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Category Archives: Security
19Mag/25
“If you cannot win, change the rules”: Russian sabotage campaigns in Europe – by A. Bolpagni & E. Ristuccia
Since the outbreak of the so-called Russia’s ‘Special Operation’, Moscow has drastically increased sabotage operations on the European continent. Since the 2014 Crimean War, sabotage operations have been a trademark of the Glavnoje upravlenije General’nogo shtaba Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossiyskoy Federatsii (GRU), namely Russia’s foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
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10Apr/25
L’omicidio di Alessandro Coatti, il ricercatore italiano ucciso e smembrato in Colombia- Cosa sappiamo fino adesso – by Giovanni Giacalone
Risulta al momento ancora avvolto nel mistero il movente del brutale omicidio del ricercatore italiano Alessandro Coatti, il cui corpo è stato smembrato e i resti ritrovati pochi giorni fa in tre diversi luoghi di Santa Marta, città della costa nord della Colombia.
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16Gen/25
SPOTREP. The Los Angeles wildfires: an alternative perspective – Emilio Palmieri
Huge fires have been devastating Los Angeles for days. The damage is enormous. What do we know? What don’t we know? What to think?
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13Gen/25
L’impegno del Puntland contro le milizie jihadiste – by G. Frinchillucci
Il 31 dicembre 2024, Mohamed Baari Shire, giovane Vicepresidente del Parlamento del Puntland, è stato bersaglio di un attacco complesso condotto dai militanti affiliati all’ISIS. L’operazione, che comprendeva esplosioni suicide e assalti armati, è stata respinta con successo dalle Forze di Sicurezza del Puntland. Sebbene l’attentato non abbia raggiunto il suo obiettivo primario, ha confermato la portata e l’organizzazione della minaccia jihadista nella regione.
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02Gen/25
From Data to Division 4 of 5: Artificial intelligence – by Daniele M. Barone
Mimicking a Moral Course for LLMs. The first way to stem LLMs from a conversation driving to inappropriate content are the so-called “guardrail messages,” as “I’m sorry, I cannot generate inappropriate or offensive content” or “As a large language model, I cannot … ”.
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20Dic/24
Sparatoria Abundant Life Christian School e il Manifesto di Samantha – by A. Pugnana & A. Bolpagni
Lunedì 16 dicembre 2024, la quindicenne Natalie Rupnow – conosciuta con lo pseudonimo Samantha – ha commesso una sparatoria presso la Abundant Life Christian School a Madison (Wisconsin, Stati Uniti d’America), uccidendo una compagna di scuola, un insegnante e ferendo sei ragazzi, prima di togliersi la vita.
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12Nov/24
Attacks against Israelis in Amsterdam: security and counterterrorism perspectives – by Maria Chr.Alvanou
The spillover in the West of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the October 7th 2023 attack by Hamas against Israel has been the subject of much discussion by terrorism and extremism experts[1].
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23Set/24
Targeted killings by Israel: Terrorise the terrorists – by Maria Alvanou
In the early 60s in Greece, during turbulent and violent political times, the iconic political figure George Papandreou, known in history as the “Elder of Democracy” uttered the phrase: “terrorize terrorists”. The phrase indicated the way to react against those causing fear in society with forms of political violence.
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19Set/24
SPOTREP: The sabotage campaign in Lebanon. The weaponization of dual-use tools – by Emilio Palmieri
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In the afternoon of September 17, 2024, hundreds of pagers used by individuals linked to the Iranian proxy armed group Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in several cities in Lebanon.
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17Ago/24
I Tuareg non sono jihadisti – by Marco Lombardi
In questi giorni si parla molto del sostegno dell’Ucraina e della Francia ai gruppi jihadisti in Mali e dintorni. Diversi quotidiani italiani hanno rilanciato queste narrative.
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09Ago/24
Southport stabbings and riots in the UK: Comments from a security perspective – by Maria Chr. Alvanou
On Monday 29th of July a knife rampage described as a “horror movie” took place in Southport, UK, during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class resulting in three little girls stabbed to death and eight others injured. The perpetrator was a 17-year-old boy arrested at the scene, and his motivations seem irrelevant to terrorism.
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