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Taking cyberattacks seriously: the (likely) Albanian cyber aggression and the Iranian responsibility

Annita Larissa Sciacovelli, docente di Diritto internazionale, Università degli Studi di Bari, AB European Agency for cybersecurity – ENISA (pubblicato su Newsletter SIOI, Osservatorio sulle attività delle Organizzazioni Internazionali e...

The History of the Unix Operating System (Part 2)

Author: Carlo DenzaOriginal Publication Date: 07/10/2021Translator: Tara Lie Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home, directed by Leonard Nimoy (USA, 1986, Paramount Pictures): “The starship ‘U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701’ and its...

The History of the UNIX operating system (Part 1)

Author: Carlo DenzaOriginal Publication Date: 12/12/2020Translator: Tara Lie This article discusses the history of the Unix operating system (OS), a miracle of modern technology. This OS is used across the world, and is...

Hacker gang OPERA1ER stole $11 million from African companies

Amsterdam, 07.11.2022 — Group-IB has today issued a new report, “OPERA1ER. Playing God without permission,” in collaboration withthe researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The report takes a deep dive into financially motivated attacks of...

The Inventor of the P101 explains to us why Italy is destined to be a perennial “follower”

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 12/12/2020Translator: Tara Lie Pier Giorgio Perotto (for those who do not know of him) was an Italian electronics pioneer. In the 60’s he worked for Olivetti,...
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RHC interviews LockBit 3.0. “The main thing is not to start a nuclear war”

Translator: Tara Lie We often talk about the LockBit Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation, recently remodelled as LockBit 3.0, which continues to bring important innovations to the ransomware cyber circus. Often these new...

Spacewar! The Story of the First Video Game Created by Hackers at MIT

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 19/03/2021Translator: Tara Lie In this exciting story, we will catapult ourselves back to 1958 to MIT’s Tech Model Railroad Club and meet Steve Russel, Steve was one...

LockBit 3.0: making the ransomware Great Again

LockBit is a major player in the ransomware scene and has contributed heavily for this cyber-crime model to become one of the most popular and imitated in the threats landscape....

The Founding Fathers of the Hacker Community

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 19/03/2021Translator: Tara Lie Hacker culture was brought to life thanks to computer scientist Richard Greenblatt and mathematician Bill Gosper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It...

The “Mother of all Demos”. Douglas Englebart’s Vision of the Future

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 12/05/2022Translator: Tara Lie The “Mother of all Demos'' is the name retrospectively used by journalist Steven Levy, in his 1994 book ‘Insanely Great’, to describe a revolutionary...

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