Information Warfare

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2015
Germany probes alleged new case of US espionage: Regin malware infected Gov laptop

The German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new case of US espionage after they have found a laptop infected by the Regin Spyware. The German authorities have launched a probe into allegations of a new cyber-espionage campaign that is suspected to be linked to the US intelligence. The news was revealed […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2015
US Air Force Wireless hacking in Flight

The US Air Force is using a modified  EC-130 Compass Call aircraft to demonstrate how to hack into enemy networks. Information warfare is overlapping traditional military domains, in order to conduct a fight in the air it is possible to used new hacking techniques as the US Air Force demonstrated. According to the Maj. Gen. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2015
New updates on Cyber Conflict Agenda 2016 and what’s new in ‘Cyber power’

The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2016) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 31st of May to 3th of June next year, what’s new? The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon 2016) will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 31st of May to 3th of June next year, in order to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2015
US weighs sanctioning China and Russia in response to recent cyber attacks

The Obama administration weighs sanctioning China and Russia in response to recent cyber attacks who have exposed sensitive data of the US Govt and US firms. The US Government is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese hackers in response to the hacking campaign targeting US entities. The news was reported by several U.S. officials yesterday who […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2015
After the OPM Hack, the United States will strike back China

The US will strike back China in response to the recent wave of cyber attacks against Government offices, including the Office of Personnel Management. Recently, the New York Times published an article saying that the president of the United States, Barack Obama took the decision to retaliate against China, after the famous hack of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2015
US failed a Stuxnet-style attack against North Korea

New revelations came after a high-profile defector warns of that North Korea’s cyber army has the capability to run cyber attacks that could cause loss of human lives. According to an exclusive report by Reuters, The US was attempting without success to interfere with the nuclear programme of Pyongyang, in the same way it has done with Iran … SCADA systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2015
Iran has foiled a cyber attack against the oil ministry

Iran – The Cyber Attacks Emergency Center in FATA has thwarted a major cyber attack  originated from US against the Oil Ministry. The Iranian Government announced that on Tuesday it had foiled a cyber-attack on the Islamic republic’s Oil Ministry. According to the Fars news agency, the Brigadier General Kamal Hadianfar, head of the cyber police, confirmed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2015
Cyber threats scare a society increasingly dependent on technology

Experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020 will be exposed to an increasing number of cyber threats. Until the end of 2020, experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices on the planet will be connected to the internet, and counting that the Internet […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2015
Is the US cyber command ready for Information Warfare?

A Government spokesman confirmed the US Government is supporting the growth for its cyber command but it is not yet ready to repel any cyber attacks. The US are among the most advanced countries in Information Warfare, Obama administration considers strategic the dominance of the country in the cyber space. The US Government established in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2015
Iran increased cyber-security spending 12-fold since 2013

Iran is improving its cyber capabilities faster than experts ‘would have ever imagined’ and increased cyber-security spending 12-fold since2013. The British Business Insider published an interesting post on the Iranian cyber capabilities, according the experts the Government of Teheran is improving expertise in the cyber domain faster than experts ‘would have ever imagined’. Iran is […]