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The Russian Federation’s Roskomnadzor has announced that it continues to impose systematic restrictions on the messaging app WhatsApp due to violations of Russian law. According to the agency, the s...
The Shai-Hulud worm has spread beyond the npm ecosystem and was discovered in Maven . Socket specialists noticed an infected package on Maven Central containing the same malicious components used in t...
Artificial intelligence is currently capable of performing work equivalent to 11.7% of US employment . And not just in theory: in terms of monetary value, this value is already comparable to the salar...
The Tor project has announced the introduction of a new encryption scheme, called Counter Galois Onion (CGO) , intended to replace the previous Tor1 Relay method. The update aims to strengthen network...
A group of members of the European Parliament have called for Microsoft to abandon its internal use of products and switch to European solutions. Their initiative stems from growing concerns about the...
Italy and Adult Sites: The Country Where Entry Is Forbidden… But If You Click Yes, It’s Okay
Top Malware: Flame, the modular “spy” malware targeting the Middle East.
Slammer, the first worm to use a bug that hasn’t been fixed for six months.
The Story of the First Keylogger: How Hidden Keyboard Control Came to Be
A Brief History of Malware: The Evolution of the Species from Its Origins to the Present Day
What Are Large Language Models? Behind the Scenes of Artificial Intelligence
Italy and Adult Sites: The Country Where Entry Is Forbidden… But If You Click Yes, It’s Okay
Redazione RHC - November 12th, 2025
From November 12, 2025, AGCOM reported that in line with art. 13-bis of the Caivano decree (dl123/2023) , 47 adult websites accessible from Italy would have to introduce an identity...
Top Malware: Flame, the modular “spy” malware targeting the Middle East.
Massimiliano Brolli - November 11th, 2025
Flame, (also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, Skywiper), is a modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacked Middle Eastern target computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program's primary...
Slammer, the first worm to use a bug that hasn’t been fixed for six months.
Redazione RHC - November 11th, 2025
Many years have passed since the SQL Slammer worm spread uncontrollably on January 25, 2003. It was one of the fastest-spreading malware in history , and with this article we...
The Story of the First Keylogger: How Hidden Keyboard Control Came to Be
Redazione RHC - November 11th, 2025
We all know Bruce Schneier , a renowned cryptography and computer security expert, member of the board of directors of the International Association for Cryptological Research and a renowned speaker,...
A Brief History of Malware: The Evolution of the Species from Its Origins to the Present Day
Redazione RHC - November 11th, 2025
At first we talked about “viruses” , then “worms” appeared, followed by “macro viruses”. These were soon joined by other types of hostile software such as keyloggers or lockers. At...
What Are Large Language Models? Behind the Scenes of Artificial Intelligence
Marcello Politi - November 11th, 2025
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), one term has emerged with increasing importance: Language Model, especially large language models, then called Large Language Models. You've likely already...
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