• 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 »
  • Weekly Privacy Roundup #11

    "Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else." - Glenn Greenwald Niche Dating Apps Expose 100,000s of Users in Massive Data Breach Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research… read more »
  • Build your own "V4" Solenoid Engine

    Hackaday is a big issue for my productivity: sometimes I spend hours watching videos of people with extraordinary manual skills who builds beautiful things. My new obsession is the "Solenoid engine" built by Bryan Cockfield. Bryan Cockfield is an electrical… read more »
  • Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #11

    "Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it's money wasted; none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain." – Kevin Mitnick Build Your Own Botnet - Web App I made… read more »
  • LinuxCheck: Linux information gathering tool

    LinuxCheck is a small bash script for information collection, useful for emergency response on Debian and Centos systems. Features LinuxCheck [1] is a single script able to collect a large set of information: CPU TOP10, memory TOP10 CPU usage boot… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #10

    "The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity." - Clifford Stoll Is Dark Mode Such A Good Idea? I’ve decided to stop using dark mode across all of my devices, because research suggests that going to the dark side… read more »
  • Bypass sites paywall WITHOUT addons? Is it possible?

    Yes, it is! With just a simple dot! It all began with a Reddit thread [1], in which visitors spoke about a strange bug in The New York Times paywall: Bypass the New York Times article paywall WITHOUT addons by… read more »