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No flesh, no bones, just code! Channel 4’s first AI presenter arrives.
On Monday 20 October, Channel 4 broadcast a full-length documentary hosted by a creative TV presenter powered entirely by artificial intelligence. ” I’m not real. For the first time on a B...
Russia and Cybercrime: A Balance Between Selective Repression and State Interest
The Russian cybercrime ecosystem has entered a phase of profound transformation, triggered by a combination of factors: unprecedented international pressure from law enforcement agencies, a shift in d...
Hackers can access Microsoft Teams chats and emails using access tokens
A recent discovery has revealed that hackers can exploit a flaw in Microsoft Teams on Windows to obtain encrypted authentication tokens , which grant unauthorized access to chats, emails, and files st...
FIA website hacked: personal data of Max Verstappen and over 7,000 drivers exposed
Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in an FIA website that contained sensitive personal information and documents relating to drivers, including world champion Max Verstappen. Ian Car...
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): the first global standard for measuring it has been defined
On October 21, 2025, an international team of researchers from 29 leading institutions—including Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley —completed a study that marks a mi...
ChatGPT buys me bread! Atlas, the smart browser for macOS, is here.
OpenAI has released the ChatGPT Atlas browser for macOS. It integrates artificial intelligence directly into the interface and can perform tasks on web pages without having to switch between tabs. Atl...
F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability: 266,000 Devices at Risk Worldwide! 2,500 in Italy
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are issuing this Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to t...
The Intel 386 processor turns 40: the 32-bit era began
October 20, 2025, marks a significant anniversary in the history of computing: the Intel 80386 processor, also known as the i386 , celebrates its 40th birthday . And it’s a big birthday! Launche...
Intel releases urgent patches for new Spectre variant
VUSec researchers have presented a paper titled “Training Solo,” which challenges the fundamental principles of protection against Spectre-v2 attacks. Previously , the domain isolation mec...
Famous hackers: Vladimir Levin and the first online bank robbery.
Today we’ll meet another hacker from the past. He’s Vladimir Levin, a Russian hacker from St. Petersburg (Владимир Леонидович Левин), who became famous for breaking into the servers of the...
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On Monday 20 October, Channel 4 broadcast a full-length documentary hosted by a creative TV presenter powered entirely by artificial intelligence. ” I’m not real. For the first time on a B...

The Russian cybercrime ecosystem has entered a phase of profound transformation, triggered by a combination of factors: unprecedented international pressure from law enforcement agencies, a shift in d...

A recent discovery has revealed that hackers can exploit a flaw in Microsoft Teams on Windows to obtain encrypted authentication tokens , which grant unauthorized access to chats, emails, and files st...

Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in an FIA website that contained sensitive personal information and documents relating to drivers, including world champion Max Verstappen. Ian Car...

On October 21, 2025, an international team of researchers from 29 leading institutions—including Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley —completed a study that marks ...
Making the cyber world a safer and better place: an interview with W1ntermute
Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, pioneers of programmable computing
Dharma/Crysis: Overview and adversary tracking
Avoiding the fis-hack-erman’s hook (aka Detecting a Phishing email)

Making the cyber world a safer and better place: an interview with W1ntermute
Olivia Terragni - November 12th, 2021
Author: Olivia terragni Pubblication Date: 11/11/2021 W1ntermute aka Sofya Ivanov is a woman who works in the cybersecurity industry as a network security analyst and open-source intelligence (OSINT) specialist. This...

Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, pioneers of programmable computing
Antonio Piovesan - October 4th, 2021
Author: Antonio Piovesan Pubblication date: 28/09/2021 Introduction - Age of machines Great Britain, middle decades of the 19th century, times of unprecedented engineering ambitions. Engineering, transportation, communications, architecture, science and...

Dharma/Crysis: Overview and adversary tracking
Emanuele De Lucia - September 17th, 2021
Author: Emanuele De Lucia Pubblication date: 17/09/2021 This report presents an overview about Dharma/Crysis ransomware. This piece of malware is often observed as late-stage payload in attacks against internet-facing systems,...

Avoiding the fis-hack-erman’s hook (aka Detecting a Phishing email)
Antonio Piovesan - August 22nd, 2021
Author: Antonio PiovesanPubblication Date: 09/08/2021 With the increase of ransomware infections - often instigated through phishing emails, it's very important/crucial to take proactive measures to help protect yourself and your...
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