Despite advances in cybersecurity, "123456" is once again the most used password, with serious risks for data protection. Here is the ranking of the most common passwords in the world and in Italy and how to improve online security
The investigations revealed a wider system, with 18 suspects and 14 companies involved, including Olidata, which allegedly received financial benefits in exchange for confidential information.
The Postal Police has concluded a vast operation against online scams, seizing over 114 million euros. Here are the most common types of scams and tips for protecting yourself from cyber scams
Stock market day shocked by IT failures linked to CrowdStrike's software: the company's CEO apologizes but the stock loses more than 9% and disrupts trading in Europe and America. Price lists all in red. Bitcoin surpasses…
Russian cybersecurity company abandons American market due to bans and sanctions imposed by the United States over alleged national security threats. The ban on the products starts on September 29th but the company moves ahead and begins…
In particular there is concern about a data center partly owned by China Mobile in California's Silicon Valley. The most fragile points of computer traffic could be the clouds
ACN reveals 1.411 cyber attacks. On average there are 117 attacks per month. Threats such as ransomware and hacktivism are increasing, with sectors such as telecommunications, public administration and SMEs among the most affected. Investments are increasing but we still need to invest in…
The event "Cybersecurity Mission: Collective Self-Defense", the result of the collaboration between NewsMondo.it and the Lombardy Region, is available as video content on the website of the organizing newspaper. It is also possible to select interviews with experts and leading representatives of companies and…
123 years ago Adriano Olivetti was born, considered an icon of Italian industry, creativity and culture in the twentieth century. Thanks to him, the company, founded by his father, experienced international glory and recognition. Olivetti was not only a businessman, but also a…
Twenty years ago, a small inattention to the keyboard was enough to risk falling into some trap of cyber criminals: the most distracted and less skilled Internet users were targeted. Now the typosquatting technique even targets developers, computer scientists...
11% of all global attacks (2.779 total) occurred in our country. Cybercrime is the main threat, with ransomware leading the way. Attacks on the financial, healthcare and manufacturing sectors are increasing. We need greater investments in digital skills and…
A paper from the REf Laboratory in Milan takes stock of the WEEE situation in Italy. Progress but not satisfactory. We need more information campaigns
The Volta Institute is one of the main Italian groups in professional training, with a turnover of 15 million euros and an Ebitda margin of 17%. The objective is the creation of a reference player in the sector in Italy
The investigation into the alleged dossier against VIPs and politicians continues. The Perugia prosecutor Raffaele Cantone and the Anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Melillo have asked to be heard by the Presidential Committee of the CSM, the Anti-Mafia commission and Copasir: dates…
Within two years, 23 organizations expect the opening of 83 new infrastructures. The Data Center colocation market in Italy reached 654 million euros in the last year. The Data Center Observatory Study
In Italy cyber attacks are 4 times more than in the rest of the world. In the first six months of 2023 there were 1382 attacks in Italy of which 132 were particularly serious. The share of hacktivism attacks increases while malware…
The "Condor", the most famous hacker in history, has died at the age of 59. From the most wanted cybercriminal of all time, after his arrest he became a security consultant. His businesses begin at the age of 12
The CEO of Nvidia addressed the graduates of the National Taiwan University with a speech reminiscent of the famous one by Steve Jobs: "And what will you create? Whatever it is, chase it like we did. Run. Don't walk. Remember: run…
Global ransomware attacks are on the rise. 51% of companies do not have a defense plan in place for this threat. The main focus has become sensitive data on the cloud. Human errors are growing. Data from the Thales report
The IT consulting firm announced it along with its fiscal 2022-23 second-quarter results
Always update the operating system but also the programs, open suspicious emails with the utmost caution, check websites before clicking, make a complete backup at least once a week, never pay the ransom when they "kidnap" us...
