In the late afternoon of Wednesday, May 15, 2024, a meeting aimed at entrepreneurs on cybersecurity, organized by
CNA Padua and Rovigo, was held at the headquarters of
InfoCamere Padova. At the event
Gianfranco Tonello, co-founder of
TG Soft Cyber Security Specialist, assisted by
Michele Zuin, an IT technician with many years of experience, presented a talk focused on the topic.
The exclusive event, organized by CNA Padua and Rovigo for entrepreneurs, was held in an exceptional venue: the
InfoCamere data center in Corso Stati Uniti. Infocamere's data center, located in Padua, collects data from the entire Italian Chamber system: a true digital excellence, technological but also green and sustainable. The meeting began with a guided tour of InfoCamere's data center and then the seminar part started. There was an initial introduction by Dr.
Salvatore Metrangolo, head of production category coordination for CNA Padua and Rovigo, followed by speeches by Dr.
Cédric Boniolo advisor for CNA Veneto, Dr.
Luca Petrella, Dr.
Luca Candiani,Technology and Plants of InfoCamere, Dr.
Claudio De Rossi CISO of Infocamere and
Domenico Tarantino, head of statistics and data analysis of Infocamere in teleconference from the Bari office.
Then Gianfranco Tonello, assisted by Michele Zuin, gave a closing Lab talk on a real Ransomware attack, using a Lockbit sample captured in the wild, using a HORA (Human Operated Ransomware Attack) type attack.
Summary of the main topics covered
The meeting, 2nd stage of a series of meetings promoted by
InnovaHUB aimed at the digital growth of SMEs and organized by
CNA Padua and Rovigo, was held with a very good attendance
TG Soft's talk began in the second part of the meeting, where the two designated speakers:
- Eng. Gianfranco Tonello, IT Security Researcher & Software Developer Manager, CEO of TG Soft Cyber Security Specialist
- Michele Zuin, IT expert, senior systems analyst
took turns in explaining the various topics on the program.
After a quick overview about the cyber attacks recorded by our Research Center in 2023 - with special reference to the massive campaigns of Password Stealer, Trojan Banker and generic Malware as well as Ransomware attacks which are now HOR (Human Operated Ransomware) Attack type - a real Ransomware attack simulation was carried out, structured as follows:
- Ransomware attack in HOR mode without specific and appropriate protection technologies;
- Ransomware attack in HOR mode with EURISTIC-BEHAVIORAL mitigation technologies. This simulation highlighs that defense against these attacks is possible, thus minimizing the technical Out-of-Service time of systems and thereby ensuring Business Continuity.

During the meeting the television broadcaster
Telenuovo, with great pleasure, interviewed
Gianfranco Tonello. Here is an excerpt. You can see the full interview at the following link:
It is crucial to spread the knowledge and tools to protect ourselves from cyber criminals, especially against the increasingly sophisticated and intelligent Social Engineering tactics implemented by cyber crooks to breach our security defenses and take over our data.
To prevent these attacks, in addition to equipping ourselves with concrete defensive tools, it is important to know and implement some common sense practices, as Gianfranco Tonello points out:
''It is advisable to use a different password for each service because, if it is compromised and the password is published, the cyber attacker will only be able to use that exact password to access that particular service. It is essential to always pay attention to e-mail messages, check the sender, attachments..and especially check if the link provided actually corresponds to the service we are trying to access...'' |
We again thank the organizer, CNA of Padua and Rovigo, and especially Dr. Salvatore Metrangolo, coordination manager of the Production category, for the invitation of Gianfranco Tonello as a speaker.
Photo gallery of the conference...
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Gianfranco standing up breaks the ice and introduces the main themes of the talk. Michele seated at the speakers' table |
Gianfranco as he illustrates the report of malspam threats recorded by our C.R.A.M. during 2023
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