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The “Mother of all Demos”. Douglas Englebart’s Vision of the Future innovation

The “Mother of all Demos”. Douglas Englebart’s Vision of the Future

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 12/05/2022Translator: Tara Lie The “Mother of all Demos'' is the name retrospectively used by journalist Steven Levy,...
Redazione RHC - May 12, 2022
RHC ransomware Data Room – January 2022 Cybercrime

RHC ransomware Data Room – January 2022

Author: Dott. Luca Mella, Cyber Security Expert (founder doubleextortion.com) Translate: Vincenzo Marcovecchio Pubblication Date: 5/02/2022 In recent years, the ransomware...
Luca Mella - February 4, 2022
Why privacy does not exist Cyber News

Why privacy does not exist

Privacy, privacy, privacy, ... privacy comes first. How many times have we heard this sentence? Yes, because we talk a...
Redazione RHC - December 18, 2021
Electronic warfare between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two) Cyberpolitics

Electronic warfare between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two)

Author: Olivia TerragniPubblication Date: 13/12/2021 Given that North Korean cyberattacks are not a future threat, but already a FACT, we...
Olivia Terragni - December 17, 2021
North Korea’s cyberwarfare and its cyber army (part one) Cyberpolitics

North Korea’s cyberwarfare and its cyber army (part one)

Author: Olivia Terragni During the night, only one bright spot lights up in North Korea: the city of Pyongyang. Perhaps,...
Olivia Terragni - December 17, 2021
Making the cyber world a safer and better place: an interview with W1ntermute Hacking

Making the cyber world a safer and better place: an interview with W1ntermute

Author: Olivia terragni Pubblication Date: 11/11/2021 W1ntermute aka Sofya Ivanov is a woman who works in the cybersecurity industry as...
Olivia Terragni - November 12, 2021
Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, pioneers of programmable computing innovation

Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, pioneers of programmable computing

Author: Antonio Piovesan Great Britain, middle decades of the 19th century, times of unprecedented engineering ambitions. Engineering, transportation, communications, architecture,...
Antonio Piovesan - October 4, 2021
Dharma/Crysis: Overview and adversary tracking Cybercrime

Dharma/Crysis: Overview and adversary tracking

Author: Emanuele De Lucia Pubblication date: 17/09/2021 This report presents an overview about Dharma/Crysis ransomware. This piece of malware is...
Emanuele De Lucia - September 17, 2021
Avoiding the fis-hack-erman’s hook (aka Detecting a Phishing email) Cybercrime

Avoiding the fis-hack-erman’s hook (aka Detecting a Phishing email)

Author: Antonio PiovesanPubblication Date: 09/08/2021 With the increase of ransomware infections - often instigated through phishing emails, it's very important/crucial...
Antonio Piovesan - August 22, 2021

Alleged Leak of the 2020 Israeli Voter Database

In a significant and concerning development, an individual using the alias "mrwan" has allegedly leaked the 2020 Israeli voter database. The personal data of all 6.5 million Israeli voters has...

TeamViewer: Irregularity Detected in Internal IT Environment

TeamViewer, a leading company in the remote access and support software sector, has announced that it has detected an irregularity in its internal IT environment. This event has alarmed both...

RansomHub criminal hackers claim cyber attack on Coca Cola

Today, the RansomHub gang of cybercriminals claimed on their Data Leak Site (DLS) an IT attack on Coca Cola. We still do not know whether this cyber attack actually affected...

Threat Actor “DragonForce” Seeks New Partners 

A recent post on a dark web forum reveals that a cybercriminal group known as "DragonForce" is actively seeking new partners to join their Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation. This recruitment drive...

Cyber ​​catastrophe in sight? The new Bug on MOVEit has an Online PoC Exploit

In the realm of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities constantly represent a significant risk for businesses and institutions. Many system administrators may recall CVE-2023-34362 from last year, a catastrophic vulnerability in Progress MOVEit...

UNZIPPED DATA – LEVI STRAUSS COMPROMISED ACCOUNTS

The legendary Jeans retailer Levi Strauss & Co. identified a significant data breach that affected over 72,000 customers. The incident was discovered on June 13th, 2024 and it was the...
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LockBit: The Bluff of Double Extortion Against the Federal Reserve

In recent years, the cybersecurity landscape has been dominated by the growing threat posed by ransomware groups. Among these, LockBit has emerged as one of the most notorious and feared....

Xehook Stealer: The Rise and Sale of a Formidable Stealer Malware

Introduction Xehook Stealer is a sophisticated malware targeting Windows operating systems, first discovered in January 2024. Within a year, Xehook has rapidly gained notoriety for its advanced data collection capabilities...

WordPress: Five Plugins Found with Malicious Code

On June 24, 2024, Wordfence revealed a supply chain attack on WordPress plugins, leading to the compromise of five plugins with malicious code. The affected plugins are: Social Warfare (versions...

Julian Assange Free! Freedom Reclaimed After Five Years of Detention

London, June 25, 2024 - Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released yesterday from the maximum-security Belmarsh prison after spending 1901 days in detention. The news was announced by...

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