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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...
CISO vs. DPO: Collaboration or Cold War in Business?
Revolutionize security models with the Unified SASE framework
New blackmail: if you don’t pay, we’ll feed all your data to artificial intelligence!
Jaguar Land Rover victim of hacker attack: production halted!
LockBit 5.0: Signs of a New and Possible “Rebirth”?
The KING of DDoS! Cloudflare blocks a monstrous 11.5 terabit-per-second attack.

CISO vs. DPO: Collaboration or Cold War in Business?
Stefano Gazzella - September 4th, 2025
Managing security is far from simple, it's not something that can be standardized, and above all, it can't be achieved through "solutions." It requires planning, analysis, and the ability to...

Revolutionize security models with the Unified SASE framework
Redazione RHC - September 4th, 2025
A unified and secure approach to support digital transformation, enable hybrid working, and reduce operational complexity. By Federico Saraò, Specialized System Engineer SASE, Fortinet Italy The nature of a company's...

New blackmail: if you don’t pay, we’ll feed all your data to artificial intelligence!
Redazione RHC - September 3rd, 2025
The hacker group LunaLock has added a new element to the classic extortion scheme, preying on the fears of artists and clients. On August 30, a message appeared on the...

Jaguar Land Rover victim of hacker attack: production halted!
Redazione RHC - September 3rd, 2025
Automaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced that it was forced to disable several systems due to a hacker attack. The incident appears to have impacted the automaker's manufacturing and retail...

LockBit 5.0: Signs of a New and Possible “Rebirth”?
Pietro Melillo - September 3rd, 2025
LockBit represents one of the longest-running and most structured ransomware gangs of recent years, with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model that has profoundly impacted the criminal ecosystem. Following the international operation...

The KING of DDoS! Cloudflare blocks a monstrous 11.5 terabit-per-second attack.
Redazione RHC - September 3rd, 2025
The record for the largest DDoS attack ever recorded in June 2025 has already been broken. Cloudflare said it recently blocked the largest DDoS attack in history, which peaked at...
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