Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2014
Experts at Mandiant have corroborated the DOJâs data by releasing additional evidence not included in the original APT1 report. One of the news most important shared on the internet this week it the one related to the indictment announced by US Department of Justice (DOJ) on five members of PLA Unit 61398. One year ago Mandiant experts deeply analyzed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2014
Security researcher Robert Graham published the results of recent global scan searching for Heartbleed vulnerable systems. 300k systems are still vulnerable Heartbleed flaw is a bug disclosed more than a month ago, which affected OpenSSL library with serious repercussion on most common encryption services we daily use. Encrypted communications, mobile platforms, VPN and Tor networks are just a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2014
Security researcher Adam Langley of Google explained the real efficiency of revocation checking in response to OpenSSL heartbeat bug. The Heartbleed bug is a source of great concern for IT industry, every day we discover that the flaw in the OpenSSL library has had a significant impact on Servers, on the mobile industry and on the anonymity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2014
Security experts at Mandiant uncovered attackers exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability to circumvent Multi-factor Authentication on VPNs. We have practically read everything about HeartBleed bug which affects OpenSSL library, we have seen the effects on servers, on mobile devices and also on Tor anonymity, Â now lets focus on the possibility to exploit it to hijack VPN […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2014
Mandiant has released its annual M-Trends 2014 Threat Report, a document that analyzes actors, means and motivations behind attacks observed in 2013. Mandiant FireEye company has released a new detailed report titled “M-Trends 2014 Threat Report” describing actors, means and tactics behind principal attacks conducted in the recent months. The report consolidated data on principal cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2014
A post on cybersecurity written by Larry Karisny, director of ProjectSafety.org,a cybersecurity expert,advisor,consultant, writer and industry speaker. Most of the recent attention on cybersecurity has been directed toward the disclosure of NSA activities and recent corporate breaches now reaching record-breaking levels. Both the public and private sectors are beginning to witness how devastating cyber breaches […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2013
Security experts at Mandiant have discovered that hackers break into Washington Post servers stealing employee users credentials hashes. Security experts at Mandiant intelligence firm have discovered a new intrusion into the network of The Washington Post, it is the third time in the last three years. In time I’m writing it is still not clear […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2013
Intelligence agencies reveal that Chinese hackers increasingly attracted to the drone technology while Chinese drone industry grows like never before! The fact that Chinese hackers are most persistent collectors for sensitive information is not a mystery, more difficult to demonstrate the direct involvement of the PLA behind the operations of computer experts that systematically seek to unravel […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2013
Chinese Hacking Team Comment Crew caught taking over a honeypot simulating a Water Plant, the infinite offensive of Chinese Cyber Units linked to PLA. The Comment Crew group of hackers has been identified during an attack to a fake US control system of a water facility. The researchers deployed a honeypot to collect evidences on the attackers that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 27, 2013
Chinese hackers Comment Crew is changing tactics, security firms suspected it due the analysis of principal cyber espionage campaigns targeted their clients. The Comment Crew is back again, security experts suspect the involvement of the Chinese group of hackers in the cyber dispute between U.S. and China.  In February The Mandiant Intelligence Center⢠released an interesting report […]
