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  • May 3, 2019

    Matteo Carcassi, "Andantino in C": a simple Ukulele arrangement

    Matteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer.Born in Florence, Carcassi also studied the piano, but learned guitar when still a child: he quickly gained a reputation as a virtuoso concert guitarist. This simple study is taken from the… read more »
  • May 1, 2019

    RaiPlayDL: a python script to automatically download and merge RaiPlay Radio Podcasts

    RaiPlay is the online platform of italian national broadcast company RAI: on this platform a big amount of interesting contents are freely available. A special section is dedicated to radio channels, with a lot of good (italian) audio tracks: documentary,… read more »
  • Apr 29, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #90

    DockerHUB had some trouble… Privacy Alexa, stop being creepy! Our letter to Jeff Bezos Dear Mr. Bezos, We are writing to call for your urgent action regarding last week’s report[1] in Bloomberg, which revealed that Amazon has been employing thousands… read more »
  • Apr 26, 2019

    Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters

    This TED Talk by Glenn Greenwald is really inspiring. Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private citizens. In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald… read more »
  • Apr 24, 2019

    How to mount a Azure's VHD disk image on Linux

    I just recently to perform a forensic analysis on a compromised Microsoft Azure VM, and I'd like to share a couple of useful tips. The first step is the download of disk image of the VM.Pretty simple: Azure dashboard allows… read more »
  • Apr 22, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #89

    Bendgate 2.0, Sea Turtle Hijacking and some problems for 'Wannacry Hero' Privacy The mystery of the Amazon Echo data With over 6.3 million Amazon Echo devices worldwide, there is a good chance these constantly active devices will record criminal behavior.Bloomberg, who recently… read more »
  • Apr 19, 2019

    "New Britain" (Amazing Grace): a fingerstyle ukulele rendition

    "New Britain" was originally a pentatonic folk tune, with melodic figures that outline triads: probably it was sung slowly with grace notes and melodic embellishments. In 1835 William Walker assigned to this song the words of the hymn "Amazing Grace"… read more »
  • Apr 17, 2019

    How to extract forensic artifacts from pagefile.sys?

    Microsoft Windows uses a paging file, called pagefile.sys, to store page-size blocks of memory that do not current fit into physical memory. This file, stored in %SystemDrive%\pagefile.sys is a hidden system file and it can never be read or accessed… read more »
  • Apr 15, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #88 - Dragonblood, M87 Black Hole, SpaceX and Game of Thrones' Season 8

    No, nothing about Julian Assange's arrest: i've already published a long post last friday. Cybersecurity Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords The next-generation Wi-Fi Protected Access protocol released 15 months ago was once hailed by… read more »
  • Apr 12, 2019

    Julian Assange’s arrest: some hightlights

    A famous activist, appreciated award-winning journalist author of great journalistic scoops, was dragged out of an embassy and arrested.No, it didn't happen in a dictatorial state, it happen in London. An interesting point, IMHO, is that the Julian Assange’s charges… read more »
  • Apr 10, 2019

    Permanently delete files in Windows using built-in utilities

    A good wiping tool is available in all Windows systems since Windows 2000 Cipher.exe is a command line tool was originally released with Windows 2000 with the release of NTFS V5.0 and the ability to use the Encrypting File System,… read more »
  • Apr 8, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #87

    Can Tesla's AI beat the Kobayashi Maru Test? Technology AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0 In the late 1960s, Bell Laboratories computer scientists Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson started work on a project that was inspired by an operating… read more »
  • Apr 5, 2019

    Must-Know Ukulele pieces: Gavotte 1 & 2 from J.S. Bach Cello suite No.6 BWV 1012

    The six Cello Suites (BWV 1007-1012), are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23,… read more »
  • Apr 3, 2019

    How to analyze a VMware memory image with Volatility

    A very brief post, just a reminder about a very useful volatility feature. The process on a VMware machine is more simple than VirtualBox, just 4 simple steps: Suspend the virtual machine Navigate to the virtual machine's directory and identify… read more »
  • Apr 1, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #86 - What happened in the Article 13's Week?

    Last week the European Union’s Copyright Directive was approved by the European Parliament in Strasbourg.Here some interesting articles about this significant topic, but also more light news. Technology What is Article 13? The EU's copyright directive explained Article 13 is… read more »
  • Mar 29, 2019

    Early Music on Ukulele: Gaspar Sanz, "Españoleta"

    A small piece from "Instruccion de musica sobre la guitarra española". Gaspar Sanz was a guitarist and organist in the baroque musical period, along with other notable composers such as Bach, Vivaldi and Pachelbel. Sanz wrote several "españoletas" ("old Spanish… read more »
  • Mar 27, 2019

    How to build Signal Desktop on Linux

    Today let's try to make your own Linux build of Signal Desktop, in .deb and .AppImage format. Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, voice and video calling, and all communications are… read more »
  • Mar 25, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #85

    Nokia, what are you doing? Cybersecurity Hacking smart car alarm systems Information security specialists at Pen Test Partners have hijacked a car — using its alarm. What is more, the security systems that the researchers hacked — Pandora and Viper… read more »
  • Mar 22, 2019

    Must-Know Ukulele pieces: "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" from Bach's Cantata BWV 147

    "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the common English title of a piece derived from the chorale setting of the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1723. A transcription by… read more »
  • Mar 20, 2019

    Cracking Microsoft Excel Documents using John The Ripper

    Recently, during a forensic analysis on a laptop of an employee charged with corporate espionage, I've carved from disk a suspicious Excel file. Obviously, the file was password protected, and I had to find a way to read it. I… read more »
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Cybersecurity expert, software developer, experienced digital forensic analyst, musician