In the first six months of 2022 there were 1.141 cyber attacks with an average of 190 serious attacks per month. All sectors affected, no one is saved. In Italy it is important to increase the security of SMEs
In the quarter from July to September 2022, spared the telecommunications sector. On the other hand, those of education, energy, financial services and, in general, the Government were affected.
On November 7th at the Fibonacci Pole we will travel to discover new tech talents with a seminar and a challenge on JavaScript programming. Here is all the information
The growth of Sesa continues. With this agreement, the number of acquisitions made since the beginning of the year after 10 pm in 15 will become 2021
On September 9, 1947, a team of Harvard researchers found the first "bug" ever in the Mark II (a 23-ton computer): it was literally an insect
In the year of the pandemic, driven by healthcare and aerospace, the IT company improves profitability, increases assets and reduces debt. Attested the exit from Italtel as at 31 December 2019
The worst month of 2020 for cybercrimes was December; this is what emerges from the latest report on IT threats by the Exprivia Cybersecurity Observatory, which shows a growth in IT crimes in the last quarter of the year. Among the most affected sectors?…
There is not a single area of life - both professional and private - which is not by now totally and inextricably intertwined with the use of electronic devices connected to the network. An efficient company that fits perfectly into today's reality does not…
The Italian Information Engineering Committee (C3I), a body of the National Council of Engineers, suggests some solutions in order not to be caught unprepared in the face of attempts by malicious people to exploit the pandemic to hit the most vulnerable users with cyber attacks
Coronavirus alert also from an IT point of view. Cybercriminals are trying to take advantage of the emergence of the new coronavirus with an email that aims to obtain user data without your knowledge
The Italian leader in integrated IT services for banks and financial institutions has taken over Quarantacinque SpA, which holds 88% of the investment in CAD IT.
In a competitive market the open source collaborative space may seem like heresy but the reality is different and open source software has been a surprising success with great benefits for consumers
Google researchers performed a calculation in three minutes that would have required the world's most powerful IBM supercomputer 10 years of processing: it is the sign of quantum supremacy
From 10 October to 31 January 2020 at the Le Benedettine Congress Center, the exhibition "Hello world! Computer science from the arithmometer to the smartphone" will be held, promoted by the University of Pisa
28 operators took part in the tender concerning the "System Management" systems of the PIA Data Processing Centres. 4 "winners"
The history of the computer industry has not been a walk in the park but the result of a very tough competition involving innovations with often unpredictable and unexpected winners and losers: here are the
At the heart of all disputes about cloud file storage solutions is security. Business users, but now also private users, ask suppliers of this type of service for the certainty of not risking intrusions and/or violations of…
A snappy and safe laptop without spending a fortune. Just a few tweaks. Choosing between free software.
Through the Generali4Girls in STEM initiative, Generali Italia is offering five scholarships to support the presence of women in the Computer Science degree course at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
The Singapore-based IT company launches the assault on the US competitor: the offer, which would be the "final" one, is 82 dollars per share, 60 in cash and the rest in securities - Qualcomm is also fined by almost …
The growth trend continues in the first quarter of 2017 and confirms the positive data of 2016. However, critical issues remain: on the one hand, the pace of recovery, insufficient to make up for the accumulated delay; on the other hand, the gap of digital specialists that risks…
The Observatory managed by the Ict associations of Confindustria reports the strong demand for computer science graduates who are still few while there are too many graduates. Big Data, Data Science and Cybersecurity are entering university curricula but many remain unresolved…
The IT issue is more than ever at the center of the reconfiguration of the BCC groupings after the cooperative credit reform which pushes for the expansion of the offer of digitized services, the diversiifcation of risks and the rationalization of costs
With the reform that will be submitted to the referendum on 4 December, the coordination of the State on the infrastructures and IT platforms of the Public Administration finally enters the Constitution, which will avoid enormous costs and waste and will simplify the lives of…
The IT revolution and digitization that would serve to pave the way for a new banking model are still too little widespread in credit institutions - It would be appropriate for the Bank of Italy to make it an essential condition for…
Digital skills in Italy are not keeping pace with society and the economy. In the local PA only 37% of the resources are capable. Little internal training: 3 to 6 days a year. Poor link between school and work. Yet in ICT wages…
The security industry is booming globally and represents a primary objective for all industrialized countries, including Italy. According to ANITEC calculations, within three years, the sector is expected to grow from 75…
Dell, the world's leading computer manufacturer, has acquired EMC, a company that develops and provides information technology infrastructure, for $67 billion in cash and stock. The deal comes two years after Dell exited Wall…
As part of the conference dedicated to the diffusion of the culture of cybersecurity, Nomisma presented the research carried out for ITWay on the cybersecurity industry. Minister Madia underlined the importance of IT technologies for the competitiveness of the contemporary economy. Cybercrime costs…
Global ICT spending will increase at a compound annual rate of 11,6% for 2015-2019, for outsourcing services export revenue of 12%-14% during 2015-2016. However, pay attention to the financial situation of the reseller partners.
