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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...

Nearly 2,000 bugs in 100 dating apps: How your data can be stolen

Agostino Pellegrino | Cyber News | 23/01/2026

A study of 100 dating apps revealed a disturbing picture: nearly 2,000 vulnerabilities were detected, 17% of which were classified as critical. The analysis was conducted by AppSec Solutions. The stud...

MacSync: The macOS malware that empties your wallet… after weeks

Massimiliano Brolli | Cyber News | 23/01/2026

A new malware campaign has emerged in the macOS world, one that relies not on sophisticated exploits, but on good old-fashioned social engineering. It’s powered by the MacSync malware, distributed usi...

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Progress Software Patches LoadMaster, MOVEit WAF Vulnerabilities

On January 12, 2026, Progress Software Corporation released patches that address two high-severity Command Injection vulnerabilities, which could allow remote...

Agostino Pellegrino - 15 January 2026

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Fortinet FortiSIEM Vulnerability CVE-2025-64155: Critical Security Update

A critical security flaw was recently patched by Fortinet through update releases, which significantly impacted FortiSIEM . An unauthenticated attacker...

Redazione RHC - 15 January 2026

Cyber News

ARM: The Future of Low-Power Computing and AI

Just look around and you'll almost certainly find a device nearby that uses a processor based on the same design:...

Redazione RHC - 15 January 2026

Cyber News

24-Year-Old Hacker Breaches US Supreme Court Database

Do you remember the 24-year-old hacker Carmelo Miano and the breaches of the Naples Prosecutor's Office's accounts and computer systems?...

Redazione RHC - 14 January 2026

Cyber News

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,...

Redazione RHC - 14 January 2026

Cyber News

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....

Redazione RHC - 14 January 2026

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LED Data Transmission System for Smart Traffic

Researchers at Tokyo Polytechnic University have presented a simple and cost-effective wireless data transmission system using LEDs. The project boasts stable outdoor operation, even in bright sunlight, and could form...

Microsoft Shifts to Rust: AI-Driven Code Transformation by 2030

Microsoft has launched one of the most ambitious code transformation programs ever announced in the software industry: the stated goal is to completely remove C and C++ from its core...

Microsoft’s AI Future: Models to Systems with Satya Nadella

With 2026 just around the corner, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared a thoughtful reflection on the state of the AI industry on SN Scratchpad , his new personal blog. In...

Rare Earth Elements: US-China Competition Heats Up

An increasingly pressing question is emerging in the United States: after a long series of bans, restrictions, and closures against China, how will the country guarantee the supply of batteries...

Patchwork Group Unleashes StreamSpy Malware with WebSocket C2 Channel

The Patchwork hacker group, also known as Dropping Elephant and Maha Grass , has returned to the spotlight after a series of targeted attacks on Pakistani defense facilities. In their...

WhatsApp Device Fingerprinting: New Measures Against Privacy Threats

WhatsApp, Meta's messaging app with over 3 billion monthly active users, has begun introducing technical changes to mitigate several privacy vulnerabilities on user devices . The fixes, identified through independent...

Microsoft Removes Phone Activation for Windows and Office

Microsoft has finally removed the option to activate Windows and Office over the phone . While the company still includes this method in its support materials, it no longer works...

PS5 BootROM Key Leaked, Sony’s Security Compromised

A recent incident saw an anonymous hacker leak a crucial security key used by Sony to safeguard the integrity of the chain of trust in the PlayStation 5 console. This...

China Achieves Quantum Error Correction Breakthrough with Microchip

For years, quantum computers have seemed like a futuristic technology: on paper, they can solve problems that classical machines can’t handle in a reasonable time, but in reality they constantly...

Critical GNU Wget2 Vulnerability Exposes Users to File Overwrite Attacks

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the popular GNU command-line downloader Wget2 , which allows attackers to overwrite files on the victim's computer without their knowledge or consent. The...

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A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!

Bajram Zeqiri - 28/01/2026

Cyberpolitics

Digital Autonomy: France Says Goodbye to Teams and Zoom by 2027

Silvia Felici - 28/01/2026

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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

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ServiceNow Under Attack: How an Email Can Open the Doors to Your Business

Redazione RHC - 27/01/2026

The recent discovery of a vulnerability in ServiceNow’s AI platform has shaken the cybersecurity industry. This flaw, characterized by an extremely high severity score, allowed unauthenticated attackers to impersonate any corporate user. To launch the…

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149 Million Accounts Exposed: The Database No One Should Have Seen

Redazione RHC - 26/01/2026

A recent leak revealed 149 million logins and passwords exposed online , including accounts for financial services, social media, gaming, and dating sites. The discovery was made by researcher Jeremiah Fowler and shared with ExpressVPN.…