By Andrea Pinzani, IT security expert at the Consortium GARR On average, each of us owns from 20 to 40 accounts. Unfortunately, however, we are not very good at creating strong passwords. We prefer short ones, often using personal information, common...
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The use of password managers is increasing. No surprise, as they simplify password security and are user friendly. Why do you need one and what are the benefits? We asked Stefano Zanero, Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Milano University...
By Michele Scalas, Davide Maiorca and Giorgio Giacinto, University of Cagliari Ransomware represents a serious threat that acts by locking the compromised device and encrypting its data (along with exfiltrating private information), forcing the device...
By Leonardo Lanzi, coordinator of the GARR CERT Once upon a time… In March 2016, I had the chance to be near enough a ransomware infection to be able to examine how it functions and its effects and, as I was not being the real target, I was able to...
By Francesco Palmieri, professor of Computer Science at the University of Salerno Ransomware, considered today an important emergency from the cyber security point of view, is from malware agents who limit access to a device or to the data stored on it...
By Pier Luca Montessoro, University of Udine One day, one very bad day, you open your laptop and a red screen informs you that all your files have been encrypted and you have to pay a ransom in bitcoin to get them back. And what is worse, you know (or...
By Nicla Ivana Diomede, Chief Information Security Officer at the University of Milan What is Phishing? Phishing is a type of fraud aimed at illegally stealing confidential information such as login credentials (username and password), credit card...
By Maria Sole Scollo, IT security expert at Consortium GARR Even if phishing has been for many years now a well-known illegal practice, asking people for their sensitive information is still the most effective way for cyber criminals to get them. A good...
By Roberto Cecchini (INFN – GARR) What is phishing? Phishing is one of the many social engineering techniques used to deceive users. It is a type of fraud used to obtain sensitive information from a person or a firm, such as passwords and credit...
By Francesco Ficarola, Università La Sapienza, Rome Warning: picture ahead showing animal in distress If you are reading this, then chances are that you have heard of Social Engineering (SE) at least once in your life. Perhaps, right now, you are...
