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RHC interviews ShinyHunters: “Systems can be repaired, but people remain vulnerable!”
ShinyHunters is a group of threat actors that gained notoriety after the massive data breach against Salesforce, an incident that led Google to closely monitor them and assign them the code name UNC62...
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...
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ShinyHunters is a group of threat actors that gained notoriety after the massive data breach against Salesforce, an incident that led Google to closely monitor them and assign them the code name UNC62...

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...
Stealerium and Phantom: How Open-Source Infostealers Are Taking the World by storm
The largest pirate sports streaming network has been shut down.
Criticism of XChat: The new encrypted messaging service is no good
CrowdStrike Threat Hunting Report 2025: Cybercriminals Use AI for Large-Scale Attacks
Apple launches Security Research Device 2026 program for security researchers
Salesloft Drift Incident Expands: Tenable Confirms Customer Data Breach

Stealerium and Phantom: How Open-Source Infostealers Are Taking the World by storm
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
Researchers at Proofpoint, a leader in cybersecurity and information protection, have detected a worrying increase in the use of open-source malware, such as Stealerium and Phantom Stealer, by opportunistic cybercriminals....

The largest pirate sports streaming network has been shut down.
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
Egyptian authorities and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) say they have shut down Streameast, the largest illegal sports streaming network in the world, and arrested two of the...

Criticism of XChat: The new encrypted messaging service is no good
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
The social network X, formerly known as Twitter, has begun rolling out a new encrypted messaging service called XChat. It formally presents itself as a completely end-to-end encrypted platform: correspondence...

CrowdStrike Threat Hunting Report 2025: Cybercriminals Use AI for Large-Scale Attacks
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
Over 320 companies have been breached by groups linked to North Korea (DPRK) with generative AI-powered attacks. Threat actors are leveraging AI agents, making autonomous systems the new attack perimeter...

Apple launches Security Research Device 2026 program for security researchers
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
Apple has announced that it will accept applications for the Security Research Device Program (SRDP) 2026. Bug hunters interested in receiving an iPhone configured specifically for security research have until...

Salesloft Drift Incident Expands: Tenable Confirms Customer Data Breach
Redazione RHC - September 8th, 2025
Tenable also suffered a compromise of contact information and support case details for some customers. The company said the incident was related to a large-scale data theft operation, which aimed...
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