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  • Jan 9, 2019

    My Social Media Detox, part 1: Facebook account

    Right after new year's, I've decided to start a process of "social media detox": one of my 2019 goals is to find more time left to read, study and watch movies. Of course social networks are main candidates to get… read more »
  • Jan 7, 2019

    VBSIOC Search: a simple VBS script for IoC search on old Windows systems

    When a security incident occurs on your network, one of the most important steps of the response process is the identification of all assets involved by the attack. Once a subset of filesystem Indicator of Compromise (IoC) has been compiled,… read more »
  • Jan 6, 2019

    "Town of Salem" leak: more than 2 million password hashes are already cracked

    ...and are available to download. Personal details of 7.6 million users of BlankMediaGames game "Town of Salem" has been stolen by an unknown attacker. Town of Salem is a browser-based game that challenges players on their ability to convincingly lie… read more »
  • Jan 3, 2019

    Jazz Standards for Fingerstyle Ukulele

    It's available on Amazon my new book, with ten simple ukulele arrangements of famous jazz standards Ukulele is a great instrument to play jazz songs on: it is always associated with good vibes, that it makes this instrument particularly adaptable… read more »
  • Dec 24, 2018

    Merry Christmas!

    Have you been naughty, or nice? XKCD gave us this little gem: https://xkcd.com/838/ See you back in January, with a lot of new interesting posts! … read more »
  • Dec 21, 2018

    My Christmas present for ukulele fans

    Free download (with tabs) of four famous Christmas Songs It's about to be Christmas, I'm feeling nice and i want to share four free arrangement of famous Christmas carols. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcHem3sdZ6E Jingle Bells "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known American… read more »
  • Dec 17, 2018

    De-Googling my digital life

    Some time ago I've written a post about my custom linux laptop. The system is configured to run only open source software, and focused on "Avoiding interpreted languages, web-based desktop apps, JavaScript garbage and background programs that can use a… read more »
  • Dec 14, 2018

    Christmas Carols on Ukulele: "El Noi de la Mare"

    El Noi de la Mare is a Catalan folk song, both a lullaby and a Christmas song. The title is Catalan for “The Child of the Mother”, that categorize the song as a Christmas carol. One of the most famous… read more »
  • Dec 10, 2018

    SNDBOX: using Artificial Intelligence for malware analysis

    Cybersecurity researchers Ran Dubin and Ariel Koren have developed a new platform form malware analysis, based on an AI engine. The platform, named SNDBOX, makes the approach of behavior-based malware research more easier and accurate: it is not just capable… read more »
  • Dec 7, 2018

    "Satin Doll", by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: a solo ukulele arrangement

    “Satin Doll” is a song written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn in 1953. Duke Ellington wrote the melody, and Strayhorn was responsible for its harmonization. "Satin Doll" was first recorded on April 6, 1953 during Ellington's first session for… read more »
  • Dec 3, 2018

    Android Forensics: imaging android filesystem using ADB and DD

    Let's starting a series of article related to digital forensic focused on mobile devices. In this first post i'd like to share some thoughts about image acquisition on android devices. On android devices we can perform two kind of image… read more »
  • Nov 30, 2018

    "Summertime" by George Gershwin, arranged for Ukulele

    “Summertime” is a tune written by George Gershwin in 1934 for the opera “Porgy and Bess”, published in 1935. This tune is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of music, with more than 25,000 covers… read more »
  • Nov 26, 2018

    How to extract HTTPS websites subdomains from Certificate Transparency logs

    ...using a small python script! SSL certificate system suffer of several structural flaws that weaken the reliability and effectiveness of encrypted Internet connections and can compromise critical TLS/SSL mechanisms, such us domain validation, end-to-end encryption, and the chains of trust… read more »
  • Nov 23, 2018

    "All of me", arranged for Ukulele

    A great exercise, in my opinion, is to start improvising on a well known melody or chord sequence, record the session and after transcribe the result on the score. Today i've applied this method on "All Of Me", a famous… read more »
  • Nov 19, 2018

    AutoTimeliner: automatically extract forensic timeline from memory dumps

    Often, during an incident response, may be necessary to analyze a lot of evidences, like disk and memory dumps. In my workflow, one of the first step is the creation of a timeline extracted from the volatile memory dump. For… read more »
  • Nov 16, 2018

    "Game of Thrones" main theme, my own ukulele arrangement

    Dracarys! This theme is the piece that plays during the title sequence of TV series "Game of Thrones", and was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2011. Some interesting facts from Wikipedia: Ramin Djawadi began composing the music for the show… read more »
  • Nov 12, 2018

    Process Injection and Persistence using Application Shimming

    Microsoft provides Shims to developers mainly for backward compatibility, but malware can take advantage of shims to target an executable for both persistence and injection. As the Windows operating system evolves from version to version, changes to the implementation of… read more »
  • Nov 9, 2018

    12th Street Rag, for solo Ukulele

    “12th Street Rag” is a ragtime composed by Euday L. Bowman in 1914 for piano solo. A lot of cover of this song has been made, and a ukulele version has been used in the soundtrack of “Spongebob SquarePants”. I've… read more »
  • Nov 5, 2018

    Easily setup a Onion Service using Docker

    Some time ago I've written a post about Tor Onion Services (formerly known as hidden services), and how to host them on a spare android smartphone. Tor makes possible for users to hide their locations while offering various kinds of… read more »
  • Oct 31, 2018

    "This is Halloween", a simple version for solo ukulele

    "This Is Halloween" is a song from the 1993 film "The Nightmare Before Christmas", with music and lyrics written by Danny Elfman. My version is not a full transcription: it's a brief study based on the first bars of the… read more »
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Cybersecurity expert, software developer, experienced digital forensic analyst, musician