Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2012
Many people who do not work in our sector are asking me two questions with increasing frequency: Can a virus infect a MAC pc? Is it possible to monetize a malware development? How is it possible? Obvious my answers, we cannot think of a software system free of bugs and vulnerabilities. To those who I have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2012
Last week I reported the virus attack to the Iranian oil industry, a cyber attack that seems has caused few damages but that raised again the theme of cyber warfare. Oil industry is the primary economic business of Iranian Government and an attack to the sector appears to the experts as a cyber war acts. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2012
A new cyber attack against Iran, in particular this time the Oil Industry was the target of a Malware Attack. The news was widespread by Officials in the Iranian oil ministry, they say that their network and the country’s main oil export terminal were infected with a malware; due this event the government has taken […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2012
We all know about the malware Stuxnet and Duqu considered unanimously the first examples of cyber weapon developed by a government to silent attacks critical enemy infrastructures. We have written a lot on the topic, we have followed with attention the excellent analysis made by experts of the sector such as Ralph Langner and the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2012
The article is published on the last edition of Pentest Magazine. Enjoy the reading, the magazine is free and to download it you just have to create a free account on www.pentestmag.com. Talking about penetration testing fundamentals and their introduction in private and military sectors. The growing request for experienced IT professionals is demonstration of the awareness […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2012
The dramatic events of recent months have occurred in Syria should lead us all in deep thought. What value do we place on human life? Are we really willing to sacrifice the life of a child for money? International opinion has been found before the massacres of innocent civilians by the Assad regime, but little […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2012
The encounter with terrorism technology, widely defined cyber terrorism, is one of the main threats for each country. Wrongly, we tend to associate a terrorist act to a physical event as an explosion, a conflict, a tragedy, but the common people totally ignore the potential threat of a cyber offensive. We learned about the devastating […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2012
Article Published on The Hacker New Magazine – April Edition “Cyber_Warfare” First let’s try to provide a definition of cyber-weapon, to do this I get inspiration from an article written by experts Thomas Rid and Peter McBurney. Correctly define cyber weapon has significant legal and political consequences as well as the security itself. The line […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2012
We all remember the decision of the western states to prohibit the sale of anti-virus systems to Tehran, penalties determined to thwart the development of Iran’s nuclear program. A predictable decision that haven’t created any problem the state that seems has developed a new antivirus program to immunize the systems from the notorious Stuxnet virus. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2012
Once again we discuss about Stuxnet, cyber weapons and of the malware that appears derivate from the dangerous virus. The international scientific community has defined a Stuxnet deadly weapon because been designed with a detailed analysis of final target environment supported by a meticulous intelligence work that for the first time in history has embraced the world of […]
