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Italy
31 posts
New Dante Spyware Linked to Rebranded Hacking Team, Now Memento Labs
Kaspersky researchers uncovered Operation ForumTroll, an attack campaign utilising the new 'Dante' spyware developed by Memento Labs, the rebranded Hacking Team. The attacks used a Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-2783) and COM hijacking for persistence, confirming the continued deployment of advanced surveillance tools by the controversial Italian firm.
November 3, 2025
US Announces Arresting Chinese Hacker Linked to HAFNIUM Group
A Chinese state-sponsored hacker, Xu Zewei, 33, has been arrested for his alleged role in the widespread HAFNIUM cyber attacks and theft of COVID-19 research. Learn about the charges and China's Ministry of State Security involvement.
July 9, 2025
Ferrari Discloses Ransomware Attack; Refuses to Pay Ransom
Ferrari, the renowned Italian luxury car manufacturer, suffered a cyber incident that compromised the company’s client data. According…
March 21, 2023
VMware Disputes Old Flaws at Root of ESXiArgs Ransomware Attacks
The refutation came days after Europe and North America were rattled by ESXiArgs Ransomware attacks.
February 8, 2023
ISPs Helping Attackers Install Hermit Spyware on Smartphones- Google
According to Google, Italian spyware provider RCS Labs received support from several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to distribute…
June 24, 2022
TA544 threat actors hit Italian firms with Ursnif banking trojan
A new malware campaign from a group called TA544 is targeting organizations in Italy with Ursnif banking trojan - Here's how it works.
September 29, 2021
Europol nabs 106 criminals involved in SIM swapping, money laundering
Europol said that the suspects carried out a number of cybercrimes included phishing, SIM Swapping, and BEC (business email compromise.)
September 20, 2021
Italy’s Ho-Mobile database with 2.5m accounts allegedly stolen, sold
Apparently, the personal data of over 2.5 million Ho-Mobile's customers is being sold on a dark web hacker forum.
December 30, 2020
Teens arrested after paying Bitcoin to watch livestream abuse & murder
The tale of dark web's disturbing Red Room has been revealed by...
July 20, 2020
Authorities arrest active dark web child abuser in Italy
Joint Operation from Europol and International Agencies leads to Arrest of Dark Web Child Sexual Abuser in Italy.
May 28, 2020