• Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #14

    "I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed." - Bruce Scheneier Iranian cyberspies leave training videos exposed online One of Iran's top hacking groups (APT35)… read more »
  • Animal Kingdom: new experiments of computer aided composition

    In the past weeks, I've already written about some funny experiments that i made first with music and machine learning, then with music composed using pseudo-random algorithms. In both cases, results are some interesting, but strange, melodies that I finished… read more »
  • Sara Morrison: how SDKs, hidden trackers in your phone, work

    In a good article on Recode, Sara Morrison made a useful overview on trackers hidden in smartphone SDKs. Some highlights: Your phone is the ideal tool for advertisers and data brokers, both as a means of collecting your information and… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #13

    "Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems." - Linus Torvalds Apple, Biden, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used… read more »
  • SIGRed: a 17-year-old wormable vulnerability in Windows DNS server

    Last Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday addressed a 17-year-old vulnerability impacting Microsoft Windows DNS Server, tracked as CVE-2020-1350 and dubbed "SigRed" by ChekPoint's researchers. The issue received a severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions 2003… read more »
  • Will Cathcart: the future of digital communication and privacy

    The CEO of WhatsApp talking about the future of communication and privacy? Yes, in "virtual" TED-Talk! Will Cathcart is the Head of WhatsApp. He joined Facebook in 2010 and has worked on a number of Facebook’s products, becoming Vice President… read more »
  • Weekly Privacy Roundup #13

    "Privacy is not a luxury in America: it is a right - one that we need to defend in the digital realm as much as in the physical realm." - Chelsea Manning Maine Broadband Privacy Law Passes Early First Amendment… read more »
  • Using .lnk files as zero-touch downloaders

    In a good post on SANS ISC InfoSec Forum, Jan Kopriva shows how windows explorer shell links could be used by an attacker in order to download malicious payloads. Probably anyone who has used any modern version of Windows is… read more »
  • Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #13

    “Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more of a problem. It can exist in more than one place; be transported halfway across the planet in… read more »
  • pySchö: algorithmic music composition

    In a previous post, I have talked about a python script used to generate random music starting from a single number (a "seed"). So, today I'd like to share with you pyScho. The name is a contraction of "Python" and… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #12

    "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom" - Isaac Asimov Get more from Wikipedia — try reading about a subject in a different language For a broader take, consider looking… read more »
  • "Elements": an experiment on algorithmic composition

    After some experiments with machine learning and music, I also tried algorithmic composition. According to Wikipedia [1], Algorithmic composition is the technique of using algorithms to create music. Algorithms (or, at the very least, formal sets of rules) have been… read more »
  • Wietze Beukema: almost 300 Windows 10 executables are vulnerable to DLL hijacking

    I've already written about DLL Hijacking, but today I'd like to share a really interesting research by Wietze Beukema. Researcher discovered that almost 300 Windows 10 executables are still vulnerable to DLL hijacking. The hijacking techniques covered by the Beukema's… read more »
  • Weekly Privacy Roundup #12

    "I would rather be without a state than without a voice" - Edward Snowden TikTok seems to be copying and pasting your clipboard with every keystroke A new privacy feature in iOS 14 has revealed that TikTok is copying the… read more »
  • James Duffy: Demystifying iOS Data Security

    I read an interesting article that I'd like to share with you today. A post on Elcomsoft blog by James Duffy, titled "Demystifying iOS Data Security". Recently I’ve been sent over a few questions from members of the community, such… read more »
  • Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #12

    "One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice." - Julian Assange A zero-day guide for 2020: Recent attacks and advanced preventive techniques Zero-day vulnerabilities enable threat actors to take advantage of security blindspots. Typically, a zero-day… read more »
  • APT: Advanced Persistent Theme

    The title of this post got you curious? Did you thought that was an interesting analysis on APT groups?You wrong, it's really just self-promotion! Seriously, "Advanced Persistent Theme" is my new EP, focused on the "persistent musical themes" that swirling… read more »
  • Phantom of the ADAS: attacking driverless cars with projected characters

    Are driverless cars really safe for passenger and pedestrian?Take a look at this research! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSw4fXYqWI A really interesting research [1] by a team composed by academics and independent researchers (Ben Nassi, Dudi Nassi, Raz Ben-Netanel, Yisroel Mirsky, Oleg Drokin, Yuval… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #11

    Yep, this RoundUp has been monopolized by Apple's WWDC 2020 keynote! ARM Mac Impact On Intel Apple Macs are only a small part of the least profitable segment of Intel’s CPU business. On the Surface of things, nothing for Intel… read more »
  • My experiments with music and machine learning: A.I. (Art-typical Intelligence)

    Recently, I have become very interested in machine learning and A.I. in musical production. So, in the spare time, I started a machine learning project focused on music creation, using my own composition style.Using Magenta [1] (a python library based… read more »