Following the great interest raised by the talk given by Enrico Tonello, co-founder of TG Soft, entitled "The Evolution of Ransomware and Defence Techniques" at SPS Parma last May 2025 (for further details, please see our press release at www.tgsoft.it/news/news_archivio.asp?id=1634) TG Soft Cyber Security Specialist will be present again this year at SPS Parma 2026 with a highly topical talk on the subject of IT Security entitled ''The abuse of MSC files by Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)'' on Thursday 28 May at 11:40 am. Relatore del talk sarà l'ing. Gianfranco Tonello CEO di TG Soft Cyber Security Specialist.

The talk is part of the programme for the Talk Area, established by the Federation of the Orders of Engineers of Emilia-Romagna (FedIngER) and co-organised by the National Council of Engineers (CNI),  the Italian Committee of Information Engineers (C3i), the Regional Council of the Orders of Engineers of Lombardy (CROIL) and the Regional Federation of the Orders of Engineers of the Marche (Fed. Ing. Marche), who will be present at SPS Parma with their Institutional stand in Hall 7 - A044.

At SPS Parma, the FedIngER stand will host a Talk Area for engineers, featuring a packed programme of themed mini-events designed to provide opportunities for in-depth discussion and exchange on a range of topics (process innovation, cyber and personnel security, innovation incentives, (Agentic) AI, collaborative robots), drawing on real-world case studies from the business and professional world.
 
The talk given by Gianfranco Tonello, entitled “The abuse of MSC files by Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)”, will be open to all and will have a technical and informative purpose.
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Abstract

28 MAGGIO 2026 - Ore 11:40
''The abuse of MSC files by Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)''

At SPS Parma,  the presentation by  Gianfranco Tonello, CEO of TG Soft showcase documented abuse techniques, real-world campaigns, and the Grim Resource vulnerability, with concrete cases drawn from the most critical geopolitical scenarios of the past two years.
A technical, hands-on talk featuring real cases for those who want to understand how the most sophisticated threat actors operate, before encountering them within their own networks.

"A legitimate Windows file. An invisible APT vector.
Since Kimsuky, MSC files have become one of the preferred techniques of state-sponsored cyber-espionage groups in the conflicts between China and Taiwan, Russia and Ukraine, and beyond."

 

 

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The speaker Eng. Gianfranco Tonello

Eng. Gianfranco Tonello

• IT Security Researcher & Software Developer Manager, CEO of TG Soft Cyber Security Specialist.
• Co-author of AntiVirus Vir.IT eXplorer software, founding partner and CEO of TG Soft Cyber Security Specialist and director of C.R.A.M. (AntiMalware Research Center).
• Computer engineering graduate from Padua, Italy; Virus/Malware researcher for over 30 years. He has written many articles on viruses and malware in technical journals.
• CLUSIT lecturer, AMTSO member, and more

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