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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 ...

Featured Articles

What are Botnets? A Journey Through Malware, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and OSINT

Di Redazione RHC - 16/07/2025

What is a zero-day and the risk of targeted cyber attacks

Di Redazione RHC - 16/07/2025

Discovering Scattered Spider: The Criminal Threat Using Advanced Tactics and Techniques

Di Redazione RHC - 16/07/2025

Tasting the Exploit: HackerHood testa l’exploit su Wing FTP Server del CVE‑2025‑47812 da Score 10

Di Redazione RHC - 15/07/2025

What is cyber warfare? Between geopolitics, economics, and technology.

Di Redazione RHC - 12/07/2025

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...

China: 7.5 Million Tourist Data Stolen!

Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024

On the morning of July 6, 2024, a user known as "BlackKing" revealed a significant data breach involving a Chinese travel and tourism platform on a hacking forum. This information...

Critical Vulnerability in MongoDB Compass: CVE-2024-6376 Exposes Systems to Code Injection Risks

Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024

A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-6376, has been discovered in MongoDB Compass, a widely-used graphical interface for MongoDB data management. This security flaw could have serious repercussions, including data...

Latvian Government Database Compromised: Over 1.6 Million Government Data Lines!

Pietro Melillo - July 8th, 2024

A malicious actor has claimed to have leaked a database containing over 1.6 million lines of data from the Latvian government. The data breach, dated July 7, 2024, includes all...