Red Hot Cyber. The Cybersecurity Blog
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 a network security analyst and open-source intelligence (OSINT) specialist. This is incredibly challenging. Of course, it’s not that easy in
Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, pioneers of programmable computing
Author: Antonio Piovesan Pubblication date: 28/09/2021 Introduction – Age of machines Great Britain, middle decades of the 19th century, times of unprecedented engineering ambitions. Engineering, transportation, communications, architecture, science and manufacturing are in a feverish state of evolution. Inventors and
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 often observed as late-stage payload in attacks against internet-facing systems, such as RDP. The initial intrusions usually take place via
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 to take proactive measures to help protect yourself and your organization’s security. Of course having computers and servers that are
Critical Vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise Enable Remote Code Execution
Pietro Melillo - July 3rd, 2024
Splunk, a leading provider of software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, has released urgent security updates for its flagship product, Splunk Enterprise. These updates address multiple critical...
The Reversal of the Brain Cipher Group after the Attack on Indonesia Terkoneksi
Pietro Melillo - July 3rd, 2024
In recent days, the ransomware group known as Brain Cipher severely hit the data center of Indonesia Terkoneksi, an attack that crippled the company's technological infrastructure. However, in a surprising...
New Group Ransomware ‘Pryx’ Compromises 30,000 College Enrollment Data!
Pietro Melillo - July 3rd, 2024
A new player has emerged on the cybercrime landscape: the ransomware group "Pryx." Pryx has claimed its first significant attack, announcing that it has compromised the systems of Rowan College...
Intel CPUs Vulnerable! New “Indirector” Attack Threatens Sensitive Data Detection.
Raffaela Crisci - July 3rd, 2024
Modern Intel processors, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake CPUs (i.e., 12th and 13th generation Intel "Core" processors), are vulnerable to a new high-precision Branch Target Injection (BTI) attack called...
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