Tancredi Gentili, Author at Telsy

Cybercrime: how can we all deal with it?

One of the biggest dilemmas in cybersecurity is the following: “Can we avoid cybercrime?” After all, online identity theft and fraud, hackers, ransomware cyber-attacks, phishing, and other scams are a threat to all of us. However, there is no Manichean answer to question. As businesses, leaders, individuals, entrepreneurs, and #security experts, we cannot stop cyber threats forever, even if united. Surely, prevention and mitigation may help in tackling cybercrime. As the Telsy family would say, indeed, “security is not the absence of threats, it’s the ability to detect them and take action before it’s too late”. Worldwide, the malicious activity of cybercriminals costs organizations and individual internet users billions every […]

Mar 29

VPN: a must-have tool for privacy and security

VPN (Virtual Private Network) service gives you online privacy, anonymity, and security by creating a private network from a public internet connection. By using it, businesses can securely connect users and assets to intranet resources VPNs are also an effective shield from all threats coming from connections that do not require a password for access such as public WiFi networks you connect to while standing in line for a coffee or waiting to see your doctor. Eavesdroppers can watch your activity when connected to these insecure networks. Indeed, VPNs mask your IP address so your online actions are virtually untraceable. Moreover, they establish secure and encrypted connections to provide greater […]

Mar 24

SOC: what it is and how it operates

SOC or Security Operations Center – not to be confused with SoC (“System on a Chip) – is the core component of a serious business security strategy. Simply put, a SOC assures threat detection and prevention in real time and makes sure that the protection of the data of clients and users is always optimal. As professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, and internet users, we are not completely aware that the threat of malicious actors is skyrocketing nowadays. As actual fact, cyberattacks are increasingly damaging organizations. Every year billions of people suffer from cyberattacks and data leaks, too. A SOC may be expensive and many organizations do not go beyond their IT […]

Mar 22

Alan Turing: the life of the father of computing

Alan Turing is by consensus the father of modern computing. Are you using a laptop, a computer, a smartphone, or even set a network of IoT devices? Then you are using technologies made possible by the work, research, and insight of this young Fellow of the King’s College, University of Cambridge. Alan Turing is one of the world’s best-known mathematicians. By far, the most known in the past century. This is for his work on cracking German codes and the infamous Enigma Machine in World War II. But also for his arrest, conviction and punishment for homosexuality in the 1950s. This theoretical work was the basis for the later development […]

Mar 17

Bitcoin mining: What it is and how it works

What does Bitcoin Mining mean? Bitcoin mining is the process of creating, or rather discovering, bitcoin currency. Unlike real-world money that is printed when more is needed, bitcoin cannot simply be willed into existence, but has to be mined through mathematical processes. Mining ensures the continuous reissue of Bitcoins like central banks do with paper currency. In general, to mine bitcoins, you need either a GPU (graphics processing unit) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) in order to set up a mining rig. Bitcoin mining: pros and cons However, it may be not that simple. First of all, you need a special computer to mine this cryptocurrency. Mining bitcoin concerns solving a […]

Mar 15

Anonymous: what to know about a worldwide hacking group

Anonymous is the most famous hacktivist group in the world. It gained international attention when it attacked the website of the Church of Scientology in 2008. As an informal group without a sanctioned hierarchy, it is difficult to explain what Anonymous is to the general public and to non-experts. The various hackers behind Anonymous worldwide are united in a belief that corporations and organizations they consider to be corrupt should be attacked. To do so, they use #DDoS attacks, as this is the most common method Anonymous uses to bring down the servers of their target. There is much more to talk about this group, however. Let’s us find out […]

Mar 10

Adriano Olivetti: Life of an innovator

A shroud and halo of myth surrounds the figure of Adriano Olivetti. He was one of the most prominent figures in the Italian cultural and industrial panorama, the one reserved for the stories of excellence. An entrepreneur, a man of culture, patron, politician, social reformist, and innovator that saw the future and transformed his ideals into reality. Olivetti introduced new organizational methods and humanistic idealism fueled his entrepreneurial life, by implementing dramatic changes in Italian business and in industrial relations. But what makes him an icon to follow and admire still today? Read our blog below to find out, then! Who was Adriano Olivetti? Born in 1901, Adriano Olivetti was […]

Mar 08

CrypTO: Telsy’s contribution in the organization of the CrypTO national webconference of Turin’s Polytechnic

The Polytechnic of Turin has organized with the collaboration of Telsy, the CrypTO national webconference. It will take place on 27th and 28th of May 2021. The organizers are Danilo Bazzanella, Laura Capuano, Antonio Di Scala, Simone Dutto, Guglielmo Morgari, and Carlo Sanna. You may find more information on this event here: https://crypto.polito.it/crypto_conference_2021 For 160 years, the Polytechnic of Turinhas is one of the most prestigious public institutions at both the International and the Italian levels concerning scientific subjects and research on technological innovation. CrypTO: the importance of cryptography Nowadays, cryptography is having an increasing importance in contemporary society for the effort of assuring secure communications. Among many other uses, it is the […]

Mar 03

Maze: a short story of one of the most dangerous cyberthreats

The Maze group has been one of the subtlest hacking group in recent history. Maze was a hacking group targeting organizations worldwide across many industries. It has recently announced the stop of its activity. Maze had developed a ransomware which encrypts the data of the devices infected Security experts believe that Maze had operated via a black-hat hacking community. There, its developers had shared their proceeds with various groups that had deployed Maze in organizational networks. The damage made by Maze did not limit to violation of a given system, regrettably. Maze has proved for taking advantage of assets in one network to move laterally to other networks. What made […]

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