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Hundreds of millions of smartphone users have faced blocking of pornographic websites and mandatory age verification. The UK has introduced mandatory identity verification on adult websites , and simi...
From the weaknesses of WEP to the advances of WPA3 , Wi-Fi network security has come a long way. Today, self-defending networks represent the new frontier: intelligent systems capable of detecting, bl...
A rare find from the early days of Unix may take researchers back to the very origins of the operating system. A magnetic tape labeled ” UNIX Original From Bell Labs V4 (See Manual for format) &...
November 9th marked the 21st anniversary of Firefox 1.0. In 2004, it was the first stable release of Mozilla’s new browser, which quickly positioned itself as a simple and secure alternative to ...
Researchers discovered several libraries in the public NuGet registry containing code that will be activated in 2027 and 2028. The infected packages target three popular .NET data storage engines (Mic...
Electronic warfare (EW) between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two)
North Korea’s cyberwarfare and its cyber army (part one)
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)
Electronic warfare (EW) between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two)
Olivia Terragni - December 17th, 2021
Author: Olivia TerragniPubblication Date: 13/12/2021 Given that North Korean cyberattacks are not a future threat, but already a FACT, we are already wondering how to deal with the election of...
North Korea’s cyberwarfare and its cyber army (part one)
Olivia Terragni - December 17th, 2021
Author: Olivia Terragni Pubblication date: 13/12/2021 During the night, only one bright spot lights up in North Korea: the city of Pyongyang. Perhaps, due to the dark that surrounds it,...
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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