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  • Nov 1, 2019

    The warp drive is now a little less impossible

    How feasible are Warp Drives? A new theory opens the door to the possibility of creating a real warp drive (in the future!). … read more »
  • Oct 31, 2019

    CPDoS in a nutshell

    Recently, a team of cybersecurity researchers from Cologne University of Applied Sciences (Hoai Viet Nguyenand Luigi Lo Iacono) has disclosed a new cache poisoning attack against CDN systems that could be used to force a website into delivering error pages… read more »
  • Oct 30, 2019

    Pwnagotchi: the open source gadget for WiFi pwning!

    Remember the Tamagotchi? Simone Margaritelli/Evilsocket created the Pwnagotchi, a mix between a game from the 90s and a wardriving tool, with a touch of machine learning. … read more »
  • Oct 29, 2019

    Happy 50th Birthday, Internet!

    On October 29, 1969, a first data packet was transmitted between two computers. It was the spark that started Internet. … read more »
  • Oct 25, 2019

    The American army said goodbye to floppy disks.

    Some days ago I’ve published a post about retrogaming: today I’d like to talk about another piece of modern art, floppy disks! … read more »
  • Oct 24, 2019

    How to create a VirtualBox VM from command line

    A very appreciated feature of #VirtualBox is the possibility to be used in a #headless environment, without a #GUI. #linux #debian #commandline … read more »
  • Oct 23, 2019

    Servers belonging to multiple VPN providers has been breached: do VPN's gives a false feeling of security?

    I admit, the polemical title is just to get attention: VPNs are still useful! … read more »
  • Oct 22, 2019

    Internet Archive: a paradise for retrogamers!

    The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that archives digital versions of computer games, books, audio recordings and videos. … read more »
  • Oct 18, 2019

    A NASA engineer says he has designed a space engine that may violate the laws of physics

    A spacecraft that would allow humans to reach every corner of the Universe? … read more »
  • Oct 17, 2019

    Meet Graboid, the first cryptojacking worm that spreads using Docker images: how to defend your infrastructure from this new threat?

    Recently, researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team Unit 42 have uncovered the first instance case of a cryptojacking worm that propagates via malicious Docker images. … read more »
  • Oct 16, 2019

    MIT scientists make the first implementation of psychopathism in Artificial Intelligence

    Three scientists at MIT (Pinar Yanardag, Manuel Cebrian and Iyad Rahwan) have created the world’s first psychopath artificial intelligence, called Norman, with the purpose of demonstrate that AI cannot be unfair and biased unless such data is fed into it.… read more »
  • Oct 15, 2019

    A Netflix's hidden message in "El Camino"?

    Last week, Netflix released “El Camino: a Breaking Bad Movie”, a good sequel of the well know TV series with Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston. … read more »
  • Oct 11, 2019

    Playing with the cat (in the command line)

    The name of cat utility is derived from its function to concatenate files, so nothing about kittens, i’m sorry! … read more »
  • Oct 10, 2019

    Two NTLM vulnerabilities may allow full AD domain compromise

    On October 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released patches for CVE-2019-1166 and CVE-2019-1338, two serious vulnerabilities that may leading to a full Active Directory domain compromise. … read more »
  • Oct 9, 2019

    Venator: <a href="https://www.andreafortuna.org/2019/08/15/os-x-forensic-acquisition-a-basic-workflow/">information gathering on OSX</a> systems

    Some weeks ago I’ve already written about information gathering on OSX systems, related to the forensic investigation process. … read more »
  • Oct 8, 2019

    How to upgrade BIOS on a Lenovo laptop running linux

    Usually, Lenovo releases BIOS updates in two formats: a single .EXE file, that needs to be executed on a Windows OS, and a .ISO file that needs to be burned on a CD. … read more »
  • Oct 4, 2019

    Watch out! A new vulnerability in WhatsApp for Android allows attackers to perform remote commands on devices

    Security researcher Awakened has identified a vulnerability in the Android version of WhatsApp messaging app which could allow attackers to launch remote code execution attacks (with privilege elevation) on victims. … read more »
  • Oct 3, 2019

    Some thoughts about Windows 10 "Timeline" forensics artifacts

    Today i’ll talk you briefly about the Windows 10 “Timeline”: a feature that can come in handy during a forensic analysis. How to access it and how to analyze it? … read more »
  • Oct 2, 2019

    Also Node.js has been used to perform a Living off the Land (LotL) attack

    Researchers from Cisco Talos recently discovered a new malware loader being used to deliver and infect systems using NodeJS as well as the legitimate open-source utility WinDivert. … read more »
  • Oct 1, 2019

    CVE-2019-16928: a new vulnerability on Exim exposes millions of email servers to remote attacks

    Another potential RCE in Exim! Let’s update, folks! … read more »
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Andrea Fortuna

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