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Author: Luca Stivali

Luca Stivali

Cyber Security Enthusiast and entrepreneur in the IT industry for 25 years, expert in network design and management of complex IT systems. Passion for a proactive approach to cyber security: understanding how and what to protect yourself from is crucial.

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Areas of Expertise Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Architecture, Awareness
Numero di articoli trovati: 14

FortiGate and FortiCloud SSO: When Patches Don’t Really Close the Door

A widespread and dangerous belief has been circulating in the security world for years: “if it's patched, it's safe” . The case of FortiCloud SSO administrative access to FortiGate devices...

888 Data Leaker: Ryanair Breach Exposed

In the underground forum landscape, there are actors who operate episodically, seeking a single media hit, and others who build an almost industrial pipeline of compromises over time, releasing technical...

MONOLOCK: The new “silent” ransomware group that rejects leak sites and affiliate panels.

The ransomware landscape is changing. The most exposed actors—LockBit, Hunters International, and Trigona—have paid the price for overexposure, including international operations, infiltrations, deliberate leaks, and operational collapses. After years dominated...

Alleged EY Data Leak: 4TB of SQL Backups Exposed on Azure Cloud

In recent days, the alleged data leak by Ernst & Young (EY) has become one of the most discussed topics in the international cybersecurity landscape. I decided to reconstruct the...

Port scanning in 2025: Nmap and AI — how to integrate them securely and operationally

In 2025, port scanning remains a key activity for both Red Teams (reconnaissance, discovery, fingerprinting) and Blue Teams (monitoring and proactive defense). But the latest development is the arrival of...

Alert: Thousands of Italian websites at risk! 526,000 sites and 6,500 databases for sale on the Darkweb

A new post on the dark web offers full access to thousands of MySQL servers and databases owned by Italian shared hosting providers. In the last few hours, a new...

Major DarkForums Leak: 196 Italian Sites Exposed with Clear FTP Credentials

On September 20, 2025, at 11:52 PM, a thread titled “FRESH FTP LEAK” appeared on DarkForums , posted by user Hackfut . The material allegedly exposed access to FTP servers...

LockBit 5.0 Hacked Again: XOXO from Prague Strikes Again

A déjà-vu with new implications. In May 2025, the LockBit ransomware collective suffered a severe blow: the defacement of the affiliate panel of version 4.0 by an unknown actor signing...

7,000 servers wiped out! Silent Crow and Cyberpartisans BY devastate Aeroflot in a historic cyber raid.

While the West battles ransomware attacks and private companies invest in defensive security, on the other side of the digital front, the war is being played out asymmetrically. On July...
Banner di sequestro del dominio XSS.IS con loghi BL2C, SBU ed Europol

XSS.IS Silenced! Inside the investigation that shut down one of cybercrime’s most feared bazaars.

Imagine opening your favorite forum bookmark, like every evening, to find new stealer variants or yet another batch of newly breached credentials. Instead of the usual noticeboard, a banner appears...