Threat Intelligence

DragonFly, Cosmic Duke and Pitty Tiger: From State-Sponsored Espionage to Campaign of Independent APTs

Introduction Cyber espionage is one of the most aggressive cyber threats for private companies and government entities. In recent years, the number of cyber

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) a Global Threat: Analysis of the Effects on Cyberspace of the Iraqi Situation

What is ISIS and why it is menacing the world? The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS, is an unrecogni

Russia and Ukraine: Information Warfare

The Current Situation The fighting in Ukraine has escalated sharply since the elections on May 25th. President-elect Petro Poroshenko, backed by the European

From Turbine to Quantum: Implants in the Arsenal of the NSA

Introduction The revelations of Edward Snowden totally changed our perception of NSA cyber capabilities. Day by day, the IT security community is reading abo

Crimea – The Russian Cyber Strategy to Hit Ukraine

Introduction The year 2014 started with a diplomatic crisis in Crimes and Ukraine. The tension rose just after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, in which the go

Lights and shadows on the capabilities of the NSA

Introduction The documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed to the world the amazing spying machine built by US intelligence, its capabilities appears virtu

Malvertising: A Growing Threat at the Start of 2014

Word Meaning The term "malvertising" is coined through the combination of two words – "malware" (i.e., "malicious software") and "advertising."[pkadzone zone

Malware-based Attacks Against POS Systems

Introduction A sequence of data breaches suffered by principal US retailers Target and Neiman Marcus has put Americans on alert. A total of more than a hundr

RansomWar(e)

There is a notable upsurge in the number of ransomware attacks in the past couple of months, and undoubtedly the emergence of the CryptoLocker ransomware is

Reinventing Threat Intelligence

Effective threat intelligence is one major service that most companies offer to alert about the latest threats. Threat intelligence alerts about the latest t