• Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #6

    "Being able to break security doesn't make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer." - Eric Raymond Hackers say they stole millions of credit cards from Banco BCR Hackers claim to have… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #5

    "The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency." - Bill Gates Coronavirus… read more »
  • iOS forensic acquisition methods

    Vladimir Katalov published, on ElcomSoft's blog, a good post about forensic acquisition techniques for iOS devices. It's a really interesting paper, from which I'd like to share some highlights: Logical acquisition Logical acquisition is the fastest, simplest, and most compatible… read more »
  • Weekly Privacy Roundup #5

    "What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear" - Julian Assange Nintendo says 160,000 users impacted in recent account hacks Japanese gaming company Nintendo confirmed today that hackers gained unauthorized access to around 160,000 user accounts since the start of the… read more »
  • COVID-19: some concerns about Contact Tracing apps

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the most respected associations for the protection of privacy and digital rights, that fights since its beginnings against abuses of digital technologies, has published a large article that takes stock of anti-pandemic tracking apps,… read more »
  • Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #5

    A lot of interesting links, this week: Ransonmware, new APT grops, new vulnerabilities and (as usual) some coronavirus-related news! TEMPEST@Home - Finding Radio Frequency Side Channels Have you ever listened to a photocopier or a car engine to infer what… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #4

    "I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them."— Isaac Asimov Cloudflare Workers Now Support COBOL Recently, COBOL has been in the news as the State of New Jersey has asked for help with a COBOL-based system for unemployment claims. The system… read more »
  • New iOS zero-days allows unassisted attacks via Mail.app

    Cybersecurity startup ZecOps discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting iPhone and iPad devices during the analysis of a series of ongoing remote attacks that have targeted iOS users since at least January 2018. Following a routine iOS Digital Forensics and Incident… read more »