
CEO & Founder @H4ckmanac | Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity | Board @Clusit & @WomenForSec | Deputy @Assintel Cyber Think Tank | Made in ๐ฎ๐น, based in ๐ฆ๐ช
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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๐จ#CyberSecurity needs 2 cultural changes:
1โฃ It can no longer be managed with a perimeter approach
2โฃ It's not (anymore) just a branch of IT
๐Here my interview with @startup_italiaโคต๏ธ
startupitalia.eu/tech/sofia-โฆ
#cyberattacks #strategicthreatintelligence #sofiascozzari #hackmanac #clusit #womenforsecurity
Grazie a @sole24ore e a Gianni Rusconi per avermi dato lโopportunitร di approfondire un tema ancora poco noto: il cyber espionage in Italia.
Quando si parla di attacchi informatici, si pensa quasi sempre a ransomware, phishing o DDoS, ignorando minacce piรน silenziose, spesso non rilevate, ma che minacciano ciรฒ che conta di piรน per aziende e istituzioni: informazioni, competenze, accessi.
Nellโarticolo sono ripresi alcuni dei casi italiani raccolti nel report dedicato che con @H4ckmanac abbiamo preparato e condiviso con la redazione.
La posizione dellโItalia in UE e NATO la rende di per sรฉ un obiettivo, e nel mirino non ci sono solo le istituzioni, ma anche le aziende che detengono dati sensibili, proprietร intellettuale o accesso a supply chain strategiche.
Leggi qui lโarticolo completo ๐
ilsole24ore.com/art/le-azienโฆ
Il report completo non รจ pubblico: se ti interessa riceverlo, scrivimi in privato e te lo invio.
Cybearly Forecasting 2027, nella stupenda cornice dell'Aurum di Pescara, รจ sempre un'esperienza.
Sala piena, interventi innovativi, tanti ragazzi delle scuole pronti per la cyber challenge e colleghi speaker che รจ sempre bello ritrovare ogni anno
Tomorrow with our company @H4ckmanac we'll be at ๐
๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ as ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ, and our President ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ข will speaking about ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, with a world premiere preview of ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ, our newest platform to estimate the economic losses of cyber attacks.
๐
Friday, 9 October, 14:00-14:45 (GST)
๐ Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek
Come to visit us if you are in Dubai!
We can also offer a preview of our latest ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
#ECSM #CybersecurityMonth @ftechexpo @Saiber_Man
๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.
And tomorrow in Dubai, you can see it first.
We'll be at ๐
๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ @ftechexpoย as ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ, and our President ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ข will speak about ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, with a world premiere preview of ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ, our newest platform to estimate the economic losses of cyber attacks.
๐
Friday, 9 October, 14:00-14:45 (GST)
๐ Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek
If you're in Dubai, or at the event, come and find us: we'd love to show you where cyber risk quantification is going and to offer a preview of our latest ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
Our latest #HackTuesday just went viral on X!
We are very proud of the incredible engagement on this week's threat intelligence data.
And in the right month too! #ECSM
๐ง #HackTuesday ๐ง
Hack Tuesday: Week 30 Sep - 06 Oct 2026
โ ๏ธ512 cyber attacks across 68 countries โ ๏ธ
โก๏ธThe most active threat actor last week was NoName057(16) claiming responsibility for 31 cyberattacks.
โก๏ธThe USA is the most affected country, accounting for 20.7% of incidents, with 106 cyber attacks.
โก๏ธThe Gov / Mil / LE sector is the most targeted, accounting for 16.6% of incidents with 85 cyber attacks.
โก๏ธThe estimated Critical cyber attacks account to 98 (19.1% of the total).
โก๏ธOverall, the claimed compromised data amounts to approximately 61.2 TB.
More details:
hackmanac.com/news/hack-tuesโฆ
ABBIAMO DAVVERO BISOGNO DI PROTEGGERE I NOSTRI VOLTI CON IL COPYRIGHT?
La Danimarca ha appena proposto di proteggere i cittadini dai deepfake generati dallโintelligenza artificiale garantendo il copyright sul volto, voce e corpo.
Se da una parte la soluzione puรฒ sembrare estrema, dall'altra bisogna prendere atto che lโintelligenza artificiale generativa ha accelerato in modo esponenziale la creazione di deepfakes convincenti ed economici, mentre le normative esistenti non sono pronte per affrontare una sfida di questa portata.
La soluzione danese basata sul copyright offre quindi vantaggi concreti, ma presenta anche alcune criticitร .
Ho analizzato in dettaglio la proposta, approfondendo perchรฉ l'aspetto giuridico รจ controverso e indicato dove potrebbe invece essere risiedere una soluzione piรน efficace e duratura.
Leggi qui lโanalisi completa โคต๏ธ
La giurisdizione รจ il nuovo rischio tecnologico per l'AI ed ecco perchรฉ l'Europa dovrebbe preoccuparsi โคต๏ธ
agendadigitale.eu/industry-4โฆ
Grazie ad @Agenda_Digitale per avermi consentito di approfondire questo punto di vista.
