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    The world’s first humanoid robot store has opened in China. Will we be ready?
    Carolina Vivianti | innovation | 30/01/2026

    At ten o’clock in the morning, in Wuhan, two 1.3-meter-tall humanoid robots begin moving with precision. They turn, jump, and follow a rhythm. It’s the opening signal for the country’s first 7S humano...

    Douglas Engelbart was born today: the man who saw and invented the digital future.
    Massimiliano Brolli | Culture | 30/01/2026

    Sometimes, when you think about it, you wonder how we take the world around us for granted. Like, we click, scroll, type, and it all seems so natural, as if it’s always been there. But no, there was s...

    WhatsApp gets a makeover: “Paranoia” mode arrives (and no, it’s not for everyone).
    Silvia Felici | Cyber News | 29/01/2026

    WhatsApp has decided to toughen up. Not for everyone, not always, but when needed. The decision comes against a backdrop of a now-familiar climate: increasing cyber attacks, espionage that no longer m...

    Beware of “I am not a robot”: the malware trap that uses Google Calendar.
    Bajram Zeqiri | Cybercrime | 29/01/2026

    A new threat is lurking, exploiting our greatest weakness: habit. How many times, in fact, do you find yourself clicking on verification boxes without thinking twice? Now, it seems that malicious peop...

    A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!
    Bajram Zeqiri | Cybercrime | 28/01/2026

    The RAMP (Russian Anonymous Marketplace) forum, one of the main hubs of the international cybercrime underground, has been officially shut down and seized by US law enforcement . The news emerged afte...

    Digital Autonomy: France Says Goodbye to Teams and Zoom by 2027
    Silvia Felici | Cyberpolitics | 28/01/2026

    This isn’t the first initiative to emerge on this front recently. Indeed, we’ve heard several of them, one after the other. And it’s almost inevitable: technological autonomy and national security are...

    And let the phishing begin! Microsoft is taking action against a zero-day exploit already exploited in Office
    Pietro Melillo | Cyber News | 27/01/2026

    Once again, Microsoft was forced to quickly fix some flaws. The company has released unscheduled patches for Microsoft Office, addressing a dangerous zero-day vulnerability that has already been explo...

    When Malware Hides in Videos! The PixelCode Technique Breaks the Rules
    Marcello Filacchioni | Cybercrime | 26/01/2026

    PixelCode began as a research project exploring a hidden technique for storing binary data within images or videos . Instead of leaving a plaintext executable, the file is converted into pixel data, t...

    CISA alert: Exploit underway against VMware vCenter. Risk of RCE without authentication.
    Manuel Roccon | Cyber News | 25/01/2026

    The critical vulnerability recently added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs) affects the Broadcom VMware vCenter Server an...

    “I Stole 120,000 Bitcoins”: The Confession of the Bitfinex Hacker Who Now Wants to Defend Cyberspace
    Agostino Pellegrino | Cyber News | 25/01/2026

    The story ofIlya Lichtenstein, the hacker responsible for one of the largest cyber attacks ever carried out against cryptocurrencies, reads like an episode of a TV series, yet it is absolutely real. A...

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    The U.S. Treasury Department unexpectedly removed from its sanctions list three individuals previously accused of ties to Intellexa , the...
    Bajram Zeqiri - 5 January 2026
    Rue Language: Revolutionizing System Programming with AI Cyber News

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    Veteran software developer Steve Klabnik, who helped create Rust and Ruby on Rails, has started work on a new programming...
    Redazione RHC - 5 January 2026
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    Simone D'Agostino - 4 January 2026
    Potential Data Breach at Pickett USA Exposes Critical Energy Infrastructure Cybercrime

    Potential Data Breach at Pickett USA Exposes Critical Energy Infrastructure

    An unknown attacker claims to have hacked Pickett and Associates (Pickett USA), a Florida-based engineering firm, and is now selling...
    Bajram Zeqiri - 4 January 2026
    Forensic Timeliner: Advanced Digital Forensics Tool for DFIR Analysis Cyber News

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    Forensic Timeliner is a high-performance forensic processing engine designed to support DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response ) analysts in...
    Redazione RHC - 4 January 2026
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    Google is preparing to introduce a new generative AI model for image processing: the Nano Banana 2 Flash . It...
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    Salt Typhoon Hackers Exposed: Cisco Training Led to Global Telecom Breaches

    A recent study by SentinelLabs sheds new light on the roots of the hacker group known as “Salt Typhoon ,” which carried out one of the most audacious espionage operations...

