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The Great Firewall in the Spotlight: The Leak Revealing the Industrialization of Chinese Censorship
Edited by Luca Stivali and Olivia Terragni. On September 11, 2025, what can be defined as the largest leak ever suffered by the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exploded in the media, massively and massi...
OpenAI and Microsoft reach agreement to transform into a public utility company.
OpenAI has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to review its partnership, which could lead to the company’s transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). If the transfo...
Goodbye PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC! The great Windows 11 cleanup has begun.
Windows 11 users who have installed the September 2025 Update might think that practically nothing changes. At first glance, KB5065426 looks like a normal small patch that Microsoft distributes to eve...
Looking for Volodymyr Tymoshchuk! 11 million dollars for the Nefilim hacker
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Ukrainian Volodymyr Tymoshchuk on seven counts of computer hacking and extortion. He is considered one of the most dangerous hackers of recent years. The in...
In Nepal, people are dying for social media! 19 people lost their lives trying to get Facebook back
In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...
Xi Jinping and the Chinese APT’s Ambition
The post-COVID macro political movements, including ongoing conflicts, have prompted a majority of states to shift their medium- to long-term political objectives. Clearly, a paradigm shift has been v...
Salesloft Cyber Attack: Chatbot Drift Temporarily Disabled
Salesloft announced that it would temporarily deactivate its AI-powered chatbot Drift on September 5, after several companies were hit by a massive supply chain attack. The incident resulted in the ma...
Discover the Dark Web: Access, Secrets, and Helpful Links to the Onion Network
The Dark Web is a part of the internet that cannot be reached with standard browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). To access it, you need to use specific tools like the Tor Browser, which guarantees anonym...
AI A2 detected 102 0-day bugs and created exploits in Android apps for $1.77
Artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for creating confusing vulnerability reports and inundating open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. But researchers at Nanjing Universit...
$16 billion in stolen Apple, Meta, and Google credentials up for sale for $121,000
The Darklab team, Red Hot Cyber‘s community of threat intelligence experts, has identified an ad on the dark web marketplace “Tor Amazon”, the criminal counterpart of the popular e-commerce site on th...
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Edited by Luca Stivali and Olivia Terragni. On September 11, 2025, what can be defined as the largest leak ever suffered by the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exploded in the media, massively and massi...

OpenAI has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to review its partnership, which could lead to the company’s transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). If the trans...

Windows 11 users who have installed the September 2025 Update might think that practically nothing changes. At first glance, KB5065426 looks like a normal small patch that Microsoft distributes to eve...

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Ukrainian Volodymyr Tymoshchuk on seven counts of computer hacking and extortion. He is considered one of the most dangerous hackers of recent years. The in...

In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...
Telegram as a Command & Control Platform for Criminal Activities and the Role of Threat Intelligence
Houthi threat or mysterious incident? The Red Sea paralyzes Asia and the Middle East.
Fired by the AI She Helped Create: The Shocking Story of Katherine Sullivan
Salesloft Cyber Attack: Chatbot Drift Temporarily Disabled
Toha Arrest: The Future of the Black Market After XSS Shuts Down
Digital blackout: Broken undersea cables in the Red Sea slow down Microsoft’s cloud.

Telegram as a Command & Control Platform for Criminal Activities and the Role of Threat Intelligence
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
In today's cybersecurity landscape, one of the most worrying trends is the abuse of legitimate messaging platforms for malicious purposes. Telegram in particular is increasingly being exploited by criminal groups...

Houthi threat or mysterious incident? The Red Sea paralyzes Asia and the Middle East.
Redazione RHC - September 7th, 2025
As we reported this morning, several undersea cables in the Red Sea have been severed, causing internet access delays and service disruptions in Asia and the Middle East. Microsoft said...

Fired by the AI She Helped Create: The Shocking Story of Katherine Sullivan
Redazione RHC - September 7th, 2025
In Australia, a 65-year-old bank employee was fired after the introduction of artificial intelligence, despite having contributed to its development. The story was reported by The Sun and concerns Katherine...

Salesloft Cyber Attack: Chatbot Drift Temporarily Disabled
Redazione RHC - September 7th, 2025
Salesloft announced that it would temporarily deactivate its AI-powered chatbot Drift on September 5, after several companies were hit by a massive supply chain attack. The incident resulted in the...

Toha Arrest: The Future of the Black Market After XSS Shuts Down
Redazione RHC - September 7th, 2025
The arrest of the alleged administrator of the Russian-language forum XSS[.]is, nicknamed Toha, has become a turning point for the entire black market. According to law enforcement, on July 22,...

Digital blackout: Broken undersea cables in the Red Sea slow down Microsoft’s cloud.
Redazione RHC - September 7th, 2025
On Saturday, Microsoft reported issues with its Azure cloud platform due to the breakage of several international undersea cables in the Red Sea. The outage affected traffic transiting the Middle...
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