Is China spreading propaganda in Italy (and worldwide)?

Italy is facing dark days because of coronavirus and there is a lot of disinformation about this topic, especially on messaging apps and social networks (the journalist Jane Lytvynenko is collecting and debunking a large number of fake news about COVID-19). Last week (03/12) China sent a team of doctors and equipment for Italian hospitals, a part of which Italy will pay for. The Chinese Embassy in Italy reported the news on Twitter and – during these particular days – their Twitter account is particular active....

March 17, 2020 · 3 min · 552 words · Luigi Gubello

Italian Hacker Camp 2018

Circa due settimane fa, a Padova, si è tenuto l’evento Italian Hacker Camp 2018, un vero e proprio campeggio per appassionati del mondo dell’informatica (ma non solo). L’evento si è svolto dal 2 al 5 agosto e offriva alle persone, come si può intuire dal nome, la possibilità di fermarsi lì con la propria tenda e il proprio sacco a pelo per tutta la durata dell’evento. Non ho avuto modo di parteciparci in maniera così “selvaggia”, ma sono riuscito a passarci in giornata, trovando un ambiente inclusivo, che non ha deluso le mie aspettative....

August 18, 2018 · 3 min · 611 words · Luigi Gubello

Quali utenti usano 🇮🇹 nel nickname di Twitter?

Qualche giorno fa il giornalista de Il Post Emanuele Menietti ha tweetato questo: ci sarà pur un modo per filtrare tutti quelli con la bandierina dell'italia nel nome del profilo e con foto che non troveresti manco sulle credenze nei tinelli a predappio. — emanuele menietti (@emenietti) July 7, 2018 Mi sono quindi domandato se c’è un modo veloce per filtrare gli utenti di Twitter in base alla presenza, o meno, di una determinata emoji nel loro nickname....

July 19, 2018 · 5 min · 1005 words · Luigi Gubello

HTML Injection in Signal Desktop 1.10.1

A few days ago some researchers discovered an HTML Injection vulnerability in Signal Desktop and they wrote a public disclosure. The Signal team quickly released an update on May 11th, the problem was in the file /js/views/message_view.js. Reading the changes to message_view.js, it seemed that the Signal team had only fixed the “problem of the URL". So, maybe, I could still inject HTML code somehow. In Signal Desktop there are not many features, so I have tried to write me a basic message: <b>PROVA</b>....

May 16, 2018 · 2 min · 300 words · Luigi Gubello

GD bbPress Attachments 2.5 – Authenticated stored XSS

Info Product: GD bbPress Attachments Version: 2.5 Active installations: 10,000+ Product page: https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/ Description An authenticated user of a bbPress forum, who can attach a file, can inject arbitrary javascript code via filename. The arbitrary code runs both on the topic page and in the admin panel, and it only affects the administrators, moderators and the attacker. The variable $error['file'] in **/code/**attachments/front.php (line 349) is not escaped. Proof of Concept GD bbPress Attachments 2....

May 13, 2018 · 1 min · 104 words · Luigi Gubello