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Cyberwar Security 

After Twitter and Facebook, Apple reveals to have suffered the same Cyber Attack

February 20, 2013May 24, 2015 Paolo Passeri 1 Comment Apple, China, Facebook, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mandiant, New York Times, Reuters, Twitter

The same sophisticated cyber attack that has targeted Facebook and Twitter has also targeted Apple, according to an exclusive revelation

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Cyber Attacks Timeline Security 

16-31 January 2013 Cyber Attacks Timeline

February 7, 2013May 29, 2015 Paolo Passeri 1 Comment #FuckTheSystem, #OpLastResort, #OpLeak, #opphillippine, #OpScientology, #TeamGhostShell, 2013, @AnonSquadNo035, @AnonymousMexi, @DarkWebGoons, @irBreShiE, @LulzSecNeuron, @nrtnz, @RexMundi_Anon, @TheLulzWarrior, @TheNeoGod, @ThisIsGameOver, @TN_cyberarmy, @XTnR3v0LT, Aaron Swartz, Africa, Anonymous, Anonymous Mexico, AnonymousSquadNo.035, Argentina, Asteroids, Australia, Azerbaijan, babycareadvice.com, Bank of America, Bank Of The West, bankcapitalinventory.com, BB&T, BBVA, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Television, BreShiE, Britam Defence, britamdefence.com, buyway.be, cabinet.gov.eg, caci.dz, Canada, Capital One, cci.fr, China, Citibank, Citizens Bank, Comerica, construction.com, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Attacks Timeline, D35M0ND142, Davy Jones, Denial-of-service attack, Digicel Jamaica, dmx.gov.az, DNS Poisoning, Egypt, egyptiancabinet.gov.eg, Egyptological, eportal.adu.ac.ae, eproc.dor.gov.np, ESA, ezycoupons.co.nz, Fédération des Mutuelles de France, Fifth Third Bank, First Citizens Bank, First United Church, Game Over, GhostShell, Github, gorele.gen.tr, Gray Lady, handsontheland.org, Harris Bank, Harvard, Huntington Bank, Ic3.gov, ied.edu.hk, indec.gov.ar, Indonesia, IonCuber, Iran, Izz ad-Din al Qassam Cyber Fighters, January, JAsIrX, JokerCracker, Key Bank, Ladysmith, library.seas.harvard.edu, M&T Bank, Man-In-The-Middle, McGraw-Hill Construction, Mexico, Michigan, Microsoft, miep.uscourts.gov, MIT, mobilephonetrace.com, moiegypt.gov.eg, moinfo.gov.eg, mutuelles-de-france.fr, Nepal, New York Times, NIC.lk, NIC.tm, NullCrew, OfficialNull, OpEgypt, Operation Ababil 2, Operation Last Resort, OperationEgypt, OpMali, partitodemocraticotrentino.it, Patelco, People’s United Bank, Philippine, PNC, ProjectSunRise, Proximus Security, Regions Financial Corporation, Renault, Reporters Without Borders, Rex Mundi, sasonline.com.ph, Scientology, sedena.gob.mx, Sony, Sony Music, sonymusic.com.mx, Spam, SQL Injection, SQLi, Sri Lanka, Stethoscope.com, sulu.gov.ph, Synovus Bank, tbnnetworks.org, th3inf1d3l, Timeline, TNB, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Tunisian Cyber Army, Turkmenistan, Twitter, U.S. Sentencing Commission, UMB Financial Corporation, Umpqua Bank, UN.org, Union Bank, United Nations, United States, United States Sentencing Commission, University Federal Credit Union, University of New South Wales, University of Western Sidney, University Of Wisconsin, UNSW, usatechguide.org, ussc.gov, Wall Street Journal, Wasatchit Software, Washington Post, Watering Hole Attack, Wells Fargo, Wildan Yani Ashari, Wilton Brands LLC, wisc.edu, XL3gi0n, Xl3gi0n hackers, Zions Bank, ℕrtn___z

Two Weeks Living Dangerously! I have no other words to describe this second half of January (first two weeks here)

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Security 

The Party Is Not Over! 250,000 Twitter accounts compromised!

February 2, 2013May 24, 2015 Paolo Passeri 6 Comments Hack, Java, LinkedIn, New York Times, Password, Twitter, Wall Street Journal

The Information Security Community is still commenting the Cyber Attacks against U.S. media companies and here it is another clamorous

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Security 

A Strange Coincidence

February 2, 2013May 24, 2015 Paolo Passeri 2 Comments Antivirus, APT, Bloomberg, China, New York Times, RSA, Symantec, Targeted Attacks, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post

After the revelation of the Chinese attack against the Gray Lady, other U.S. media companies have admitted to have been

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Cyberwar Security 

Big in Japan: Yet Another Targeted Attack Against a Japanese Target

December 2, 2012May 24, 2015 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments China, Cyberwarfare, Epsilon, Finance Ministry, H-2 Transfer Vehicle, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Lower House, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, New York Times

Updated 3/12/2012 to include the cyber attack targeting the Upper Chamber of Japanese Parliament discovered on 2 November 2011. The New

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Cyberwar Security 

The 2010 Olympic Games

June 4, 2012May 24, 2015 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments Barack Obama, Bush, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Weapons, David E Sanger, Flame, Iran, Middle East, Mykko Hypponen, New York Times, Olympic Games, Stuxnet, United States

Two months again and the World will assist to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Unfortunately the same is not true

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Cyberwar Security 

Consumerization of Warfare

June 16, 2011 7 Comments Consumerization of Warfare, Facebook, Mobile Warfare, NATO, New York Times, Psychological warfare, PsyOps, Social Network, Twitter

Written by Andrea Zapparoli Manzoni and Paolo Passeri. As predicted a couple of months ago, NATO admitted to use Twitter

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Security Social Networks 

Internet In A Suitcase

June 13, 2011 2 Comments Barack Obama, Corps Of Engineers, Egypt, Internet in a Suitcase, Mobile phone, Mobile Warfare, New York Times, Social Network, Syria

According to a NYT article, this is exactly what the Obama Administration is doing, leading a global effort to deploy

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Security 

More Random Thoughts on the RSA Breach

May 28, 2011 6 Comments EMC Corporation, Information security, Lockheed Martin, New York Times, NSS Labs, Reuters, RSA, RSA Breach, SecurID

Probably it was a quite easy prediction, however it looks like what I suggested on my random thoughts on the

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