Stefano Fratepietro

Stefano Fratepietro is an italian IT Security Expert also known as "hacker buono" and is the developer of the Deft Linux Distribution.

Stefano Fratepietro, also known as "hacker buono", as he was called in an interview on the Italian newspaper Resto del Carlino, was born in Cerignola (FG) and grew up in a lawyers family. He approached the computer world for the first time in 1989 when he discovered the Commodore 64. Since then the passion and the desire to learn more about the computer science has continued to increase day after day.

After the high-school in Cerignola, ITC Dante Alighieri – Programmer address, in 2001 he moved to the University of Bologna to study Management Informatics. He graduated in 2006 with a thesis on "Technological and legal profiles in Computer Forensics – A study on the Vierika case".

In 2005 he developed the first version of DEFT Linux, a GNU/Linux Distribution live software distribution based on Ubuntu that in the following years has became one of the main distributions in Italy in the Computer Forensics and IT security fields, and it is used by the major law enforcement agencies around the world. In 2015 DEFT Linux, now in version 8.2, won the first stage of the Italian event Digital Champions

From the 2012 he has started to appearing, firstly along with Paolo Dal Checco and now with Massimiliano Dal Cero, on the TV show "Le Iene" on the Italian TV channel Italia 1. During the show Fratepietro helps the announcer Matteo Viviani to inform people on how much dangerous can be the improper use of technologies.

In 2012, after the victory of the "Incredibol" Award in the start-up category "Aspiranti Imprese", he founded Tesla Consulting, an Information Security and Digital Forensics consulting company based in Bologna that provides support for the investigation on cyber crimes. In 2013 the company was awarded with the Lamark Prize.

In 2013 Fratepietro becomes professor for the Master in Digital Forensics and Cyber Defence organized by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia at the STELMILIT, the military school of Telecommunications in Chiavari (STELMILIT).

From 2016 he is also professor for the CINEAS course "Risk online engineering and management" and for the specialization course in Cyber Security in 2016 at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

• Manuale Deft 7, PDF
• Deft Linux e la Computer Forensics, PDF
• Tecnologie Gnu Linux per la sicurezza della rete aziendale, PDF
• Cyber Crime, Web
• Stato dell'arte della Computer Forensic internazionale made in Linux, PDF
• Case study e tecniche di intervento nello spionaggio industriale, PDF
• Mobile Forensics: dove i software commerciali non arrivano, PDF
• Computer Forensics applicata ai contesti di contro spionaggio industriale, PDF

• Incredibol 2012
• Lamarck 2013 – Unindustria Bologna
• Winner Digital Champions 2015

• Vincitori Incredibol – L'Innovazione Creativa di Bologna
• TESLA CONSULTING TRA I VINCITORI DEL PREMIO LAMARCK
• Il programma open source che trova i file cancellati su pc e cellulare
• DEFT Linux si aggiudica la prima tappa del Digital Championship

• OPST – OSSTMM Professional Security Tester di ISECOM
• OSCP – Offensive Security Certified Professional
• SGSMCA – Certified StoneGate SMC di Intel Security
• Sophos Certified Engineer
• Enduser Protection Certified Engineer di Sophos
• UTM – Certified Engineer di Sophos
• AccessData Certified Examiner di AccessData

Since 2005 Stefano took parts as speaker at the following events:

• Security Summit
• ICT Security Forum
• IS auditing
• Smau
• IISFA Forum
• Linux day
• HackInbo

• International Information System Forensics Association
• HackInBo 2015

• Buongiorno! Vitaminic (2005)
• Telecom-Sismi (2006)
• Illegal Slot Machine (2009)
• Isoldi's Case (2011)
• Cgil Piacenza (2012)
• Paola Landini (2013)
• TAV (2013)
• BER BANK (2013)
• Expo 2015 (2014)
• Flaw of PCT/PEC (2015)
• Aemilia
• Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. for "Volkswagen Dieselgate" (2015)