Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2017
Journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government of spying on them with the powerful surveillance software Pegasus developed by the NSO Group. Journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government of spying on them with a powerful surveillance software. According to the journalists, the authorities used an Israeli spyware to hack their mobile devices. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2017
Austrian SPĂ and ĂVP parties are fighting for WhatsApp instant messaging and plan further measures to fight the terrorism. Both the Austrian Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPĂ) and the Austrian People’s Party (Ăsterreichische Volkspartei; ĂVP) are fighting for instant messaging monitoring such as WhatsApp. The experts believe that the Government will end anonymous mobile phone SIM […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2017
Researchers at Technische Universitat Braunschweig published a study on 200+ Android mobile apps that are listening to your life through ultrasonic beacons. Researchers at Technische Universitat Braunschweig in Germany recently published a finding that over 200 Android mobile applications are listening to your life through ultrasonic beacons. Like digital electronic vampire bats, these apps are checking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2017
According to a draft document leaked online, UK Government is assigning itself more powers to spy on live communications and use malware for surveillance. While the NSAÂ is announcing it will stop surveillance activities on emails, texts, and other internet communications, the UK government has secretly drawn up more details of its new bulk surveillance powers. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
NSA announces a change in its surveillance activities, it will no longer spy on citizens’ emails, texts, and other Internet communications. It is official, the US NSA announced it will no longer spy on emails, texts and other internet communications that mention targets of surveillance.The NSA issued the official statement last week, announcing a historical change of tactic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2017
Microsoft published the biannual transparency report – The number of US foreign intelligence surveillance requests more than doubled. Microsoft shared data included in the biannual transparency report, the IT giant received more than double what the company said it received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the preceding six months. Microsoft Corp announced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2017
Security researchers at FireEye discovered that the Microsoft Word CVE-2017-0199 exploit was linked to cyberspying in Ukraine conflict. The zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office that was recently fixed by Microsoft was used to deliver a surveillance malware to Russian-speaking targets. Security experts from firm FireEye spotted the targeted attacks leveraging specifically crafted Microsoft Word documents that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2017
A group of researchers has demonstrated that attackers can steal PINs and Passwords capturing data from smartphone sensors. Modern mobile devices are full of sensors (i.e. GPS, Camera, microphone, accelerometer, magnetometer, proximity, gyroscope, pedometer, and NFC) that could be exploited by hackers to gather data about owner’s activities? A group of researchers from Newcastle University demonstrated that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2017
US authorities uncovered a surveillance activity allegedly powered by a rogue entity that is tracking phones of Government officials and foreign diplomats. Something very strange has happened in the Washington, D.C., region, experts noticed an unusual amount of highly suspicious cellphone activity. The fear is that a rogue actor is attempting to spy on communications of numerous individuals, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2017
Facebook company and Instagram will not allow developers scanning their social media profiles for surveillance activities. Facebook and it app Instagram have updated the terms and conditions to prevent developers from scanning social media profiles for surveillance activities. A report recently published revealed the US Department of Homeland Security used software to scan social media […]
