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US Elections and psy-ops: main threats come from Digital Echo Chambers and erosion of trust in democratic processes Cyberpolitics

US Elections and psy-ops: main threats come from Digital Echo Chambers and erosion of trust in democratic processes

On November 5th, 2024, the next President and Vice President of the United States of America will be elected, as...
Olivia Terragni - October 22, 2024
T-Space Architects Potentially Targeted by Cicada3301 in Data Broker Ransomware Attack   Cybercrime

T-Space Architects Potentially Targeted by Cicada3301 in Data Broker Ransomware Attack  

 London-based architectural firm T-Space Architects may find itself at the center of a significant cyberattack. The ransomware group Cicada3301 has...
Inva Malaj - October 20, 2024
Stormous claims an attack on NASA Cybercrime

Stormous claims an attack on NASA

In recent years, the landscape of cyber threats has been dominated by increasingly sophisticated ransomware groups. Among them, the ransomware...
Pietro Melillo - October 9, 2024
The Story Of Conti Ransomware – Origins and Evolution of the RaaS Model (Episode 1) Cybercrime

The Story Of Conti Ransomware – Origins and Evolution of the RaaS Model (Episode 1)

Ransomware, a malware designed to encrypt data making them restorable only with the use of a private key. Relatively simple...
Alessio Stefan - September 30, 2024
RHC Interviews Lynx Ransomware. The cyber-gang offering Pentest services ensuring privacy Cybercrime

RHC Interviews Lynx Ransomware. The cyber-gang offering Pentest services ensuring privacy

In July 2024, the Lynx group burst into the RaaS world, which from the outset demonstrated above-average aggressiveness and success...
RHC Dark Lab - September 23, 2024
Alleged SpaceX Database Breach Published on BreachForums Cybercrime

Alleged SpaceX Database Breach Published on BreachForums

A recent post on a dark web forum has caught the attention of the international cybersecurity community. A user, identified...
Pietro Melillo - September 21, 2024
RHC interviews Qilin Ransomware! “Let’s play fair and wait for a worthy opponent on the field” Cybercrime

RHC interviews Qilin Ransomware! “Let’s play fair and wait for a worthy opponent on the field”

Qilin (from Chinese :麒麟) is a legendary creature that appears in Chinese mythology and is said to appear with the...
RHC Dark Lab - September 19, 2024
Navigating the future: a dialogue on human resilience and preservation Cybercrime

Navigating the future: a dialogue on human resilience and preservation

Participants: NewPlato: A contemporary philosopher seeking to understand the nature of human civilization and its future. NewSocrates: A wise mentor...
Alessandro Rugolo - September 5, 2024
Cryptography at Risk: MIT develops a Quantum Algorithm to crack RSA. innovation

Cryptography at Risk: MIT develops a Quantum Algorithm to crack RSA.

Modern encryption methods, such as RSA, are based on the fact that even the most powerful classical computers are not...
Tara Lie - August 27, 2024
Arrest of Pavel Durov: Telegram Founder Detained in Paris Cybercrime

Arrest of Pavel Durov: Telegram Founder Detained in Paris

On August 24, 2024, French authorities arrested Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, at Le Bourget Airport. Durov,...
Pietro Melillo - August 25, 2024
IntelBroker Takes Control of BreachForums: A New Chapter in Cybercrime Management Cybercrime

IntelBroker Takes Control of BreachForums: A New Chapter in Cybercrime Management

IntelBroker Takes Control of BreachForums: A New Chapter in Cybercrime Management IntroductionThe recent acquisition of BreachForums by IntelBroker marks a...
Pietro Melillo - August 22, 2024
Donald Trump’s campaign under attack! Documents and internal communications exfiltrated Cyberpolitics

Donald Trump’s campaign under attack! Documents and internal communications exfiltrated

After the European elections unfolded, geopolitical attentions shifted to the U.S. election campaign, one of the most dynamic in recent...
Alessio Stefan - August 11, 2024

Crazyhunter: The Ransomware with the Three-Dimensional Data Annihilation System That Redefines Data Destruction

In the reconnaissance of the world of the underground and criminal groups carried out by Red Hot Cyber's DarkLab threat intelligence lab, we came across a Data Leak Site of...

Interviewing ChatGPT: the AI that feels human, to its Asperger’s users.

Have you ever experienced that ChatGPT recognizes who it is talking to? I share my ChatGPT account with my spouse, and when he uses it, he gets the generic, prepackaged...

Akira Ransomware: The New Threat Using Webcams as Entry Points

Akira represents one of the most recent ransomware threats capable of bypassing traditional organizational defense mechanisms. A recent case analyzed by the S-RM team highlighted how this group leveraged an...

Possible breach at Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the Qilin Ransomware group claims responsibility for the attack

The Qilin Ransomware group claims to have compromised the systems of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stealing private correspondence, personal information, and official decrees. According to the attackers, some of...

Analysis of Recorded Future’s CVE Report – February 2025

The monthly Recorded Future CVE report for February 2025 provides a detailed overview of current cybersecurity threats, highlighting a slight decline compared to the previous month. A total of 25...

Microsoft presents Majorana 1: The Quantum Processor Promising to Reshape the Future

Microsoft has taken a significant step forward in the field of quantum computing with the launch of its first quantum processor: Majorana 1. Unlike most quantum chips that are based...

Linkc Ransomware: The New Cybercriminal Group Targeting Artificial Intelligence Data

In the DarkLab group's underground analysis activity, we ventured onto an onion site that is apparently a Data Leak Site (DLS) of a new ransomware cyber gang. This new actor...
UK digital Crackdown

The UK’s Digital Crackdown: how the government is using our online habits to breach human rights


In today's digital age, the boundaries between lawful expression and governmental overreach are becoming increasingly blurred in the United Kingdom. Citizens are finding themselves under scrutiny, and in some cases,...

The Story Of Conti Ransomware – The Last Ceremony (Final Episode)

This is the last episode of “The Story Of Conti Ransomware” series, we would finally reach the decline of the group and what this means for the current ransomware landscape....

FBI responds to threats and announcement of LockBit 4.0

In the last month of 2024, LockBit has been exodusively talked about. The prominent news is the long-awaited release of the 4.0 program of the most famous RaaS in the...

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