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  • Jan 1, 2020

    Millennium Bug, 20 years on: a disaster that never happened... or not?

    20 years ago the entire world was afraid to descend into chaos as a result of computers not being able to cope with displaying a date containing year 2000: both computer experts and general public alike were convinced that computers… read more »
  • Dec 24, 2019

    The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: the Christmas Special

    "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a cultural icon in science-fiction that spawned  five books, stage shows, a 1981 TV series, a computer game, comic books and a major motion picture. But originally it was just a radio comedy… read more »
  • Dec 23, 2019

    Privileged containers in Docker? A bad idea!

    By default, containers run in unprivileged mode, that is, we cannot run Docker daemon inside a Docker container. However, a privileged Docker container is allowed to access to all the devices on the host woth the same privileges of the… read more »
  • Dec 20, 2019

    Pockint: a portable OSINT Swiss Army Knife

    POCKINT stands for "Pocket Intelligence".It is an OSINT multi purposes GUI program designed to be a lightweight and portable. POCKINT provides users with essential OSINT capabilities: input box accepts typical indicators (URL, IP, MD5) and gives users the ability to… read more »
  • Dec 19, 2019

    Cybersecurity Trends for 2020

    According to a TrendMicro's report, 'The New Norm', the major cybersecurity risks for organizations in 2020 comes from DevOps, third-party libraries, container components and even remote workers. A pleasant reading for the Christmas holidays! The report [1] warns of a… read more »
  • Dec 18, 2019

    BreakingApp: a vulnerability in WhatsApp let one message render the app unusable for entire groups

    Security research group Check Point Research recently uncovered a flaw in WhatsApp through which a single malicious user could crash the apps of all members of a group chat. After joining a group chat, a malicious user could edit specific… read more »
  • Dec 17, 2019

    IBM System/360: the turning point

    Some days ago, I've been looking at a website named "IBM 360 Model 20 Rescue and Restoration": a group of brave engineer started the project of restoration of an IBM System 360 Model 20, documenting all steps of the process.… read more »
  • Dec 16, 2019

    My Weekly RoundUp #120

    Few news this week: a couple of link about ransomware (Ryuk and Snatch), an interesting attack on Intel CPUs, a Windows 0day and a phishing attack on Office365.Then, a security incident on S3 buckets and an interesting article about DNS… read more »
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Andrea Fortuna

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Cybersecurity expert, software developer, experienced digital forensic analyst, musician