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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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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...

Redazione RHC - 14 January 2026

Cyber News

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...

Redazione RHC - 14 January 2026

Cybercrime

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...

Raffaela Crisci - 14 January 2026

Cyber News

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...

Bajram Zeqiri - 14 January 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...

Stefano Gazzella - 14 January 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...

Redazione RHC - 13 January 2026

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Windows 11 Performance Test: Surprising Results with Windows 8.1

A comparison test across six generations of Windows was conducted by YouTube channel TrigrZolt , which unexpectedly revealed a clear winner: Windows 8.1. Windows 11, on the other hand, performed...

PentestAgent: Revolutionizing Penetration Testing with AI-Powered Tools

PentestAgent is another new open source project developed by the GH05TCREW group that aims to support penetration testing activities through the use of agents based on language models. The tool...

US Treasury Removes Sanctions on Intellexa Spyware Developers

The U.S. Treasury Department unexpectedly removed from its sanctions list three individuals previously accused of ties to Intellexa , the developer of the Predator spyware . The decision was made...

Rue Language: Revolutionizing System Programming with AI

Veteran software developer Steve Klabnik, who helped create Rust and Ruby on Rails, has started work on a new programming language called Rue . The name may seem ambiguous— it...

Password Security: The Impact of Human Behavior on Password Strength

Password security and human behavior are more connected than we think. In previous episodes, we tried to shift our focus: passwords don't just protect systems, they tell stories about people....

Potential Data Breach at Pickett USA Exposes Critical Energy Infrastructure

An unknown attacker claims to have hacked Pickett and Associates (Pickett USA), a Florida-based engineering firm, and is now selling a large amount of engineering data related to projects managed...

Forensic Timeliner: Advanced Digital Forensics Tool for DFIR Analysis

Forensic Timeliner is a high-performance forensic processing engine designed to support DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response ) analysts in artifact triage and correlation. The tool allows you to quickly...

Google Unveils Nano Banana 2 Flash for Rapid Image Generation

Google is preparing to introduce a new generative AI model for image processing: the Nano Banana 2 Flash . It will be part of its Flash lineup , which focuses...

Ancient Chinese Silk Loom: The World’s First Computer?

When you evaluate a computer not just by its outer casing and display, but fundamentally as a machine that accepts directions, performs actions automatically, and delivers results, a contender for...

Neuralink’s Brain-Computer Implants to Revolutionize Human Life by 2026

Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, is preparing to realize what until recently seemed like science fiction. According to Musk, the company plans to launch "large-scale production" of brain-computer devices...

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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…

Cybercrime

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.…