Hacktivism

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2012
Wake up Anonymous, the world is getting used to you!

What is happening to Anonymous? His media energy seems to be at risk addiction just when major security firm are beginning to consider it as one of the most dangerous cyber threat. The feeling that comes from outside is that the group of hacktivist is slowly falling apart, the feeling is that within the group are mixed stirring souls. Some groups are more aware on […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2012
DDoS attack against 123-reg, the Chinese paranoia

The UK’s companies 123-reg, the biggest domain provider,  was hit this week by a “massive” DDoS attack that caused interruption of the services provided. The company hosts three million domain names and more than 1.4 million sites. According a press published on the company web site, later removed, the attack came from a Chinese source […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2012
Has Anonymous infiltrated US Government? The insider issue

In last months we have a long discussed about the security status of US networks and infrastructures, we have described the American cyber strategies and the main action proposed to protect the principal assets of the nations. One story in particular struck us deeply, that relating to the vulnerability of U.S. Government networks for admission […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2012
The Unknowns, hacker’s revenge in the name of security

It’s happened, another group of hacker named The Unknowns has hacked several organizations, , including NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and posted evidence of their actions. The complete list has been published in a message on PasteBin: NASA – Glenn Research Center US military US AIR FORCE European Space Agency Thai Royal Navy Harvard Renault […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2012
FBI on Bitcoin,between cybercrime opportunity & digital choice

Law enforcement, FBI first, are worried by the diffusion of the Bitcoin network that could be used by groups of criminals for several activities. The main problem related to the payment system is that is completely anonymous making impossible to trace the transitions and related users. Bitcoin is a decentralized electronic cash system that uses […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2012
US Cybersecurity capability. National Preparedness Report

The “National Preparedness Report” is the first assessment, directly commissioned by President Obama, on the US capabilities of response to a terrorist attacks and man-made and natural disasters. Really interesting is the component related to cyber security, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has reported an impressive growth of the number of cyber attacks and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2012
Anonymous Reloaded. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

The word “Anonymous ” evokes the myth of the hacker in today’s society that defends freedom of expression and agrees with sensational cyber operations in the fight against censorship and government and industrial questionable policies. If Anonymous is perceived by future generations as an attractive ideology to follow, industry and government view with concern the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2012
China vs Philippines, cyber war or hacktivism?

In this period the cyber space is a place in full swing, international attention is focused on Iran and its quarrel with the West, but other silent battles are being fought. In the last month has been registered a surprising activity that opposes China and Philippines, continuous and reciprocal attacks attack to the sound of bits […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2012
Cyber threats in mobile environment

Today I desire to share with you the results of a study of Trend Micro security firm focused on mobile threat incidents related to the first quarter of 2012. The large diffusion of mobile devices and the leak of awareness on the principal cyber threats have produced an increasing interest of the cybercrimein mobility sector, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2012
Iran, 3M bank accounts hacked.Hypothesis on cyber warfare scenario

The story that I desire to report seems the plot of a movie, Khosrow Zarefarid an Iranian software manager after finding security vulnerability in Iran’s banking system tried to inform the management of the affected banks preparing a detailed report. As usually the bank’s manager ignored the alert so the Iranian expert decided to demonstrate the […]