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Cybersecurity Certifications: Boost Your Career with CompTIA Security+ Cybercrime

Cybersecurity Certifications: Boost Your Career with CompTIA Security+

The cybersecurity landscape in Europe and Italy is rapidly evolving: increasing digitalization, regulations such as GDPR and NIS2, and the...
Matteo Schirinzi - 10 December 2025
US Allows Nvidia to Sell Advanced AI Chips to China, Easing Export Restrictions Cybercrime

US Allows Nvidia to Sell Advanced AI Chips to China, Easing Export Restrictions

It seems the White House isn't entirely clear ... at least judging by yet another change of heart regarding the...
Redazione RHC - 9 December 2025
Taiwan Cracks Down on Submarine Cable Sabotage with New Laws Cybercrime

Taiwan Cracks Down on Submarine Cable Sabotage with New Laws

In recent years, Taiwan's underwater infrastructure—electricity cables, gas pipelines, and water systems—has been damaged on several occasions, particularly communications cables....
Redazione RHC - 9 December 2025
Ransomware Attacks Decline in 2024, But Threat Remains High with $734M in Ransom Cybercrime

Ransomware Attacks Decline in 2024, But Threat Remains High with $734M in Ransom

According to a recently released report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) , global ransomware activity peaked in 2023,...
Redazione RHC - 9 December 2025
Embracing Vulnerability for Authentic Leadership and Team Growth Cybercrime

Embracing Vulnerability for Authentic Leadership and Team Growth

We're connected, connected to everything, hyperconnected. Our professional and social lives are dictated by extremely tight deadlines and a constantly...
Daniela Linda - 9 December 2025
CISA Warns: Avoid Personal VPNs for Secure Mobile Communications Cybercrime

CISA Warns: Avoid Personal VPNs for Secure Mobile Communications

In new mobile communications advisories, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a stern warning to smartphone...
Redazione RHC - 9 December 2025

God is in the Cloud: They Hacked Your Brain and You Liked It

We're in the age of paid deception. Your every click is a private referendum in which they, the algorithms, always win. And they're never wrong: they observe you, profile you,...
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Does Windows Suck? A Video by Dave Plummer, the Microsoft Engineer Who Created Task Manager

Dave Plummer, a highly regarded former senior engineer at Microsoft who led the development of several key Windows components, including Task Manager, the Windows NT port of Space Cadet Pinball...
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China surpasses US in open-source AI models

China surpasses the United States in the global market for open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models. According to a November 26 Financial Times report, a study by MIT and open-source AI...
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ENISA takes on the role of Root in the European Cybersecurity Initiative (CVE).

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has taken on the role of Root within the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) programme, becoming the main point of reference for national...
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Supply Chain Attack on OpenAI: Analytics Provider Mixpanel Compromised

OpenAI has confirmed a security incident at Mixpanel, a third-party analytics provider used for its APIs. According to the investigation, the cause of the security incident involving OpenAI and Mixpanel...
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Be careful when using SSDs! Without power, you risk data loss

XDA Developers reminds us that using solid-state drives for long-term storage is risky. If SSDs are left without power for years, data can become corrupted or even disappear entirely. Unlike...
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Quantum Computing vs. Artificial Intelligence: Which Will Really Change the Future?

Quantum mechanics remains a complex and mysterious field, both difficult to explain and difficult to understand. This branch of physics studies the unusual behavior of tiny particles, phenomena that are...
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ToddyCat APT Group Targets Microsoft 365 Email Security

Email security continues to be one of the most critical points in modern cyber attacks. While compromising a Windows domain is already a success for a malicious actor, gaining access...
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Tor Boosts Security with Counter Galois Onion CGO Encryption

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...
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WormGPT 4: AI-Powered Cybercrime Tools on the Rise

Cybercriminals no longer need to convince ChatGPT or Claude Code to write malware or data-stealing scripts. A whole class of specialized language models, specifically designed for attacks, already exists. One...
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