About us

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The Tsurugi Linux team is composed by a bunch of Backtrack and Deft Linux veterans united by the idea of developing a new DFIR Operating System that could meet our needs

  • Giovanni 'sug4r' Rattaro: Project founder - Tsurugi Linux and Tsurugi Acquire core developer - Tsurugi Linux team leader

  • Marco 'blackmoon' Giorgi: Project founder - Tsurugi Linux and Tsurugi Acquire core developer

  • Davide 'rebus' Gabrini: Bento DFIR toolkit project leader

  • Francesco 'dfirfpi' Picasso: New staff 2019! Tsurugi Linux and Tsurugi Acquire developer

  • Massimiliano 'YattaMax' Dal Cero: New staff 2019! Tsurugi Linux and Tsurugi Acquire developer

  • Antonio 'Visi@n' Broi: New staff 2019! Digital Forensics, OSINT and Computer Vision specialist for Tsurugi Linux

  • Costanza Matteuzzi: New staff 2020! Cyberlaw and cybercrime expert - Criminal defense lawyer

  • Mattia 'MattiaEp' Epifani: New staff 2023! Tsurugi Linux and Tsurugi Acquire core developer

    • Past and future conferences

    When we decided to start this amazing project we were aware of the expected hard work and here below our public conferences as speakers show all our motivation and commitment for the community:

  • Tsurugi Linux project launch at AvTokyo conference (3 November 2018 / JAPAN - Tokyo)

  • BLACK HAT USA (8 August 2019 / USA - Las Vegas)

  • European SANS DFIR Summit (30 September 2019 / CZECH REPUBLIC - Prague)

  • Brucon (11 October 2019 / BELGIUM - Ghent)

  • HackInBo (9 November 2019 / ITALY - Bologna)

  • BLACK HAT EUROPE (5 December 2019 / UK - London)

  • CoRI&IN (28 January 2020 / FRANCE - Lille)

  • HackInBo Safe Edition (30 May 2020 / SAFE EDITION - Online)

  • BLACK HAT EUROPE (9 December 2020 / Virtual Edition - Online)

  • FIRST Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit (19 April 2021 / Virtual Edition - Online)

  • HackInBo Safe Edition (29 May 2021 / SAFE EDITION - Online)

  • BLACK HAT USA (4 August 2021 / USA - Las Vegas)

  • @HACK (BLACK HAT MEA) (28 November 2021 / SAUDI ARABIA - Riyadh)

  • BLACK HAT ASIA (12 May 2022 / SINGAPORE)

  • BLACK HAT EUROPE (7 December 2022 / UK - London)

  • BLACK HAT EUROPE (6 December 2023 / UK - London)

  • BARBHACK 2024 (31 August 2024 / FRANCE / Toulon)

  • DFIR212 (7 December 2024 / MOROCCO - Rabat)

  • BLACK HAT EUROPE (11 December 2024 / UK - London)

  • DEFCON (3 November 2025 / BAHRAIN)

  • Which will be the next conference? We hope to see you soon! STAY SAFE

    • “TSURUGI Linux - the sharpest weapon in your DFIR arsenal”