the FBI’s Next Generation Identification facial recognition system has access to 411.9M photos of Americans and foreigners alike. When we talk about technology, privacy and security are concepts that are often at odds. Let’s think for example of a facial recognition system, this technology could be used in many contexts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2016
The FBI has issued a warning that individuals should be on their guard against extortion email scam linked to recent high-profile data breaches. The FBI states that its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has identified this new variety of extortion through the increased instance of reports to the Centre from individuals who have fallen victim […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2016
Analyzing the data included in the Internet Crime Compliant Center – IC3 report 2015 recently issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI released the Internet Crime Compliant Center – IC3 report of 2015 last week. During the last calendar year, IC3 received 288,012 complaints and 44 percent of them reported financial loss equal to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2016
The FBI issued a notification warning actors in the private sector about a rapid diffusion of KeySweeper, a keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers. The FBI is warning actors in the private sector about a rapid diffusion of stealthy keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers. The FBI issued a Private Industry Notification warning of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2016
The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41 that allows judges issue search warrants for hack into computers located worldwide. The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41, which now let U.S. judges issue search warrants for hacking into computers located also outside their jurisdiction. Under the original Rule 41, a […]
