<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/</id><title>Random Tech Stuff</title><subtitle>Hi. This is my blog with random technical (and sometimes non-technical) stuff.</subtitle> <updated>2026-09-19T21:29:40+02:00</updated> <author> <name>Davide Guerri</name> <uri>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 Davide Guerri </rights> <icon>/random-tech-stuff/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/random-tech-stuff/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>AI did not change security. It changed the price of overlooking the obvious.</title><link href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/ai-did-not-change-security-it-changed-the-price-of-overlooking-the-obvious/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="AI did not change security. It changed the price of overlooking the obvious." /><published>2026-05-23T22:06:48+02:00</published> <updated>2026-05-23T22:06:48+02:00</updated> <id>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/ai-did-not-change-security-it-changed-the-price-of-overlooking-the-obvious/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/ai-did-not-change-security-it-changed-the-price-of-overlooking-the-obvious/" /> <author> <name>Davide Guerri</name> </author> <category term="AI &amp; Cybersecurity" /> <category term="Strategy &amp; Philosophy" /> <summary>Why AI and agentic workflows do not make cybersecurity fundamentals obsolete, but rather raise the price of overlooking the obvious and fundamentally reshape vulnerability management.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Facebook (Meta) Gizmo - From Cardboard Prototypes to Secure Corporate Devices</title><link href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/facebook-meta-gizmo-from-cardboard-prototypes-secure-corporate-devices/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Facebook (Meta) Gizmo - From Cardboard Prototypes to Secure Corporate Devices" /><published>2025-08-14T07:31:08+02:00</published> <updated>2025-08-14T07:31:08+02:00</updated> <id>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/facebook-meta-gizmo-from-cardboard-prototypes-secure-corporate-devices/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/facebook-meta-gizmo-from-cardboard-prototypes-secure-corporate-devices/" /> <author> <name>Davide Guerri</name> </author> <category term="Hardware &amp; Firmware" /> <category term="Systems &amp; Security" /> <summary>The engineering story of Gizmo at Facebook (Meta): how a cardboard prototype with MinnowBoard and TPM 2.0 evolved into a hardened, securely provisioned corporate device fleet.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Lessons from an “Exemption Exam” CTF: Combining Ethical Hacking with Real-World Challenges</title><link href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/lessons-from-an-exemption-exam-ctf-combining-ethical-hacking-with-real-world-challenges/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Lessons from an “Exemption Exam” CTF: Combining Ethical Hacking with Real-World Challenges" /><published>2025-05-31T08:02:40+02:00</published> <updated>2025-05-31T08:02:40+02:00</updated> <id>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/lessons-from-an-exemption-exam-ctf-combining-ethical-hacking-with-real-world-challenges/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/lessons-from-an-exemption-exam-ctf-combining-ethical-hacking-with-real-world-challenges/" /> <author> <name>Davide Guerri</name> </author> <category term="Education" /> <category term="Ethical Hacking" /> <summary>Lessons learned from conducting an ethical hacking "exemption exam" CTF for university students at Sapienza University of Rome, exploring LLM usage in CTFs, anti-cheating, and hands-on offensive security.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Exploiting heap-based buffer overflow - The One-Byte challenge</title><link href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/one-byte-challenge/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Exploiting heap-based buffer overflow - The One-Byte challenge" /><published>2024-09-02T12:00:00+02:00</published> <updated>2026-09-19T21:26:29+02:00</updated> <id>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/one-byte-challenge/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/one-byte-challenge/" /> <author> <name>Davide Guerri</name> </author> <category term="Binary Exploitation" /> <category term="Heap" /> <summary>Deep-dive into GLibC 2.23 heap exploitation: leveraging a single-byte overflow with House of Orange.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Predicting CVSS Vectors with text embeddings and random forests</title><link href="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/cvss-vectors-with-embeddings-and-random-forests/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Predicting CVSS Vectors with text embeddings and random forests" /><published>2024-08-13T12:00:00+02:00</published> <updated>2026-09-19T21:26:29+02:00</updated> <id>https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/cvss-vectors-with-embeddings-and-random-forests/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://dguerri.github.io/random-tech-stuff/posts/cvss-vectors-with-embeddings-and-random-forests/" /> <author> <name>Davide Guerri</name> </author> <category term="AI &amp; Cybersecurity" /> <category term="Machine Learning" /> <summary>Exploring how text embeddings and Random Forest classifiers can predict CVSS vectors from CVE descriptions to alleviate NVD backlogs.</summary> </entry> </feed>
