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There's been some sort of an incident during which a Latvian crew member tried to install a remote access trojan onto an Italian ferry on behalf of a foreign power.
Crewmember Arrested for Planting "Foreign" Malware on Italian Ferry
https://mariti…

Crewmember Arrested for Planting "Foreign" Malware on Italian Ferry
 French authorities are investigating a serious cyber threat aboard a Mediterranean ferry: an onboard malware installation carried out at the directio...

France charges a crew member of an Italian passenger ferry for allegedly infecting the ship with a remote access tool on behalf of a foreign power (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fr…

I natt ägde ett bombattentat rum mot programledaren för Italiens motsvarighet till Uppdrag granskning, Sigfrido Ranucci.
Giorgia Meloni, vars parti tidigare stämt Ranucci, fördömer attacken. https://www.dn.se/direkt/2025-10-17/italiensk-journalist-utsatt-for-…

Italiensk journalist utsatt för bombattentat
Ett bombattentat har riktats mot programledaren för Italiens motsvarighet till Uppdrag granskning, ”Report”.

Further Exploration of Italian VCC Deliveries to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/further-exploration-of-italian-vcc.html

Hallucinations in AI are fun, sometimes. So, this time I was trying to search for the lyrics of a Dark Souls 3 song and Google Gemini hallucinated, in italian for some reason, a song title that doesn't exist ("Lullaby of the Final Sinner") as well as some lyrics that don't exist either, and showed me its translation to Italian. So very useful. Lol.
#DarkSouls

Prominent Italian investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci was targeted in a bomb attack near Rome; Ranucci has been under police protection for years (Angela Giuffrida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/it…

Une bombe explose sous la voiture d’un journaliste italien - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2DbTyuLpCOY

Une bombe explose sous la voiture d’un journaliste italien
La télévision publique italienne a annoncé ce vendredi 17 octobre qu’une bombe avait explosé sous la voiture d’un journaliste renommé. Une enquête a été ouve...

So the foreign power (cough, cough, Russia) might have tried to hack two Italian ferries.
Authorities in Naples arrested a second Latvian national on board a vessel in Naples, raising the prospect that two different ships may have been involved
https://maritime-executive.com/arti…

Second Seafarer Arrested in Ferry Malware Case
 Italian police have arrested a second Latvian suspect in connection with an attempted malware attack aboard a Mediterranean ferry, expanding the inte...

Before you leave for the weekend (or maybe even a long holiday break), make sure you check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--The UK Foreign Office was hacked in October
--Delay in keystroke led Amazon to imposter discovery,
--A second suspect was arrested in an attempted Italian ferry malware attack,
--Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattacks,
--LongNosedGoblin is targeting SE Asian and Ja…

The UK Foreign Office was hacked in October
Delay in keystroke led Amazon to imposter discovery, A second suspect was arrested in an attempted Italian ferry malware attack, Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattacks, LongNosedGoblin is targeting SE Asian and Japanese governments, NHS tech company hit with cyber incident, much more

The Italian federation of newspaper publishers submits a complaint to Italy's communication watchdog calling for an investigation into Google's AI Overviews (Angela Giuffrida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202