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China promotes global AI governance under the United Nations
On October 27, the Blue Hall Forum on the theme of “Improving Global Governance and Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity” was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in B...
Criminal Hackers Breach US Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities
Government hackers breached a nuclear weapons component manufacturing facility in the United States by exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint. The incident affected the Kansas City Nationa...
BreachForums Resurrects After Yet Another FBI Shutdown
We’ve often quoted this phrase: “Fighting cybercrime is like pulling weeds: if you don’t completely eradicate them, they’ll grow back, much more vigorous than before,” an...
Gemini 3.0 Pro: Google prepares for the generational leap and aims to surpass GPT-5 and Claude 4.5
Over the past few days, some users have received a notification saying that their Gemini Advanced devices have been “upgraded from the previous generation model to the 3.0 Pro, the smartest mode...
Critical RCE exploit in Microsoft WSUS actively exploited. CISA warns: imminent risk
A global alert has been issued by the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) regarding the active exploitation of a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Microsof...
No flesh, no bones, just code! Channel 4’s first AI presenter arrives.
On Monday 20 October, Channel 4 broadcast a full-length documentary hosted by a creative TV presenter powered entirely by artificial intelligence. ” I’m not real. For the first time on a B...
Russia and Cybercrime: A Balance Between Selective Repression and State Interest
The Russian cybercrime ecosystem has entered a phase of profound transformation, triggered by a combination of factors: unprecedented international pressure from law enforcement agencies, a shift in d...
Hackers can access Microsoft Teams chats and emails using access tokens
A recent discovery has revealed that hackers can exploit a flaw in Microsoft Teams on Windows to obtain encrypted authentication tokens , which grant unauthorized access to chats, emails, and files st...
FIA website hacked: personal data of Max Verstappen and over 7,000 drivers exposed
Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in an FIA website that contained sensitive personal information and documents relating to drivers, including world champion Max Verstappen. Ian Car...
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): the first global standard for measuring it has been defined
On October 21, 2025, an international team of researchers from 29 leading institutions—including Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley —completed a study that marks a mi...
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On October 27, the Blue Hall Forum on the theme of “Improving Global Governance and Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity” was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in B...

Government hackers breached a nuclear weapons component manufacturing facility in the United States by exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint. The incident affected the Kansas City Nationa...

We’ve often quoted this phrase: “Fighting cybercrime is like pulling weeds: if you don’t completely eradicate them, they’ll grow back, much more vigorous than before,” an...

Over the past few days, some users have received a notification saying that their Gemini Advanced devices have been “upgraded from the previous generation model to the 3.0 Pro, the smartest mode...

A global alert has been issued by the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) regarding the active exploitation of a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Microsof...
Artificial intelligence = Alcohol for teens! It damages social and cognitive skills
Velociraptor used in active attacks to distribute LockBit and Babuk ransomware
SonicWall confirms data breach. Cloud backup service customers at risk.
RondoDox Botnet Discovered: Thousands of Devices at Risk
Microsoft Defender incorrectly flags SQL Server 2019 as End of Life
The Truth About Windows XP License Key: FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8

Artificial intelligence = Alcohol for teens! It damages social and cognitive skills
Redazione RHC - October 11th, 2025
Today's students are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, not only for study aids, but also for social interaction and emotional support. A new study from the Center for Democracy and...

Velociraptor used in active attacks to distribute LockBit and Babuk ransomware
Redazione RHC - October 11th, 2025
Hackers have begun using Velociraptor , the digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, to launch LockBit and Babuk ransomware attacks. Cisco Talos researchers attribute these campaigns to the Storm-2603...

SonicWall confirms data breach. Cloud backup service customers at risk.
Redazione RHC - October 11th, 2025
SonicWall confirmed that a data breach last month affected all customers using the company's cloud backup service. As a result, firewall configurations stored on MySonicWall were compromised. MySonicWall is a...

RondoDox Botnet Discovered: Thousands of Devices at Risk
Redazione RHC - October 11th, 2025
A large botnet called RondoDox has been discovered exploiting 56 vulnerabilities in more than 30 different devices, including bugs first demonstrated during the Pwn2Own hacking competition. Attackers target a wide...

Microsoft Defender incorrectly flags SQL Server 2019 as End of Life
Redazione RHC - October 10th, 2025
We know that product end-of-life (EoL) brings security risks and the accumulation of vulnerabilities, as manufacturers stop releasing corrective patches. However, starting a replatforming process five years early seems like...

The Truth About Windows XP License Key: FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8
Redazione RHC - October 10th, 2025
On October 10, new revelations emerged regarding one of the most notorious license keys in computing history: FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 , tied to Windows XP . For years, this character sequence has...
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