Italy
Security Analysis of a Thirteenth-Century Venetian Election Protocol
Interesting analysis: This paper discusses the protocol used for electing the Doge of Venice between 1268 and the end of the Republic in 1797. We will show that it has some useful ...
Italian Vaccine Sites Shut Down by Ransomware Thugs
Some Italian healthcare websites and their backroom systems have been wiped off the internet by malware ...
The Week in Breach News: 05/12/21 – 05/18/21
It's the all ransomware edition featuring huge breaches at Toshiba & the VA plus a special report on the state of phishing security in 2021 ...
Who Watches the Watchers, Italian Style – Insider IP Theft at Leonardo
Two infosec team members are accused of attacking Leonardo’s systems to perpetrate IP theft, highlighting the real issue of insider threats One question often asked in security is whether an event is ...
Ransomware Goes Fileless, Uses Malicious Documents and PowerShell to Encrypt Files
In October 2019, we encountered a phishing campaign delivering a malicious Microsoft Word document that distributed ransomware with a twist. Unlike most ransomware families, such as GandCrab, WannaCry and RobinHood, the malware ...
Super Mario Oddity
A few days ago, I was investigating a sample piece of malware where our static analysis flagged a spreadsheet as containing a Trojan but the behavioural trace showed very little happening. This ...