Stuxnet is widely recognized as the malware par excellence, the one that introduced cyber warfare to the world, where pages and pages have been written and will continue to be written about this marvel of technology, intelligence, and cyber warfare. In this article, we want to take a slide and try to reconstruct a story, starting from public sources, to understand how the malware itself works, as well as describing the motivations and events that occurred in the summer of 2010. What is Stuxnet The Stuxnet worm first appeared in the summer of 2010. It is a computer worm weighing only 500

May 12, 2017, was a special day. For many, it will mean nothing, but others will remember it well, because it was a hectic and eventful day as the world was catapulted into the first global ransomware infection in history. In fact, May 12 is remembered as Day 0 of WannaCry, the malware that encrypted the contents of a computer and demanded a ransom. It all began on the morning of May 12, 2017, when Telefonica (the well-known Spanish ISP) issues a statement advising its customers to shut down their computers due to an ongoing cyber attack. The spread of Wanna Cry

We often talk about “Malware”. But even today, many people don’t fully understand the real meaning of this word. With this article, we want to explain precisely what malware is, the main types and their differences, so as to no longer confuse them and to understand them more precisely. The word malware comes from the English language, from the union of two words: MALicious and softWARE, which means “malicious software”, or code capable of causing damage, or guaranteeing an advantage to its creator. But to fully understand the evolution of “malware”; We need to go back in time, when in 1949, the

Today we bring you an interview with Cesare Mencarini, a young man who, at just 17 years old, with uncommon determination and intelligence, built a nuclear fusion reactor as a school project. An 18-month-long feat, considered extraordinary, which saw the light of day in the context of his baccalaureate examination at a British college, arousing admiration not only for the complexity of the project, but also for the message it conveys to his peers: technology and science are accessible to anyone willing to devote time and passion. This achievement is an excellent example of what can be called ‘hacking’: the art of