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Cephalus is coming! The ransomware group that attacks via DLL replacement. Cybercrime

Cephalus is coming! The ransomware group that attacks via DLL replacement.

In mid-August, researchers encountered the Cephalus ransomware in two separate incidents. Among recent outbreaks of families like Crux and KawaLocker,...
Redazione RHC - 8 September 2025
WhatsApp and Apple in emergency: DNG bug allows remote control without clicking Cybercrime

WhatsApp and Apple in emergency: DNG bug allows remote control without clicking

On August 20, Apple released an unscheduled security update for all major operating systems: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other platforms....
Redazione RHC - 8 September 2025
Stealerium and Phantom: How Open-Source Infostealers Are Taking the World by storm Cybercrime

Stealerium and Phantom: How Open-Source Infostealers Are Taking the World by storm

Researchers at Proofpoint, a leader in cybersecurity and information protection, have detected a worrying increase in the use of open-source...
Redazione RHC - 8 September 2025
The largest pirate sports streaming network has been shut down. Cybercrime

The largest pirate sports streaming network has been shut down.

Egyptian authorities and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) say they have shut down Streameast, the largest illegal sports...
Redazione RHC - 8 September 2025
Criticism of XChat: The new encrypted messaging service is no good Cybercrime

Criticism of XChat: The new encrypted messaging service is no good

The social network X, formerly known as Twitter, has begun rolling out a new encrypted messaging service called XChat. It...
Redazione RHC - 8 September 2025
CrowdStrike Threat Hunting Report 2025: Cybercriminals Use AI for Large-Scale Attacks Cybercrime

CrowdStrike Threat Hunting Report 2025: Cybercriminals Use AI for Large-Scale Attacks

Over 320 companies have been breached by groups linked to North Korea (DPRK) with generative AI-powered attacks. Threat actors are...
Redazione RHC - 8 September 2025

BlackByte: The Return of the Gang after a few months of inactivity

In recent years, the cybersecurity landscape has been marked by ongoing ransomware attacks , with criminal groups constantly evolving to evade defenses. One such group, known as BlackByte, recently returned to action...
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Presumed Cyber Attack on Zerto: Not for Financial or Espionage Purposes but for Political Reasons

Recently, Handala, a malicious actor, posted on a well-known dark web forum, claiming a cyber attack against Zerto, a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Zerto is renowned for its...
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Lockbit 3.0 Claims Attack on Federal Reserve: 33 Terabytes of Sensitive Data Allegedly Compromised

In a significant escalation within the cybersecurity realm, the notorious ransomware group Lockbit 3.0 has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting the Federal Reserve of the United States. The declaration...
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Anubi, the EDR for your malware and network security

In the current modern context where a cyber war is in progress, the concept of cybersecurity awareness and perimeter fortification is increasingly necessary. In this situation, target objectives are spread...
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PRAISE TO VX-UNDERGROUND – The hack-library turns 5!

Every nerd or technology enthusiasts cannot deny the influence of the 1980s on modern computer science. Commodore Amiga, Nintendo, Apple II, now computers are affordable to everyone who could finally...
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RHC interviews Professor Andrea Morello from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation at the University of New South Wales in Australia

Original Author: Roberto Campagnola, 30 June 2023, Translator: Tara Lie, 14 May 2024 Red Hot Cyber’s Quantum Computing group has interviewed Professor Andrea Morello. Professor Morello is an Italian scientist,...
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ClamAV and signatures generation

Threat intelligence has many fields of application, starting from control of infrastructures using automation processes to security increasing the perimeter of applications and solutions in general. One of the most...
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Loki, starting IOC discovering

Today is always more important and significant to be efficient in controlling our own infrastructures; actions to put in place for this verification process shall require both proactive and post-action...
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Flipping pages, from userland to godmode

Traslate: Antonio Piovesan On X, Lau (@notselwyn) (https://twitter.com/notselwyn/) released a blogpost on 26 March at https://pwning.tech/nftables/ describing an elaborate attack on the Linux kernel that allows privilege escalation by exploiting...
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Likely Iranian-Origin Phishing Attack: New Threat to Online Security in Italy!

In the vast landscape of computing, increasingly insidious threats emerge that jeopardize the online security of both companies and ordinary users. In this context, phishing attacks represent one of the...
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