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A dangerous zero-day zero-click exploit threatens billions of Android devices
Google has issued an urgent advisory regarding a critical vulnerability in Android that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the device without any user interaction. The Zero Click vulnerabil...
Does Microsoft use macOS to create Windows wallpapers? Probably!
On October 29, Microsoft released a wallpaper to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the Windows Insider program, and it is speculated that it was created using macOS. Let us remember that Windows...
Louvre Theft: Windows 2000 and Windows XP on Networks, as Well as Simple Passwords
As we know, the thieves in the “theft of the century” entered through a second-floor window of the Louvre Museum, but the museum had other problems besides unprotected windows. Although Cu...
SesameOp: The Malware That Uses OpenAI Assistants for Command and Control
Microsoft has discovered a new malware, dubbed SesameOp , and published details of how it works . This backdoor was unusual: its creators used the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert control channel , a...
Eight 0-days worth $35 million sold to Russia by US insiders
Former US defense contractor CEO Peter Williams has pleaded guilty to selling ” eight sensitive, protected cyber exploits” to Russian zero-day broker Operation Zero. Court documents and a ...
Trump refuses to export Nvidia chips. China responds: “Don’t worry, we’ll do it ourselves.”
Reuters reported that Trump told reporters during a pre-recorded interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and on Air Force One during the return flight: “We’re not going to let an...
Goodbye, malware! In 2025, criminal hackers will use legitimate accounts to remain invisible.
A FortiGuard report for the first half of 2025 shows that financially motivated attackers are increasingly eschewing sophisticated exploits and malware. Instead , they are using valid accounts and leg...
Hanyuan-1: China’s room-temperature quantum computer challenges the US
China’s first atomic quantum computer has reached a major commercial milestone, recording its first sales to domestic and international customers, according to state media. The Hubei Daily, a st...
Inside NVIDIA: Jensen Huang leads 36 managers, 36,000 employees, and reads 20,000 emails a day
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang now directly oversees 36 employees across seven key areas: strategy, hardware, software, artificial intelligence, public relations, networking, and executive assistants. This...
Will Bug Hunters Be Out of Work? OpenAI Introduces Aardvark, Its New Bug Fixer
OpenAI has unveiled Aardvark, an autonomous assistant based on the GPT-5 model , designed to automatically find and fix vulnerabilities in software code. This AI tool, dubbed a “security researc...
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Google has issued an urgent advisory regarding a critical vulnerability in Android that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the device without any user interaction. The Zero Click vulnerabil...

On October 29, Microsoft released a wallpaper to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the Windows Insider program, and it is speculated that it was created using macOS. Let us remember that Windows...

As we know, the thieves in the “theft of the century” entered through a second-floor window of the Louvre Museum, but the museum had other problems besides unprotected windows. Although Cu...

Microsoft has discovered a new malware, dubbed SesameOp , and published details of how it works . This backdoor was unusual: its creators used the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert control channel , a...

Former US defense contractor CEO Peter Williams has pleaded guilty to selling ” eight sensitive, protected cyber exploits” to Russian zero-day broker Operation Zero. Court documents and a ...
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)

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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