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    WhatsApp gets a makeover: “Paranoia” mode arrives (and no, it’s not for everyone).
    Silvia Felici | Cyber News | 29/01/2026

    WhatsApp has decided to toughen up. Not for everyone, not always, but when needed. The decision comes against a backdrop of a now-familiar climate: increasing cyber attacks, espionage that no longer m...

    Beware of “I am not a robot”: the malware trap that uses Google Calendar.
    Bajram Zeqiri | Cybercrime | 29/01/2026

    A new threat is lurking, exploiting our greatest weakness: habit. How many times, in fact, do you find yourself clicking on verification boxes without thinking twice? Now, it seems that malicious peop...

    A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!
    Bajram Zeqiri | Cybercrime | 28/01/2026

    The RAMP (Russian Anonymous Marketplace) forum, one of the main hubs of the international cybercrime underground, has been officially shut down and seized by US law enforcement . The news emerged afte...

    Digital Autonomy: France Says Goodbye to Teams and Zoom by 2027
    Silvia Felici | Cyberpolitics | 28/01/2026

    This isn’t the first initiative to emerge on this front recently. Indeed, we’ve heard several of them, one after the other. And it’s almost inevitable: technological autonomy and national security are...

    And let the phishing begin! Microsoft is taking action against a zero-day exploit already exploited in Office
    Pietro Melillo | Cyber News | 27/01/2026

    Once again, Microsoft was forced to quickly fix some flaws. The company has released unscheduled patches for Microsoft Office, addressing a dangerous zero-day vulnerability that has already been explo...

    When Malware Hides in Videos! The PixelCode Technique Breaks the Rules
    Marcello Filacchioni | Cybercrime | 26/01/2026

    PixelCode began as a research project exploring a hidden technique for storing binary data within images or videos . Instead of leaving a plaintext executable, the file is converted into pixel data, t...

    CISA alert: Exploit underway against VMware vCenter. Risk of RCE without authentication.
    Manuel Roccon | Cyber News | 25/01/2026

    The critical vulnerability recently added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs) affects the Broadcom VMware vCenter Server an...

    “I Stole 120,000 Bitcoins”: The Confession of the Bitfinex Hacker Who Now Wants to Defend Cyberspace
    Agostino Pellegrino | Cyber News | 25/01/2026

    The story ofIlya Lichtenstein, the hacker responsible for one of the largest cyber attacks ever carried out against cryptocurrencies, reads like an episode of a TV series, yet it is absolutely real. A...

    NoName057(16) hits Italy 487 times in the last 3 months: the DDoS wave does not stop
    Marcello Filacchioni | Cyber News | 24/01/2026

    Italy has confirmed itself as one of the main targets of the DDoS attack campaign carried out by the hacktivist group NoName057(16) . According to what was declared directly by the collective, our cou...

    BlueNoroff: The Hacker Group Revolutionizing Cybercrime
    Marcello Filacchioni | Cyber News | 23/01/2026

    The BlueNoroff hacker group has long since transformed cybercrime into a high-tech business, with tens of millions of dollars, cryptocurrency assets, and entire financial ecosystems at stake. A report...

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    KONNI Malware Targets Crypto Developers with AI-Powered Attacks Cyber News

    KONNI Malware Targets Crypto Developers with AI-Powered Attacks

    Check Point Research recently discovered a sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by KONNI , a threat group linked to North Korea...
    Stefano Gazzella - 22 January 2026
    LastPass Phishing Attack: Protect Your Master Password Now Cyber News

    LastPass Phishing Attack: Protect Your Master Password Now

    On January 21, 2026, LastPass warned its users about a new and active phishing campaign aimed at stealing customers' master...
    Redazione RHC - 22 January 2026
    Zoom Security Alert: Critical Vulnerability in Node MMR Devices Cyber News

    Zoom Security Alert: Critical Vulnerability in Node MMR Devices

    Zoom Video Communications has issued an urgent security advisory for a critical vulnerability (identified as CVE-2026-22844 ) affecting its enterprise...
    Silvia Felici - 22 January 2026
    LockBit 5.0 Ransomware: New Threats and Advanced Tactics Cybercrime

    LockBit 5.0 Ransomware: New Threats and Advanced Tactics

    The LockBit group, which many had quickly dismissed after high-profile failures and leaks, unexpectedly returned to the scene. In the...
    Pietro Melillo - 22 January 2026
    Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerability Exploited: CVE-2025-59718 Patch Bypass Cyber News

    Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerability Exploited: CVE-2025-59718 Patch Bypass

    Attackers are exploiting a previously patched critical FortiGate authentication flaw (CVE-2025-59718) through a patch bypass method to breach protected firewalls,...
    Bajram Zeqiri - 22 January 2026
    Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2026-20045 Actively Exploited Vulnerability

    Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2026-20045 Actively Exploited

    A critical zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-20045, has been discovered by Cisco and is being actively...
    Agostino Pellegrino - 22 January 2026
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    Cyberattack Hits Belgian Hospital AZ Monica, Ransomware Used

    In the early morning hours of January 13, one of Belgium's leading hospitals suddenly found itself nearly paralyzed. AZ Monica, with locations in Antwerp and Deurne, was hit by a...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Meta Shifts Focus from Metaverse to AI-Powered Wearables

    Meta is launching a new internal reorganization process that directly involves Reality Labs, its virtual reality division, and the Metaverse. According to Bloomberg, the company has begun cutting over 1,000...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Anthropic’s Claude AI Takes Control with Computer Use Feature

    Anthropic continues to push the evolution of AI-powered assistants, expanding Claude 's capabilities beyond simple text interaction. After establishing its presence among developers and enterprises , the company has introduced...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    China Leads the Way with Level 3 Autonomous Vehicle License Plates

    On December 23, the Traffic Management Bureau of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau officially issued the first batch of Level 3 autonomous driving license plates to three connected intelligent...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Orion Leaks: LockBit’s Shadow in Ransomware Ecosystem

    An in-depth look at the infrastructure connections of emerging group Orion Leaks and its possible connection to former RaaS giant LockBit. In recent months, following Operation Cronos , conducted by...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Cloudflare vs Italy: The Battle for Internet Freedom and DNS Control

    Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has threatened to shut down the company's operations in Italy after the country's telecom regulator fined it twice its annual revenue in the country. The facts...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Understanding Data Breach: Protecting Sensitive Information

    One of the most common mistakes, despite the GDPR's implementation since 2018, is to consider only security breaches involving sensitive data as data breaches. This is often a fatal error...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    1X NEO Robot Unveils World Model for Advanced Learning

    1X has released a major update for its NEO humanoid robot , not promising much but introducing a significant change to its learning logic. The new module, called 1X World...

    - January 13th, 2026

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    Cybercrime Meets Real-Life Violence: Foxtrot Network’s Dark Side

    In recent months, there has been increasing talk of a paradigm shift in cybercrime . What for years was perceived as a predominantly digital ecosystem— consisting of fraud, identity theft,...

    - January 13th, 2026

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    EDRStartupHinder: Bypassing Windows EDR Security with BindLink

    Sometimes, to disable Windows protection , you don't need to attack the antivirus directly. Simply preventing it from starting properly is sufficient. A researcher who goes by the name Two...

    - January 13th, 2026

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    WhatsApp gets a makeover: “Paranoia” mode arrives (and no, it’s not for everyone).
    Silvia Felici - 29/01/2026

    WhatsApp has decided to toughen up. Not for everyone, not always, but when needed. The decision comes against a backdrop of a now-familiar climate: increasing cyber attacks, espionage that no longer makes headlines but continues…

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    Beware of “I am not a robot”: the malware trap that uses Google Calendar.
    Bajram Zeqiri - 29/01/2026

    A new threat is lurking, exploiting our greatest weakness: habit. How many times, in fact, do you find yourself clicking on verification boxes without thinking twice? Now, it seems that malicious people have created a…

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    A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!
    Bajram Zeqiri - 28/01/2026

    The RAMP (Russian Anonymous Marketplace) forum, one of the main hubs of the international cybercrime underground, has been officially shut down and seized by US law enforcement . The news emerged after the domain associated…

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    Digital Autonomy: France Says Goodbye to Teams and Zoom by 2027
    Silvia Felici - 28/01/2026

    This isn’t the first initiative to emerge on this front recently. Indeed, we’ve heard several of them, one after the other. And it’s almost inevitable: technological autonomy and national security are becoming an increasingly popular…

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    And let the phishing begin! Microsoft is taking action against a zero-day exploit already exploited in Office
    Pietro Melillo - 27/01/2026

    Once again, Microsoft was forced to quickly fix some flaws. The company has released unscheduled patches for Microsoft Office, addressing a dangerous zero-day vulnerability that has already been exploited in cyberattacks. The issue, identified as…