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AKIRA emergency report: the ransomware that is breaching Italy

RHC Dark Lab - June 22nd, 2025 - (Posted in Cybercrime and Darknet)

Spring 2025 will be remembered as a turning point in our country's cyber chronicle. As bulletins and technical releases follow one another, one fact emerges glaringly: AKIRA has entered the Italian scene heavily. And it has done so without knocking on the door. In the report we publish today, the...

LockBit 3.0: making the ransomware Great Again

Redazione RHC - July 6th, 2022

LockBit is a major player in the ransomware scene and has contributed heavily for this cyber-crime model to become one of the most popular and imitated in the threats landscape....

The Founding Fathers of the Hacker Community

Tara Lie - June 28th, 2022

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 19/03/2021Translator: Tara Lie Hacker culture was brought to life thanks to computer scientist Richard Greenblatt and mathematician Bill Gosper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It...

Hacking is a Journey, not a Destination

Tara Lie - June 16th, 2022

Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 20/07/2020Translator: Tara Lie In this brief article, I will discuss a piece of hacking history: where it all began. Precisely, hacking started in 1958 on...

Data Brokers: How Law Enforcement Rely on Inaccurate Data to Supplement Investigations

Olivia Terragni - June 15th, 2022

Author: Jesse McGraw, alias Ghost ExodusPublication date: 11/06/2022 Government public record databases apparently help law enforcement officials save lives, prevent further crimes from being committed by perpetrators, and also provide...