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  • Aug 10, 2016

    #DefCon: Smart Thermostat hacked to host a ransomware

    Recently we have heard many scary stories of hacking IoT devices, but how realistic is the threat? This is not just a hypothetical scenario: at the DEFCON24 security conference in Las Vegas, Ken Munro and Andrew Tierney of PenTestPartners have showed… read more »
  • Aug 9, 2016

    Viral.JS: P2P distribution for Web applications

    Do we still need a CDN? PixelsCommander ha released an interesting project called ViralSJ: a Node.js/Express.js library to distribute application via P2P, using WebRTC. ViralJS creates a self-establishing and self-evolving CDN which moves data closer to client. P2P content distribution allows… read more »
  • Aug 8, 2016

    New Android vulnerability affects over 900 million Qualcomm devices

    Yep! Another vulnerability in Qualcomm devices, dubbed “QuadRooter”, was disclosed by Check Point in a session at DEF CON 24 in Las Vegas QuadRooter is a set of four vulnerabilities discovered in devices running Android Marshmallow and earlier that ship with… read more »
  • Aug 8, 2016

    Simple SMB Scanner with a single line of shell

    Need a simple smb scanner to search windows shares on a network? Here a very simple script, made with nmap, smbclient and some shell commands. Usage Obviously, the scanner uses the same syntax used by nmap: ./smbscanner 192.168.0.* Dependencies Just nmap… read more »
  • Aug 8, 2016

    A website could track your smartphone location using the battery status data?

    “It could work!” Some months ago, researchers at Stanford University have published a paper about a new technique, named “PowerSpy”, that has capability to gather the geolocation of Android phones by simply by measuring the battery usage of the phone over… read more »
  • Aug 5, 2016

    Do you like Shodan? You will love Censys!

    A new search engine, similar to Shodan.io but more hacker-friendly Censys is a search engine that was released in October by researchers from the University of Michigan as part of an open source project that aims at maintaining a “complete… read more »
  • Aug 5, 2016

    Malware analysis, my own list of tools and resources

    A constantly updated list — Last update: August 2, 2018 During my daily activities of analysis and research, often I discover new useful tools. I collected them in this list (periodically updated). Enjoy! Detection AnalyzePE — Wrapper for a variety of tools for reporting on… read more »
  • Aug 4, 2016

    Are you looking for the ideal smartwatch? Do it yourself!

    Make your own nerd smartwatch from an old Nokia 1100 Using an old Nokia 1100, connecting it to an Arduino brain, and setting up the software, you’ll have a bulky, awful, but totally DIY smartwatch that can connect to your phone… read more »
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Andrea Fortuna

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