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Author: Sandro Sana

Digital Forensics: The Science That Uncovers the Secrets Hidden in Data

Sandro Sana 29/07/2025

Digital Forensics, or computer forensics, is a discipline that deals with the collection, preservation, analysis, and presentation of digital data for use as evidence in a legal context. This field has become increasingly relevant with the spread of digital technologies in almost every aspect of daily life and the rise of cybercrimes, such as fraud, hacker attacks, and privacy violations. Definition and Objectives of Digital Forensics Digital forensics can be defined as a set of techniques and tools used to identify, preserve, analyze, and document digital information for investigative and legal purposes. The primary goal is to obtain digital evidence that is

Analysis of Recorded Future’s CVE Report – February 2025

Sandro Sana 05/03/2025

The monthly Recorded Future CVE report for February 2025 provides a detailed overview of current cybersecurity threats, highlighting a slight decline compared to the previous month. A total of 25 high-impact vulnerabilities were identified, down from 33 in January, yet the overall risk level remains high. Several of these vulnerabilities are already being actively exploited by cybercriminals, making a timely response from corporate security teams essential. One of the key aspects of this report is the ability to analyze the issue from two complementary perspectives: that of CEOs and that of IT managers and CISOs. On one hand, business leaders must understand

OpenSSH: An RCE run as Root puts 14 million instances on Linux at risk

Sandro Sana 02/07/2024

A recent critical vulnerability in OpenSSH, identified as CVE-2024-6387, could allow unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges on glibc-based Linux systems. This flaw resides in the server component of OpenSSH (sshd) and is due to a race condition in the signal handler. The vulnerability was reintroduced in October 2020 in OpenSSH version 8.5p1, partially fixing an 18-year-old problem (CVE-2006-5051). Details of the Vulnerability The vulnerability affects OpenSSH versions between 8.5p1 and 9.7p1. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, completely compromising the system. This issue is particularly relevant because there are approximately 14 million potentially vulnerable OpenSSH server

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