Just when it seemed like Epic’s case against Google was on the verge of a final victory for the developer —following the potential dismissal of Google’s appeal by the Supreme Court— the parties unexpectedly announced a settlement on Tuesday evening. If Judge James Donato approves the proposed changes, Epic’s victory could become a long-term global success. Judge Donato had previously granted Epic’s main claims. He issued a permanent injunction requiring Google to host competing app stores on its Google Play Store and provide them with access to its full app catalog. Google was also barred from requiring developers to use Google Play

The other day on LinkedIn, I found myself having a conversation with someone who was seriously interested in the topic of artificial intelligence applied to law. It wasn’t one of those barroom conversations with buzzwords and Skynet -like panic: it was a real exchange, with legitimate doubts. And indeed, in Italy, between sensationalist headlines and articles written by those who confuse ChatGPT with HAL 9000, it’s no wonder confusion reigns. The point that had struck my interlocutor was that of alignment. “But where does an AI learn what is right and what is wrong?” A simple question, but one that opens up

Cyberspace is no longer a marginal dimension but a true strategic operational domain. Its relevance is now comparable to that of land, sea, air, and space. Technological acceleration driven by Artificial Intelligence and widespread digitalization has transformed critical infrastructure, healthcare services, universities, and personal communications into permanent attack surfaces. In this scenario, the line between cybercrime, political activism, and state-sponsored threats has progressively blurred, giving rise to new forms of hybrid conflict. In Italy, this transformation is reflected in the debate on the bill presented by Defense Committee Chairman Nino Minardo, which grants the Armed Forces an operational role beyond traditional warfare.

For a few days now, news has been circulating, which I don’t think has been confirmed by official sources, of a ransomware attack carried out through Samsung’s “corporate fleet” management function ( E-FOTA ). According to a post by a user on the FibraClick forum , published a few days ago, this attack is also spreading in Italy. Essentially, cybercriminals trick users browsing the web on their Samsung smartphone into opening a specially crafted link like this: intent://signin.samsung.com/key/yphxkjlx?modelName=SAMSUNG#intent;scheme=https;package=com.osp.app.signin;end. which opens a pop-up on the victim’s smartphone requesting access through their Samsung account. If the victim approves the login, the smartphone becomes part

Managing employee email inboxes is often overlooked by organizations, despite the widespread use of email and its significant impact on privacy and security . Despite being a work tool, an individual email inbox (and therefore, assigned to a single operator) is considered the employee’s digital home and, therefore, requires reasonable protection to safeguard the rights, fundamental freedoms, and dignity of the data subjects involved in the exchange of communications (both the account holder and third parties). This complexity, recognized not only by case law but also by supervisory authorities with regard to applicable data protection legislation, therefore requires particular attention in coordinating

When we talk about cybersecurity, we immediately think of firewalls, malware, and zero-day exploits. But there’s a deeper level, unseen and unsurpassed: the laws of mathematics. Because while software can be hacked, protocols can be bypassed, configurations can be messed up, mathematics cannot be corrupted. And it is precisely on this pillar that modern cybersecurity is based. Because safety is (also) mathematics Every digital defense technology works not because “someone programmed it well,” but because it exploits mathematical problems that have no efficient solution. Here are some concrete examples: RSA: It is based on the difficulty of factoring numbers of hundreds of

Every day we hear about privacy in every aspect of our lives, so much so that the term has entered common parlance. But what does it really mean? What happens when we sign up for a social network or when we request a banking transaction? Even without realizing it, every day we leave personal data everywhere—traces that reveal who we are and our preferences. In our legal system, however, the word privacy does not have a generally accepted definition; in fact, it indicates a changing concept linked to the evolution of the legal and social context. Very often, the term privacy is