The ICT world is still a source of confusion for many users, who, not knowing all the “nuances” and details that gravitate around it, find it difficult to understand what companies like ours actually do. And, of course, there is no shortage of customers who, although they have known our business for some time, come…
Kaspersky Lab has recently discovered a new Android malware belonging, specifically, to the category of Trojans. The new suspect bears the name of Skygofree and is the result of an all-Italian “production”. There are many functions that characterize Skygofree, some of which are not easy to find in other malware, for example, it can track…
A few weeks later, there’s still no good news about the Meltdown and Spectre bugs that affect nearly all processors produced in the last 20 years. Even Intel, the main “investigated” for having commercialized CPUs with the aforementioned flaws, has asked to ignore the updates released to solve the bugs following the numerous reports of…
In taking stock of the past year, two particular themes emerge that have bounced from mouth to mouth and from ear to ear: we are talking about cyber crime with particular reference to the phenomenon of ransomware and GDPR, the European regulation on data protection. Right from the start, it was clear that these two…
The CPU bugs, better known as Meltdown and Spectre, in the last hours have created a certain alarmism as it seems that on the basis of these flaws the first ad-hoc malwares have been identified. According to tests conducted by various sources including researchers, testers and antivirus vendors, as many as 139 malware samples have…
Today we celebrate Safer Internet Day, the International Day of Safe Surfing. An important issue that, as the years go by, is of increasing interest to the young and very young who try their hand at using networked devices. Internationally, particularly in a hundred countries, this day is celebrated with events dedicated to information: a…
To be or not to be social? If we were to carry out a survey asking various types of users what it means to them to belong to a social network like Facebook, we are sure to get very different answers. This happens not only because of the different ages and lifestyles of the users,…
As announced in the previous weeks, after the “flop” of the first corrective measures distributed, Intel has set to work to search for patches that could stem the alarmism aroused around the bugs of its CPUs – the better known Meltdown and Spectre. Specifically, Intel has released a new microcode for Skylake processors that should…
Technology at work has become a rather debated topic: on the one hand, there are the admirers who recognize all the benefits associated with technology itself, especially if you work on the move in the so-called smart working mode; on the other hand, owning connected devices can be a source of distraction and, consequently, can…
A new feature introduced with the new European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) concerns how data breaches must be notified. Article 33 of Regulation 679/2016 requires that in the event of a breach, the data controller notifies the supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of the data breach. Specifically, the violation of which we…