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Dec 17, 2018
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 »
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Dec 14, 2018
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 »
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Dec 10, 2018
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 »
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Dec 7, 2018
“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 »
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Dec 3, 2018
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 »
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Nov 30, 2018
“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 »
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Nov 26, 2018
...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 »
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Nov 23, 2018
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 »
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Nov 19, 2018
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 »
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Nov 16, 2018
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 »
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Nov 12, 2018
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 »
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Nov 9, 2018
“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 »
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Nov 5, 2018
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 »
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Oct 31, 2018
"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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Oct 29, 2018
There is a lot a material about Cybersecurity free available online.Yet, all too often this contents are rarely of high quality. In this post i want to share my own shortlist of (in my view) good quality online training courses.… read more »
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Oct 26, 2018
Autumn Leaves is one of the most popular jazz standards.Originally it was a 1946 French song, "Les Feuilles mortes", composed by Joseph Kosma, with lyrics by Jacques Prevert, used for the movie film "Les Portes De La Nuit", a drama… read more »
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Oct 22, 2018
Some months ago i've got GCFA certification. During exam preparation i've collected a lot of notes, and after the exam i've gradually organized them in a index based on topics emerged during the exam, usual using my few freetime. Update… read more »
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Oct 19, 2018
Whoever starts play ukulele, sooner or later will deal with this timeless classic. "Over the Rainbow" is a ballad written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg for the movie "The Wizard of Oz" and originally sung by actress Judy Garland.… read more »
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Oct 15, 2018
Rootkits are tools and techniques used to hide malicious modules from being noticed by system monitoring. Usually this kind of techniques involves kernel modifications, but (especially on windows systems) appear also in user-mode context, but still enabled to hiding their… read more »
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Oct 12, 2018
Do you know the TV series named "The Man in the High Castle", inspired by the visionary book by Philip K. Dick? The Man in the High Castle tells the story of an alternative timeline that emerged from an Axis… read more »