The Italian company is a leader in the strategic management of information and big data. International recognition places it among the hundred best companies in the sector globally
WE PUBLISH AN EXTRACT FROM PAOLO BRICCO'S BOOK, "L'OLIVETTI DELL'INGEGNERE", in which the author recounts for "Il Mulino", based on unpublished documents, the effervescent moments in which Carlo De Benedetti, after the failure in computer science, he had the happy intuition to launch himself into…
"Hour of Code" is an international project aimed at students from all over the world to promote knowledge of the rudiments of computer programming.
In the recent Oracle Open World, the number one of the IT multinational, Larry Ellison, outlined the three major directions of the IT industry for the next few years: Big Data, Cloud and re-engineering of hardware and software to enhance flexibility. economy and safety -…
The piracy action that took place last summer was much more serious than expected - As many as 60 servers were compromised, but the motive was not theft: nothing was taken from the accounts - A sophisticated action is thought…
The virus sends an Internet link via sms or WhatsApp message - When the user opens it, the virus installs itself on the system, ready to activate when accessing online banking services. A fake Internet page, which simulates…
The national assembly of Informatici Senza Frontiere will be held on 18 October in Benevento, which becomes a free event open to all to discuss disabilities and technology and to create a community that shares ideas, resources and…
The news that eBay and PayPal are asking their users to change their login passwords after a cyber attack is quickly making the rounds on the web, but the consequences of the violation are fortunately less catastrophic than those that…
Thanks to the Israeli start-up's technology, it will create a system that will allow websites to verify the user's identity using sound waves - a truly innovative system for online security.
In Italy, according to the data communicated by the company, 40 out of 100 internet users are victims of computer crimes - 90% of identity thefts found by the Postal and Communications Police concern electronic payment data and…
The new Italian search engine was presented today by Renato Soru. The Sardinian company makes its way into the risky field of Internet technology. Many times, in the past, the revolutions and innovations branded Soru have been overcome by…
WhatsApp, the messaging application for smartphones, is cyclically at the center of attention of various online media due to the alleged change in the conditions of use. According to many newspapers, it would now be paid. The truth is, it always has been. TO…
The prize, considered the most important recognition in the world, has existed since 1966, has an economic value of 250 thousand dollars and until yesterday had never been awarded to an Italian scientist.
The study “Counterfeit software and unfair competition. The Italian case", conducted on a sample of 289 listed Italian companies, certifies that Italy is the second country in Europe for the use of software counterfeited by companies, with a piracy rate…
There are more and more companies investing in the pico pc market, i.e. the world made up of computers the size of matchboxes or at most a pack of cigarettes. The last born is called CuBox Pro and promises…
From January 2007, Acer and Asus, the main remaining manufacturers, have canceled the "computerini" from their catalogs, which in fact cease to exist - They helped save the market in XNUMX, but have now been overwhelmed by the success of the tablet...
