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  • Nov 30, 2016

    Hitting SHIFT+F10 during Windows 10 upgrade is enough to elevate the user to SYSTEM

    A really dumb (but serious) Windows 10 vulnerability On Mikko Hypponen’s twitter account i’ve read this twit: [embed]https://twitter.com/mikko/status/803313343981350917[/embed] The linked article on Sami Laiho’s website exposes a vulnerability as simple as serious: if you hit SHIFT+F10 during Windows upgrade process… read more »
  • Nov 29, 2016

    Decrypt antivirus quarantine files with DeXRAY

    Useful to access quarantined files of Symantec and McAfee It can happen to have to analyze suspicious files on a compromised machine, but if the antivirus puts them in ‘in quarantine’ (usually encrypted in a specific directory), how recover them? Simple, with… read more »
  • Nov 28, 2016

    How to dump volatile memory of a Linux machine?

    Priceless data in case of attack! Properly make a copy of RAM of a Linux machine can be basic for forensic analysis against a cyberattack: as for the data to disk, even those in the memory may contain valuable information, and… read more »
  • Nov 25, 2016

    Four tips for run in the rain

    Trivial, ironic, and perhaps even useful tips I’m not a lover of treadmill and indoor workouts, so in case of rain (even stronger) does not discourage me and grant me the daily morning run. So I propose 4 simple tips, earned… read more »
  • Nov 24, 2016

    Tatyana Ryzhkova: some warm-up execises

    A good video by a young and talented musician I have never hidden my esteem for Tatyana Ryzhkova, so every time she publishes a new video on her Youtube channel i’m really happy to see it and review it. In this… read more »
  • Nov 23, 2016

    A new infection vector for ransomware: malicious SVG images via Facebook Messenger

    The campaign spreads the Nemucod downloader If you receive any Facebook Message with an .SVG image file, just avoid clicking it: a malicious campaign is spreading a ransomware downloader (Nemucod) among Facebook users by taking advantage of innocent-looking SVG image file… read more »
  • Nov 22, 2016

    The SHA-1 deprecation deadline: a lot of websites are not yet ready

    Let’s do a recap on the situation and let’s see how to deal with migration Last year, security researchers has demonstrated that the cost of breaking the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function is lower than previously estimated (more technical info on… read more »
  • Nov 21, 2016

    You can access to a password protected computers in minutes, with a 5$ Raspberry Pi Zero and Node.js

    Be careful, next time that you leave your computer unattended at your office! Some time ago I spoke about a USB dongle that allows access to password-locked computers in a few seconds. Now the hardware hacker Samy Kamkar has released a… read more »
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Andrea Fortuna

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Cybersecurity expert, software developer, experienced digital forensic analyst, musician