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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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    When you evaluate a computer not just by its outer casing and display, but fundamentally as a machine that accepts...
    Redazione RHC - 3 January 2026
    Neuralink’s Brain-Computer Implants to Revolutionize Human Life by 2026 Cyber News

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    Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, is preparing to realize what until recently seemed like science fiction. According to Musk,...
    Redazione RHC - 3 January 2026
    Zero-Day Exploits on the Rise: How to Protect Your Network Cyber News

    Zero-Day Exploits on the Rise: How to Protect Your Network

    Until recently, zero-day vulnerabilities seemed like exotic artifacts from the world of special operations and espionage . Now they're a...
    Pietro Melillo - 2 January 2026
    Long-Lived Technologies: COBOL, C, SQL, and Legacy Systems Cyber News

    Long-Lived Technologies: COBOL, C, SQL, and Legacy Systems

    While the industry debates which neural network is the “smartest” and which framework is the “most modern,” decades-old technologies continue...
    Redazione RHC - 2 January 2026
    PollyPolymer Revolutionizes Robotics with 3D Printed Flexible Components Cyber News

    PollyPolymer Revolutionizes Robotics with 3D Printed Flexible Components

    When XPeng unveiled its new humanoid robot this year, the spectacle was designed to inspire disbelief. The robot's movements were...
    Redazione RHC - 2 January 2026
    GlassWorm Malware Targets macOS via Open VSX Extensions Cyber News

    GlassWorm Malware Targets macOS via Open VSX Extensions

    A new wave of malicious extensions has been discovered in the Open VSX extension store, used by millions of developers....
    Massimiliano Brolli - 2 January 2026
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    How Profanity Varies Across Social Media and Cultures

    Americans are the most likely to swear on social media, but Australians are more creative in their use of the infamous "f" swear word. This is the conclusion reached by...

    - December 15th, 2025

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    GhostFrame Phishing Kit: New Stealthy PhaaS Threat Emerges

    Barracuda has released details of a new stealthy, evasive phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit that hides malicious content within web page iframes to evade detection and maximize resilience. This is the first...

    - December 14th, 2025

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    WhatsApp: all it takes is a phone number to know when you sleep, go out, or come home

    A tool has been released that allows for the discreet monitoring of WhatsApp and Signal user activity using just a phone number. The tracking mechanism covers over three billion accounts...

    - December 14th, 2025

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    Cyber Geopolitics: How Tech Becomes a Global Battleground

    Over the past two years, cyber has ceased to be a " technical " dimension of the conflict and has become a strategic infrastructure. The consequence is a domino effect:...

    - December 14th, 2025

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    SOAP Vulnerability in .NET Framework Allows Remote Code Execution

    Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in .NET that could affect several enterprise products and lead to remote code execution. The issue stems from the way Microsoft .NET-based applications handle...

    - December 14th, 2025

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    CVE-2025-55182 React Server Components Vulnerability Exploited

    A recent report from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) illustrates the chaotic results of this information dissemination, highlighting how savvy adversaries have already gained a foothold within targeted networks....

    - December 13th, 2025

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    Top 25 Software Vulnerabilities 2025: MITRE CWE Ranking and Security Tips

    MITRE has released its ranking of the 25 most dangerous software vulnerabilities predicted for 2025, based on data collected through the National Vulnerability Database. These vulnerabilities were identified by analyzing...

    - December 13th, 2025

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    The Future of Work: 4-Day Week with AI and Tech Advances

    The prospect of a four-day workweek, with a resulting three-day long weekend, may not be far off. This is according to Christopher A. Pissarides , a British-Cypriot economist and Nobel...

    - December 13th, 2025

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    ARTEMIS Leads in AI-Powered Pentesting, Outperforming Human Experts

    Stanford researchers and their colleagues conducted an unusual experiment: they compared the performance of ten professional specialists and a set of autonomous AI agents in a real-world corporate pentest. The...

    - December 13th, 2025

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    Apple Patches Critical WebKit Vulnerabilities in iOS Update

    Following the discovery of two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the WebKit browser engine, Apple has urgently released security updates for iPhone and iPad users. Both vulnerabilities reside in WebKit ,...

    - December 13th, 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…