The IX Report of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with ABI Lab, Research and Innovation Center for the Bank has as its central theme the internal networks of banks and all the activities that develop…
The company will become the spearhead of Cisco's new "Cloud Networking group" - bringing Meraki closer to his billion-dollar annual sales goal.
It's called Dr. Sbaitso and it's a speech synthesis software that answers the user's questions as a psychologist would. Born in the 90s, it works on PC and is also, like Siri, very prone to jokes
Friday, October 26 is the official launch date of Windows 8 on the market. Microsoft revolutionizes its operating system by offering the possibility of installing it either on a tablet or on a PC. The highlight is the Metro interface
The overtaking is certified by the data of Gartner research (which, however, do not match those of Idc) reported by the Financial Times: the Chinese company, thanks to a particularly aggressive pricing policy, now holds 15,7% of the market share compared …
Over 10 million people create their own avatars and play in virtual worlds and this is expected to increase in the future - The average user? Not the nerdy high schooler, but the upper middle income professionals - The industry of these games…
After investing resources in the MeeGo project, Nokia abandoned it in favor of the mobile operating system of its new partner Microsoft. But whoever developed the software thought not to throw away all the work done…
For $25, you can buy a computer the size of a pack of cigarettes. With a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a couple of speakers and an Internet connection, you surf, listen to music and watch…
A system for recognizing graphometric parameters such as speed, pressure, rhythm, acceleration and movement. It is the latest Aruba PEC invention in the field of advanced electronic signature and was presented at the Public Administration Forum underway in Rome
An application for smartphones developed by an Australian researcher could revolutionize the world of mobile telephony - It's called Serval and allows calls from mobile phones without using a SIM card, i.e. without having to subscribe to any operator - Thanks to the…
The initiative of a group of young Romans has led to the creation of the largest wireless community network in Italy. It's called Ninux and is based on a dense web of wireless connections between antennas installed on the roofs of the houses of…
A Pittsburgh company founded by a university computer science professor has created an application for mobile devices capable of making simultaneous translations even in languages that adopt non-Latin alphabets and without requiring a continuous Internet connection.
Google Drive, Mountain View's cloud computing data storage service should be released next week - The free space will be 5 Gb, with the possibility of increasing it for a fee - An external disk that can be reached anywhere,…
The IT giant closes the third quarter with slightly declining profits (to 5,11 billion dollars, -2,3%) and rising revenues (17,41 billion, +6%) - The stock recovers in the afterhours market and marks a record rise in the three months…
The struggle continues between the Anonymous hackers and the Chinese government - Yesterday many institutional sites were attacked, modifying the home pages with the writing "Cowardly government" - Then the attack spread, hitting sites in municipalities and provinces…
Bernabè's company links high-speed connectivity to its cloud computing services and gives birth to Nuvola It Hyperway, a turnkey solution for companies that intend to exploit the advantages of the "anything as a service" world…
An estimated loss of $10,2 billion for the fiscal year ending in March - The latest floods in Thailand contributed to the collapse.
Rupee Weakness Benefits Indian Rivals As Most US and European IT Services Firms Face Slowdown in Business Due to Crisis in Their Economies
From the listing of Facebook on the Stock Exchange to yet another challenge from Apple, from the confirmation of the Groupon phenomenon to the Blackberry crisis: here are the most probable forecasts for the coming year for the world of the web and technology
The American microchip giant recorded revenues of over 14 billion dollars, up 28% on 2010. Profits also increased, +17% year on year, to 3,5 billion dollars. The segment that drove…
The words of the President of Assinform, Paolo Angelucci, during the presentation of the data on the trend of Italian Information Technology illustrate a crisis situation that compromises the capacity for growth
Telephone Shilpa Sanqstha has already partnered with a Malaysian partner to assemble PCs, but is looking for new partners. Offers somewhat dusty machinery (but cheap labor)
