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Cybersecurity is a serious issue, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities that can compromise an entire system. Well, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has just raised the alarm about a truly worry...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a critical alert including three new vulnerabilities in its catalog of exploited cyber threats (KEVs), highlighting that these fl...

The psychology of passwords starts right here: trying to understand people before systems. Welcome to “The Mind Behind Passwords,” the column that looks at cybersecurity. From a different perspect...

New details emerge from an Amazon Threat Intelligence report that highlight an alarming shift in Russian government-backed cyber operations. High-level 0-day exploits, often attributed to state-sponso...

A new version, 8.8.9, of the popular text editor Notepad++, has been released by its developers, fixing a flaw in the automatic update system . This issue came to light after some users and investigat...
Electronic warfare 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 between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two)
Olivia Terragni - December 16th, 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 16th, 2021
Author: Olivia Terragni During the night, only one bright spot lights up in North Korea: the city of Pyongyang. Perhaps, due to the dark that surrounds it, we understand so...

Making the cyber world a safer and better place: an interview with W1ntermute
Olivia Terragni - November 11th, 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 3rd, 2021
Author: Antonio Piovesan Great Britain, middle decades of the 19th century, times of unprecedented engineering ambitions. Engineering, transportation, communications, architecture, science and manufacturing are in a feverish state of evolution....

Dharma/Crysis: Overview and adversary tracking
Emanuele De Lucia - September 16th, 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 21st, 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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