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- July 10th, 2025 - (Posted in Cybercrime and Darknet)
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 programs. The ad, posted by user zeroplayer, offers these exploits for between $80,000 and $100,000. Specify that this is not a simple 1-day...

Cryptography at Risk: MIT develops a Quantum Algorithm to crack RSA.

Modern encryption methods, such as RSA, are based on the fact that even the most powerful classical computers are not able to quickly decompose a large number into prime factors. However, quantum computers promise to considerably accelerate this process, thanks

Arrest of Pavel Durov: Telegram Founder Detained in Paris

On August 24, 2024, French authorities arrested Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, at Le Bourget Airport. Durov, a 39-year-old Franco-Russian citizen, had just arrived from Azerbaijan on his private jet. Accompanied by his bodyguard and a woman,

RipperSec claims DDoS attack on Ferrari

Recently the Hacktivist Group “RipperSec” claimed to have attacked Ferrari’s global site in the name of justice for Palestine. The hacktivist group known as ‘RipperSec’ claimed responsibility for a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack that put Ferrari’s global website

Bringing Your Imagination to Life: AI-Generated Images from Your Description

- May 14th, 2025

Remember when you had a vivid image in your mind but struggled to describe it to someone else? Maybe it was a character from a dream, a breathtaking landscape, or...

  

Apple in the crosshairs: alleged data breach of the Cupertino giant published on XSS

- May 14th, 2025

May 14, 2025 – In the early hours of this morning, an alarming post appeared on the Russian underground forum XSS , known to be a leading showcase for the buying and selling...

  

healthcare ransomware attacks Europe Italy

Why Europe’s healthcare sector must build resilience to fight the threat of ransomware

- April 13th, 2025

Author: Andrea Nicelli, Head of Italy and Spain at Resilience Italy’s critical infrastructure is highly exposed to cyber threats, ranking fourth in the world and first in Europe for number...

  

The Evil Purr – DarkLab Interview to HellCat Ransomware!

- March 30th, 2025

HellCat ransomware appeared in the second half of 2024 with and it has attracted the attentions of analysts thanks to the humor within their public statements. We recall the attack...

  

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