    - December 16th, 2025

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    Critical Red Hat OpenShift GitOps Vulnerability Exposed

    A critical flaw has been discovered in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, putting Kubernetes clusters at risk by allowing users with reduced permissions to gain full control of them. OpenShift GitOps...

    - December 16th, 2025

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    FortiGate Vulnerability Exploited: Update Now to Prevent SSO Attacks

    Threat actors began actively exploiting the high-severity vulnerabilities shortly after the vendor disclosed them to bypass authentication on FortiGate devices. A recent report from Arctic Wolf reveals that, as of...

    - December 16th, 2025

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    Shannon: Autonomous Penetration Testing with AI

    Shannon acts as a penetration tester who doesn't just report vulnerabilities, but launches actual exploits. Shannon's goal is to breach your web application's security before anyone with malicious intent can....

    - December 15th, 2025

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    Protecting Loved Ones from Scams and Financial Abuse

    Hi guys,My name is Giorgio , I'm 58 years old, I've always worked as an administrative technician, and in life, I've always been the " rational " one in the...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-59230 Exposed

    Windows services dedicated to remote connections have always been an inexhaustible source of "satisfaction" for those involved in cybersecurity, revealing vulnerabilities of enormous impact. Among the most famous examples is...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    Women in Cybersecurity: Breaking Down Barriers and Stereotypes

    The scene is always the same: monitors lit, dashboards full of alerts, logs scrolling too quickly, an anxious customer on the other end of the call. You sit down, look...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    Storm-0249 Uses DLL Sideloading in Highly Targeted Attacks

    A well-known initial access broker (IAB) called " Storm-0249 " has changed its operational strategies, using phishing campaigns as well as highly targeted attacks, which exploit the very security tools...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    VS Code Extensions Infected with Sophisticated Malware via Typosquatting

    A sophisticated malware campaign has been detected within the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplace. Researchers at ReversingLabs (RL) have identified 19 malicious extensions that successfully evaded standard detection methods...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    NVIDIA Merlin Security Update: Fixing High-Severity Vulnerabilities

    NVIDIA has released a significant security update for its Merlin framework, addressing several high-severity vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute malicious code or alter sensitive data within AI...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    The world’s first humanoid robot store has opened in China. Will we be ready?
    Carolina Vivianti - 30/01/2026

    At ten o’clock in the morning, in Wuhan, two 1.3-meter-tall humanoid robots begin moving with precision. They turn, jump, and follow a rhythm. It’s the opening signal for the country’s first 7S humanoid robot store,…

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    Douglas Engelbart was born today: the man who saw and invented the digital future.
    Massimiliano Brolli - 30/01/2026

    Sometimes, when you think about it, you wonder how we take the world around us for granted. Like, we click, scroll, type, and it all seems so natural, as if it’s always been there. But…

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    WhatsApp gets a makeover: “Paranoia” mode arrives (and no, it’s not for everyone).
    Silvia Felici - 29/01/2026

    WhatsApp has decided to toughen up. Not for everyone, not always, but when needed. The decision comes against a backdrop of a now-familiar climate: increasing cyber attacks, espionage that no longer makes headlines but continues…

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    Beware of “I am not a robot”: the malware trap that uses Google Calendar.
    Bajram Zeqiri - 29/01/2026

    A new threat is lurking, exploiting our greatest weakness: habit. How many times, in fact, do you find yourself clicking on verification boxes without thinking twice? Now, it seems that malicious people have created a…

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    A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!
    Bajram Zeqiri - 28/01/2026

    The RAMP (Russian Anonymous Marketplace) forum, one of the main hubs of the international cybercrime underground, has been officially shut down and seized by US law enforcement . The news emerged after the domain associated…