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…
The race to the bottom has come into full swing. In the past few months, we have often pointed out how GDPR compliance was being snubbed by the vast majority of businesses, or rather, how GDPR still remained a complete unknown. Now, a little more than a month after the entry into force of this…
The “Facebook bomb” that exploded a few weeks ago is proving day by day more and more devastating. If until about ten days ago there was talk of the violation of about 50 million personal accounts for political-electoral purposes, now the situation that is leaking out, also from the statements of Mark Zuckerberg, is quite…
Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook could no longer shrug its shoulders, or turn a deaf ear, and decided to take action by actively seeking to improve its privacy settings. After a public apology from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook announced new privacy tools. While these should be easy to understand, find and use, they should…
In recent days, there has been much talk about the Facebook case and how the data of 50 million American users have been misused for political purposes. Apart from the purpose, what is particularly astonishing is how the colossus led by Mr. Zuck was not able to manage such a breach of its users’ data…