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- March 30th, 2025 - (Posted in Cybercrime and Darknet)
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 to Schneider Electric in France where the group ended up to request a "baguette payment” in their DLS. HellCat group...
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The History of the Unix Operating System (Part 2)

Author: Carlo DenzaOriginal Publication Date: 07/10/2021Translator: Tara Lie Star Trek IV – The Voyage Home, directed by Leonard Nimoy (USA, 1986, Paramount Pictures): “The starship

Technology Evolution

The History of the UNIX operating system (Part 1)

Author: Carlo DenzaOriginal Publication Date: 12/12/2020Translator: Tara Lie This article discusses the history of the Unix operating system (OS), a miracle of modern technology. This OS is used

Cybercrime and Darknet

Hacker gang OPERA1ER stole $11 million from African companies

Amsterdam, 07.11.2022 — Group-IB has today issued a new report, “OPERA1ER. Playing God without permission,” in collaboration withthe researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The report takes a deep dive

New Group Ransomware ‘Pryx’ Compromises 30,000 College Enrollment Data!

- July 3rd, 2024

A new player has emerged on the cybercrime landscape: the ransomware group "Pryx." Pryx has claimed its first significant attack, announcing that it has compromised the systems of Rowan College...

  

Intel CPUs Vulnerable! New “Indirector” Attack Threatens Sensitive Data Detection.

- July 3rd, 2024

Modern Intel processors, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake CPUs (i.e., 12th and 13th generation Intel "Core" processors), are vulnerable to a new high-precision Branch Target Injection (BTI) attack called...

  

Threat Actors Release 2022 Electronic Arts (EA) Employee Database

- July 2nd, 2024

Recently, a threat actor allegedly leaked a database containing information on Electronic Arts (EA) employees from 2022. The data breach was confirmed by the threat actor himself, who explained the...

  

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

- July 2nd, 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...

  

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