Insieme ai colleghi del ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ค di @Assintel, Mark Alan Barlow, Jim Biniyaz, Vittorio Orefice e Marco Scognamiglio, con la supervisione di Antonio Assandri e Davide Giribaldi, abbiamo tradotto in italiano la "๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐: ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐๐/๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐:๐๐๐๐".
La guida, pensata per supportare le PMI nell'applicazione della norma e nella gestione della sicurezza delle informazioni, รจ completamente gratuita e scaricabile dal sito Assintel:
assintel.it/wp-content/uploaโฆ
I can't vote because that would be cheating ๐, but you try to guess โคต๏ธ
#MondayPoll: Which sector took the biggest economic hit in H1 2026?
35%Manufacturing
33%Wholesale / Retail
32%Gov / Mil / LE
110 votes โข Final resultsThank you, @TechRoundUK, for including me among the ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐
techround.co.uk/tech/women-iโฆ
With my company @H4ckmanac we will be ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ at ๐
๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ @ftechexpo!
๐ Dubai
๐
09 October 2026
Come to meet us if you are in town!
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@H4ckmanac is the Exclusive Cybersecurity Partner of FutureTech Expo Dubai 2026.
Real-world cyber threat intelligence. Stronger cyber defence.
๐ Dubai
๐
09 Oct 2026
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#FutureTechExpo #FTE2026 #CyberSecurity
Perchรจ la tecnocrazia americana e la dipendenza europea da tecnologie straniere costituiscono un rischio operativo per le aziende โคต๏ธ
agendadigitale.eu/sicurezza/โฆ
[ITA]
Domani 29 luglio 2026 alle 12:30 (ora italiana) / 14:30 (ora UAE) terrรฒ un webinar per @IICUAE (๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข) dal titolo "๐๐ก ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฬ ๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ : ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฬ ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐".
In un'ora approfondiremo lo scenario cyber globale con un focus specifico su Italia e UAE, le differenze tra settori e dimensioni aziendali, e perchรฉ il rischio informatico non รจ piรน una questione da delegare (solo) all'IT.
La partecipazione รจ gratuita e aperta a tutti:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regiโฆ
[ENG]
Tomorrow, July 29, 2026, at 12:30 PM (Italian time) / 2:30 PM (UAE time), I will be hosting a webinar for the ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ & ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ titled "๐๐ก ๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฬ ๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ : ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฬ ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐" (๐พ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ : ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค).
In one hour, we will cover the global cyber landscape with a specific focus on Italy and the UAE, the differences across industries and company sizes, and why cyber risk is no longer (only) an IT issue.
The webinar is free, open to anyone interested and will be held in Italian.
Join here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regiโฆ
Do you remember when you joined X? I do!
This is my 13th #XAnniversary!
#MyXAnniversary
๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐: ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐
I wrote this article with two hats on.
As a cybersecurity professional, I look at the wave of social media bans for minors, from Australia to the UAE, the UK, and a dozen more countries, and I see the enforcement leaking on several sides. Platforms cannot reliably verify identity at scale, and at the same time adults cannot realistically supervise a generation that grew up with a smartphone in hand.
As the mother of an under-15, I see it from closer up. My daughter is the child of two cybersecurity experts. If the rules of a ban were the only thing standing between her and an app, she would be around them before dinner.
The point is that a ban is a starting condition, not a solution. We need three category of solutions to actually protect children:
โก๏ธ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง for them and adults (parents or teachers)
โก๏ธ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ
โก๏ธ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ designed for minors from the ground up.
The social media harms for kids are real, so the response has to be more serious than a threshold and a fine.
Read here the full article โคต๏ธ
Frequency vs. Impact: When More Attacks Donโt Mean Greater Damage
technadu.com/frequency-vs-imโฆ
Thank you @TechNadu for this opportunity to share my point of view and our work with @H4ckmanac
Oggi @wireditalia chiude lasciando un vuoto incolmabile.
L'ultimo editoriale dedicato alla lettera a chi non potrร piรน leggere la storica testata e a 17 anni di testimonianze
wired.it/article/wired-italiโฆ
Avendo avuto la fortuna di conoscerla, oltre che di leggerla, pensare di aver perso la voce autorevole di @carolafrediani รจ irreale.
La sua newsletter @GuerrediRete, cosรฌ come i suoi numerosi libri, รจ da sempre una lettura imprescindibile per chi si occupa di temi cyber.
Riposa in pace, Carola, e grazie per tutto il pesce ๐
guerredirete.it/addio-carolaโฆ
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
I've just published a new article on a topic I've been thinking about for a while now: ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐: the real shift in how security operations work, how teams are structured, and how organizations need to rethink risk.
These autonomous systems can reason, plan, act, and learn from outcomes with minimal human oversight. ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ.
Most importantly, I strongly believe ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. Organizations that treat it as a shortcut to cut staff and costs will find themselves exposed the moment these systems encounter something they can't handle alone, ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ.
I explore all of this in my latest article and I'd love to hear your perspective, especially if you're already navigating this shift in your organization.



















