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Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2013
Sabu incited state-sponsored attack for US Government

Former LulzSec leader Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur) accused by the hacker Jeremy Hammond to have incited state-sponsored attack for the U.S. Government. LulzSec was a popular group of hacktivists that breached many high profile targets during the last years, we all remember the Sony Pictures occurred in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking down many other […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2013
The FBI claims to have neutralized Anonymous

The FBI claims to have neutralized Anonymous thanks the long series of arrests that hit principal cells of the collective such as LulzSec, Antisec and SABU. FBI in the last months has intensified the investigation on the Anonymous collective, various members of the popular group of hacktivist have been identified and arrested. Lulz Security (Lulzsec) team recognized its responsibility for the Sony Picture […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2013
Firefox Zero-day exploited against Tor anonymity

Security researchers found a malicious script that takes advantage of a Firefox Zero-day to identify some users of the Tor anonymity network. My readers know very well Tor network and the capability of the system to remain anonymous under specific conditions. We have used terms such as Deep Web, Dark web and hidden web to remark […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2013
Microsoft provided encrypted messages key and Skype calls access to NSA

The guardian issued new top secret documents gathered by Edward Snowden demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government. Edward Snowden has issued new top secret documents demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government, in particular the whistleblower revealed the support received by the NSA that obtained by the company the access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2013
Megaupload files deleted by LeaseWeb

Megaupload files have been deleted by Dutch hosting provider LeaseWeb,  in the post a resume of the facts and fantastic hypothesis (maybe) on a strange case. Megaupload files have been deleted by LeaseWeb, a Dutch hosting provider, without notice, the news is shocking if we consider the wealth of information contained in the files. LeaseWeb is based […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2013
Palantir, private industries … Who helped NSA to build Prism?

Palantir Technologies is considered the principal company behind the design of software used for PRISM program, think of it as the work of a single company is truly an understatement. Palantir Technologies, this is the most popular company name referred when discussing those who have supported the U.S. Government in the development of massive surveillance […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2013
PRISM – US Top Secret massive surveillance program revealed

The top-secret PRISM project claims direct access to servers of major IT corporates including Google, Apple and Facebook. The recent news on the control of communications made ​​by the US Government through the PRISM program has literally left bewildered public opinion, everyone imagined it but when the Population has been confronted with the evidence remained shocked. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2013
NSA collecting phone records of millions of US citizens daily

The U.S. NSA is collecting phone records of millions of Verizon Communications customers, according to a secret court order obtained by the Guardian. The U.S. NSA is collecting phone records of millions of customers Verizon, the second telephone company in the country. The shocking news has been revealed by ‘Guardian‘ whose journalists had access to a “Top […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2013
The offensive approach to cybersecurity, motivations and risks

Cybersecurity goes to the offensive, law enforcement and private companies are discussing the possibility to adopt an offensive approach to defend their assets from the continuous cyber attacks. The press is getting used to news of cyber attacks against companies and government agencies, to date, the trend of the representatives of the cybersecurity of these entities […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2012
The Facebook engagement in the fight against botnets with FBI

Social networks are platforms that have monopolized majority of user’s internet experience, the imperative is to “social”, and everybody share an incredible amount of personal information exposing its digital identity to serious risks. An element of attraction for cyber criminals is the huge number of services, from gaming to payments, that are developing on these […]