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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...

Scam Alert: How I Almost Fell for a Million-Dollar

- March 9th, 2024

My name is Elena and I am a 35-year-old housewife. One day, while I was checking my email, I found a mail that caught my attention. The sender introduced himself...

  

The First Message Sent in the History of the Internet

- February 22nd, 2024

Original Publication Date: Massimiliano Brolli, 25 September 2021 Today, exchanging a message through WhatsApp or Skype is a normal gesture, part of the activities we carry out in our daily...

  

HijackLoader Expands Techniques to Improve Defense Evasion 

- February 22nd, 2024

Donato Onofri e Emanuele Calvelli Endpoint Security & XDR CrowdStrike. HijackLoader continues to become increasingly popular among adversaries for deploying additional payloads and tooling A recent HijackLoader variant employs sophisticated techniques to...

  

The Deception of the Wallet: A Journey into the World of Scammers

- February 16th, 2024

Giorgio sat in the self-help circle, the dim candlelight dancing on the walls. The eyes of the other participants were fixed on him, waiting for him to speak. It was...

  

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