On the morning of March 23rd, all the Trenitalia and RFI ticket offices and self-service machines were found to be unusable, causing inconvenience to thousands of people who rely on them every day to buy their train tickets. The cause of these inefficiencies is the same that interrupted the information services of the Lazio Region... Continue Reading →
Researchers at cyber threat intelligence company Cyble have discovered a very powerful Windows infostealer named Prynt Stealer, which has been described as one of the most pressing cybersecurity threats at the moment. What can Prynt Stealer do? The infostealer is advertised on some Telegram channels as being able to steal people’s data and carry out... Continue Reading →
Work smarter not harder. Even hackers nowadays are relying on this long-lived saying when it comes to gathering confidential information or gaining unauthorized access to a device, to name a few. As a matter of fact, malicious actors are well aware of the fact that it’s much easier to manipulate and persuade people into giving... Continue Reading →
Cyber-Taxonomy In order to clarify ideas, we shall start from the formal definition of these three fundamental components of Cybersecurity. The term cryptography came about during the 1650s with the meaning of “art of writing in secret characters” from Modern Latin. Encryption, instead, stands for the process used to convert simple readable data known as... Continue Reading →
During 2021 the number of cyber-attacks toward the Italian healthcare sector increased by 24.8% compared to 2020 figures, making it 13% of all targets hit by attackers during 2021. From the infamous combination of phishing emails and ransomware (the following examples were all carried out with these techniques) to the falsification of Green Pass documentation.... Continue Reading →
Nvidia, one of the largest microchip companies, has been hacked by a group of hackers called Lapsus$. The company became aware of the data breach on February 23rd, the hackers stole employees’ credentials, schemes of GPUs, source code of various firmware, drivers, and proprietary Nvidia software, the total amount of data stolen is about 1... Continue Reading →
The whole world is currently following closely what is happening in Ukraine since February 24th, which is most understandable given the seriousness of the events. Together with the military actions, several specialists and newspapers raised the implication of cyberspace in the war being waged. Contrary to what this growing interest in the cyber contribution seems... Continue Reading →
Historical excursus The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are two European legislative proposals, and they are two complementary parts of the same project regarding the European digital market. The main goal of the DSA is to provide new obligations and responsibilities for digital intermediaries and online platforms, with a particular focus... Continue Reading →
Google’s abuse of dominant position In 2010 and 2015 three separate antitrust investigations were launched by the European Commission against Google, due to its alleged violation of EU’s competition laws, made possible due to its dominant position in the market. These three cases regarded three different services provided by Google: GoogleAdSense, Google Shopping and the... Continue Reading →
Introduction to the DSA&DMA What is the Digital Package? What are DSA and DMA? Did one day the European Commission, Parliament wake up to the desire to revolutionize the services of the Community digital market? NO. Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act are currently just draft regulations with one single scope “ensure that... Continue Reading →
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