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  • Sep 16, 2016

    USB Kill 2.0: destroy a computer in seconds

    200 volts DC power on the USB port? Cool! Last year,a Russian researcher named Dark Purple has designed a proof-of-concept USB prototype able to destroy sensitive components of a computer when plugged in. Now, a Hong Kong-based technology manufacturer has actually… read more »
  • Sep 15, 2016

    Practicing Difficult Passages: a video lesson by Gohar Vardanyan

    A video lesson focused on one of the most complex passages of the Etude #1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos A nice lesson of Gohar Vardanyan, about the study and practice of difficult passages. The video is focused on the execution of… read more »
  • Sep 14, 2016

    PunkSpider, a powerful web application vulnerability search engine

    With great power comes great responsibility! PunkSPIDER it’s an extremely powerful tool, the results of which should be used with extreme care and awareness And the developers has the same opinion: when you enter the site in fact you are… read more »
  • Sep 13, 2016

    CVE-2016-6662: a critical MySQL Zero-Day

    Oracle, are you there? We need you! Dawid Golunski, a Polish security researcher discovered several security issues in the MySQL DBMS, including a vulnerability flaw (CVE-2016–6662) that can be exploited by a remote attacker to inject malicious settings into my.cnf configuration… read more »
  • Sep 13, 2016

    SSMA — Simple Static Malware Analyzer

    Simple but powerful malware analysis tool SSMA is a simple malware analyzer written in Python 3 by Lasha Khasaia. Features: Searches for websites, e-mail addresses, IP addresses in the strings of the file. Looks for Windows functions commonly used by malware.… read more »
  • Sep 12, 2016

    VirtualBox on Linux: solve USB access problems

    With just a simple command! Have you just installed VirtualBox on your Linux Box, but the virtual machine cannot access the host’s USB ports? It’s just a permission issue: simply run VirtualBox as root, or (more correctly) add you user account… read more »
  • Sep 9, 2016

    Steal credentials from locked machines? Yes, it’s possible with a customized USB dongle.

    And it works on Windows and OSX! The security researcher Rob Fuller has discovered a new attack method that can be used to steal credentials from a locked computer (but, with the user logged in) and works on both Windows and… read more »
  • Sep 8, 2016

    Open a VMWare Disk Image (VMDK) with Autopsy for forensics analisys

    Using qemu-img! About VMXRAY i have already spoken in a previous post. But if i need to open a Virtual Disk Image with a forensics tool like Autopsy? Just convert the VMDK file into a format that can be read… read more »
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Andrea Fortuna

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