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    Supply Chain Attack: How Notepad++ Was Compromised via CVE-2025-15556
    Manuel Roccon | Cybercrime | 04/02/2026

    In cybersecurity, we often focus on finding complex bugs in source code, ignoring the fact that end-user trust is built on a much simpler foundation: a download link. The Notepad++ incident, now class...

    Microsoft Office under attack: the bug needs to be patched to prevent Russian espionage.
    Bajram Zeqiri | Cyber News | 03/02/2026

    In recent days, APT28 , a well-known Russian-linked hacker group, has intensified its attacks by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The flaw, classified as CVE-2026-21509, was disclosed b...

    Goodbye to NTLM! Microsoft is moving towards a new era of authentication with Kerberos
    Silvia Felici | Cyber News | 01/02/2026

    For over three decades, it has been a silent pillar of the Windows ecosystem. Now, however, NTLM ‘s time seems definitively over. Microsoft has decided to initiate a profound transition that marks the...

    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...

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    Notepad++ Vulnerability Fixed: Update to 8.8.9 to Avoid Malware

    Notepad++ is often targeted by attackers because the software is popular and widely used. A recently discovered vulnerability in the open-source text and code editor Notepad++ could allow attackers to...

    - December 11th, 2025

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    Digital Stress: How to Achieve Balance in a Hyper-Connected World

    We live in dissociation: we praise work-life balance, yet we find ourselves constantly online, like puppets on invisible strings. The real problem is not technology, but how we, humans, respond...

    - December 11th, 2025

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    VPN Credentials on the Dark Web: A Growing Cybersecurity Threat

    In the darkest corners of the internet, the trafficking of stolen data and unauthorized access continues to thrive. A recent post on a closed underground forum shows 896 FortiSSL VPN...

    - December 11th, 2025

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    Uncovering Russia’s Cyber Operations: CISM’s Role in DDoS Attacks

    What we wrote in the article " Patriotic Code: from DDoSia and NoName057(16) to CISM, the algorithm that shapes youth for Putin " on Red Hot Cyber on July 23rd...

    - December 11th, 2025

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    Microsoft Outlook RCE Vulnerability: Update Now to Prevent Attacks

    A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Outlook has been patched by Microsoft, potentially allowing attackers to run malicious code on vulnerable systems. The vulnerability, tracked under CVE-2025-62562, stems...

    - December 11th, 2025

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    Google Chrome Urgent Update Fixes Zero-Day Vulnerability

    An urgent update has been released by Google for the stable version of the Desktop browser, in order to address an extremely serious vulnerability that is currently being exploited. This...

    - December 11th, 2025

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    Is QDay approaching? QuantWare presents its 10,000-qubit quantum processor

    The world of quantum technology has made an impressive leap forward: QuantWare has unveiled the world's first 10,000-qubit processor, 100 times more than any existing device . Furthermore, the new...

    - December 10th, 2025

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    Malicious VSCode Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets and Browser Sessions

    Two malicious extensions have been discovered that infect developers' computers with stealer programs on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code marketplace. The malware can take screenshots, steal passwords and cryptocurrency wallets, and...

    - December 10th, 2025

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    Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

    A zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter driver (cldflt.sys) is currently being actively exploited. Microsoft has released urgent security updates to address this vulnerability. The vulnerability is...

    - December 10th, 2025

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    The Dark Side of AI: How Technology is Being Used to Control Humans

    Cory Doctorow says it with the clarity of someone who has studied the consequences of digital capitalism for years: AI, as it's sold today, isn't about enhancing humans. It's about...

    - December 10th, 2025

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