Monthly Archives: November 2014
Islamic State caught in a cyber-web of its own making
Islamic State caught in a cyber-web of its own making At first glance, cyber security seems far from a decisive factor among the violent brutalities happening in Syria and Iraq […]
Cyber Defense Magazine November 2014
Cyber Warnings November 2014 has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition.. Check it out and share the e-magazine using the social share options at the bottom of the […]
Regin – Highly advanced spying tool discovered by Symantec
Symantec has uncovered the backdoor Regin, a highly advanced spying tool used in cyber espionage campaigns against governments and infrastructure operators. Backdoor Regin, is the name assigned by the experts […]
British firm now owned by Vodafone aided GCHQ in wiretapping undersea cables
New documents leaked by Snowden reveal the crucial role of a Vodafone-owned company in wiretapping of undersea cables for massive surveillance. According to several secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden US and […]
The US energy industry is constantly under cyber attacks
Data related to the number of incidents occurred to national infrastructure confirms that the US Government energy industry is constantly under attack. The US Government is aware that nation’s energy […]
EASE, the concept of self-repairing networks of the DHS
The Department of Homeland Security is working with industry to the EASE concept, a self-repairing systems able to avoid the interruption of the operations. The Department of Homeland Security is […]
ISIS keeps getting better at avoiding US surveillance
Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee the US Defense is worried by the capabilities of the ISIS members for keeping their communications covert. Last week American officials had yet another […]
State Department network hacked, email system shut down
The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system in response to a suspected cyber attack. The State Department has decided of shutting down […]
The WSJ revealed that the US authorities coordinated by the Department of Justice has been using airplanes to collect Americans’ cell phone data
A new secret U.S. surveillance program was disclosed in a Wall Street Journal’s report, the post published by the popular media agency reveals the use of bogus cell phone towers installed […]
Internal Internet traffic routed outside Russia by a Chinese operator
Russian Internet Traffic redirected by a Chinese operator due to routing errors caused by a weakness in the Border gateway protocol (BGP). The Russian Internet traffic in several circumstances has been re-routed outside […]
Foreign state suspected of breaching US Postal Service systems
State-sponsored hackers are suspected of breaching the systems of the United States Postal Service exposing the data of more than 800,000 employees. The U.S. Postal Service has suffered a major […]
Manual phishing attacks are the simplest and most effective hacking technique
A study published by Google demonstrates that manual phishing attacks are the simplest and most effective method for hacking email accounts. A study recently published by Google demonstrates that so-called manual phishing attacks […]
Operation Onymous, the joint attack against dark markets in tor
Operation Onymous – Law enforcement and judicial agencies around the globe conducted a joint action against dark markets on Tor networks. This morning I have reported the news of the seizure […]
Apple OS X Yosemite is affected by a serious vulnerability
A Swedish security expert has discovered a serious privilege escalation vulnerability in the last Apple operating system, the OS X Yosemite. A Sweden white-hat has found a serious security flaw in […]
China unveils laser defense system that could shoot down small drones in a few seconds
Chinese authorities unveil the development of a new highly accurate laser defense system that is able to shoot down small drones in a few seconds. The Chinese Government has completed […]
Drupal community under attack due to a critical SQL injection flaw
A security advisory issued by Drupal assumes that every installation of the popular CMS based in the version 7.x was compromised unless patched. Earlier this month, Drupal patched a critical […]
Voxis, the platform for automating rogue credit card charges is available in the underground
A group of cybercriminals is proposing in the underground an application for automating rogue credit card charges dubbed Voxis platform. The cyber criminal ecosystem has a new tool in its […]