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What are Botnets? A Journey Through Malware, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and OSINT
The Internet provides a sea of information. We often talk on RHC about Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), i.e. those intelligence disciplines that deal with the rese...
What is a zero-day and the risk of targeted cyber attacks
Zero-day vulnerabilities are one of the greatest cybersecurity risks for organizations. These are unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities that attackers exploit to penetrate computer systems and comprom...
Discovering Scattered Spider: The Criminal Threat Using Advanced Tactics and Techniques
By Cyber Defense Center Maticmind (Andrea Mariucci, Riccardo Michetti, Federico Savastano, Ada Spinelli) The Scattered Spider threat actor, UNC9344, made its appearance in 2022 with two targeted attac...
Tasting the Exploit: HackerHood testa l’exploit su Wing FTP Server del CVE‑2025‑47812 da Score 10
This tool is intended solely for authorized educational and penetration testing purposes. The author assumes no responsibility for any misuse or damage caused by this software. Always ensure you have ...
What is cyber warfare? Between geopolitics, economics, and technology.
Cyber warfare is a form of conflict that takes place at the cyber and digital level. This form of warfare has become increasingly widespread in recent years, thanks to the growing dependence of modern...
Critical Vulnerability in the Linux Kernel: A New Privilege Escalation
A critical double-free vulnerability has been discovered in the pipapo set module of the NFT subsystem of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a special...
RHC interviews Sector16, one of the most active hacktivist groups of 2025. “Let’s destroy the present for a better future”
In recent months, two disturbing episodes have shaken public opinion and the Italian cybersecurity sector. The first concerned an Italian hospital, violated in its most sensitive heart: videos of pati...
RCE 0day Exploit for WinRAR and WinZIP for Sale on Exploit.in for Scam Phishing Emails
Recently, the popular underground forum exploit.in, currently closed and accessible by invitation only, has been offering exploits for a 0day vulnerability affecting the well-known WinRAR and WinZIP p...
What is ransomware? Let’s explore how RaaS works and what it means.
Many people often want to understand the ransomware phenomenon precisely, its meaning, the methods of violation, and the crime that revolves around it, struggling to find information scattered across ...
The symbol of the hacker community: today we talk about the Glider.
The hacker culture is a fascinating subject. It is a rich mine of outlandish innovation, genius and intuition. Of bizarre characters, of fatalistic humor, of memes, but above all culture, engineering ...
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The Internet provides a sea of information. We often talk on RHC about Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), i.e. those intelligence disciplines that deal with the rese...

Zero-day vulnerabilities are one of the greatest cybersecurity risks for organizations. These are unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities that attackers exploit to penetrate computer systems and comprom...

By Cyber Defense Center Maticmind (Andrea Mariucci, Riccardo Michetti, Federico Savastano, Ada Spinelli) The Scattered Spider threat actor, UNC9344, made its appearance in 2022 with two targeted attac...

This tool is intended solely for authorized educational and penetration testing purposes. The author assumes no responsibility for any misuse or damage caused by this software. Always ensure you have ...

Cyber warfare is a form of conflict that takes place at the cyber and digital level. This form of warfare has become increasingly widespread in recent years, thanks to the growing dependence of modern...

Massive Data Exposure on X (Twitter) Affects 200 Million Users
Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024
Recently, X (Twitter) experienced a massive data exposure, compromising nearly 200 million user records. This incident could be one of the largest user data exposures in recent history, jeopardizing the...

Alleged NATO Data BreachAlleged NATO Data Breach: 643 CSV Files with User Data and Server Details Leaked
Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024
A threat actor claims to have leaked sensitive data from NATO - TIDE (Think-Tank for Information Decision and Execution Superiority). NATO-TIDE (Think-Tank for Information Decision and Execution Superiority) is a...

Access to UK Accounting System for Sale: 600 Clients and 1TB of Data at Risk
Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024
A malicious actor is allegedly selling access to an RDWeb system in the United Kingdom, belonging to an accounting firm. This breach represents a serious threat to the security of...

Ticketmaster Breach: 30,000 Free Tickets Released
Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024
After claiming to have stolen 170,000 tickets for Taylor Swift's ERAS Tour, the hacker group Sp1d3rHunters today announced they have distributed over 30,000 more tickets for high-profile events. The allegedly...
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