After Skylake, it’s time for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake: all sixth, seventh and eighth generation Core processors now have Intel’s new microcode to fix the Spectre bug. In particular, the microcode refers to the second variant of Spectre: remember that Spectre variant 2 attacks work by persuading the processor’s branch predictor to make a…
Technology has always influenced the world of work. However, this is recent history as the greatest inventions are no more than 150 years old, such as television, the telephone, the car and more recently the personal computer and the Internet, leading to an unprecedented development in quality of life and productivity in terms of work.…
It is well known how technology influences many habits and ways of doing things, both personally and at work. Not even recruiting, which has always played the role of intermediary between the company and the worker, could escape this influence. With the advent of the Internet, a whole series of sites have developed to store…
We return after some time to talk about the Facebook case and some news about it. It is now well established that the scandal that has hit the Californian company concerns the whole world, not just America, so it is easy to understand the reasons that have prompted the European Union to request a hearing…
After the data breach a few months ago and the ongoing court cases, Facebook continues to be in the eye of the storm once again for its data protection policies: just a few hours after the GDPR came into force, Facebook and Google risk fines amounting to billions of euros. The complaint comes from the…
Today’s ransomware looks nothing like the ransomware of 2013, when it was born. We are not simply talking about its structure, which has obviously evolved, but rather about the purpose of the malware itself, as the direction in which hackers are moving has changed. The criminals who spread such malware obviously have the sole objective…
For a fortnight now, directly from I.I.S. Viola in Rovigo, three young people from the school-to-work alternation have been present in our office, in order to briefly test the working reality with a view to continuity with what they have learnt in the school course they have undertaken. Among the various activities they carry out…
Following the entry into force of the GDPR, you will have noticed that your email inbox is constantly bombarded with messages of an informative nature and with requests for authorisation to use personal data: “We have updated our privacy policy” are the words of most of these messages, in which the recipient’s silence is tantamount…
Wi-Fi, a wireless network possibly connected to the Internet, has quickly become an essential element in the daily use of the vast majority of electronic devices with which we interact. Despite this, people often do not give due importance to how secure a Wi-Fi connection point is, including at home: they completely ignore what the…
Today’s cars are equipped with a wide range of options and devices to make driving easier and provide the driver with as much information as possible. The increasing level of technology in cars on the market not only makes life easier for users, but also opens the way for cyber attackers to attempt to steal…