• Weekly Tech Roundup #14

    "All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value" - Carl Sagan Boot Up Windows 95 PC… read more »
  • "Change Of Season": four songs, entirely written by human

    I know: lately I'm often experimented AI-aided music composition, as well algorithmic generated melodies. However, meanwhile I continued writing my own music: I have the gift (or the curse, depending on your perspective) to have always some melodies swimming in… read more »
  • How secure and privacy-oriented is iOS?

    It’s a question that I’m often asked, from friends, colleagues and clients. The answer is not simple, in a nutshell: if you stay in the Apple ecosystem, security is guaranteed but you may lost control of your data privacy. In… read more »
  • Weekly Privacy Roundup #14

    "My inbox is the enemy" - Glenn Greenwald 'Unforgivable': The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA's virus fight One of Western Australia's biggest privacy breaches, which involves the interception of thousands of State Government communications, is under investigation.… read more »
  • Vulnerable webapps and VMs for penetration testing practice: my own list

    A list that may be useful to readers that are studying for a certification exam or, more simply, to those who just want to have fun! Google Gruyere Gruyere is a Google project to teach web application exploitation and defense.… read more »
  • Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #14

    "I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed." - Bruce Scheneier Iranian cyberspies leave training videos exposed online One of Iran's top hacking groups (APT35)… read more »
  • Animal Kingdom: new experiments of computer aided composition

    In the past weeks, I've already written about some funny experiments that i made first with music and machine learning, then with music composed using pseudo-random algorithms. In both cases, results are some interesting, but strange, melodies that I finished… read more »
  • Sara Morrison: how SDKs, hidden trackers in your phone, work

    In a good article on Recode, Sara Morrison made a useful overview on trackers hidden in smartphone SDKs. Some highlights: Your phone is the ideal tool for advertisers and data brokers, both as a means of collecting your information and… read more »