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What is Secure Code Development? Discovering an essential practice in cybersecurity.
Di Redazione RHC - 21/07/2025

In the previous article on Patch Management, we started talking about 4 fundamental pillars in the world of Cybersecurity. These four pillars are Patch Management, Hardening, Secure Code Development, ...

Vulnerability in 7-Zip: Attackers can perform denial-of-service attacks
Di Redazione RHC - 21/07/2025

A critical security flaw related to memory corruption has been discovered in the popular 7-Zip archiver. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions by creat...

What are Side Channel Attacks? How they work and how to defend data from cyber threat physics.
Di Redazione RHC - 20/07/2025

Side Channel Attacks represent a sophisticated category of cyber threats that focus on weaknesses in security systems. These attacks differ from traditional techniques based on brute force or software...

What is cyber hacktivism? History, motivations, hacking, consequences, and evolution.
Di Redazione RHC - 19/07/2025

The term “hacktivism” is a combination of the English terms “hacking” and “hacktivism” and was coined to describe the use of computer hacking for political or socia...

Disloyal employees. Let’s find out who they are and how to protect ourselves from this growing threat.
Di Redazione RHC - 19/07/2025

In the digital age, cybersecurity is a critical issue for any company handling sensitive data. However, not all risks are external. In fact, employees themselves often pose a threat to an organization...

Alleged Data Breach of the United States Department of Defense and National Security Agency

- July 11th, 2024

Recently, alarming news has emerged on a well-known underground forum regarding alleged data breaches of the United States Department of Defense and the National Security Agency (NSA). The announcements, posted...

  

New Ransomware Group “Vanir Group”: Three Victims Immediately in Their Data Leak Site

- July 10th, 2024

A new ransomware group, calling themselves "Vanir Group," has recently made its debut in the cybercrime landscape. This group has quickly garnered attention for the aggressiveness and professionalism of their...

  

Meow ransomware claims attack in its Data Leak Site at HPE giant

- July 10th, 2024

Introduction Today, the ransomware gang known as Meow has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the multinational giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The claim was published on their Data Leak...

  

The Threat Actor 888 claimed a compromise against Microsoft

- July 10th, 2024

On July 9, 2024, a user known as "888" posted on BreachForums claiming to have leaked sensitive data of Microsoft employees. This alleged breach has exposed personal information of 2,073...

  

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