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RHC interviews ShinyHunters: “Systems can be repaired, but people remain vulnerable!”
ShinyHunters is a group of threat actors that gained notoriety after the massive data breach against Salesforce, an incident that led Google to closely monitor them and assign them the code name UNC62...
The Great Firewall in the Spotlight: The Leak Revealing the Industrialization of Chinese Censorship
Edited by Luca Stivali and Olivia Terragni. On September 11, 2025, what can be defined as the largest leak ever suffered by the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exploded in the media, massively and massi...
OpenAI and Microsoft reach agreement to transform into a public utility company.
OpenAI has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to review its partnership, which could lead to the company’s transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). If the transfo...
Goodbye PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC! The great Windows 11 cleanup has begun.
Windows 11 users who have installed the September 2025 Update might think that practically nothing changes. At first glance, KB5065426 looks like a normal small patch that Microsoft distributes to eve...
Looking for Volodymyr Tymoshchuk! 11 million dollars for the Nefilim hacker
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Ukrainian Volodymyr Tymoshchuk on seven counts of computer hacking and extortion. He is considered one of the most dangerous hackers of recent years. The in...
In Nepal, people are dying for social media! 19 people lost their lives trying to get Facebook back
In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...
Xi Jinping and the Chinese APT’s Ambition
The post-COVID macro political movements, including ongoing conflicts, have prompted a majority of states to shift their medium- to long-term political objectives. Clearly, a paradigm shift has been v...
Salesloft Cyber Attack: Chatbot Drift Temporarily Disabled
Salesloft announced that it would temporarily deactivate its AI-powered chatbot Drift on September 5, after several companies were hit by a massive supply chain attack. The incident resulted in the ma...
Discover the Dark Web: Access, Secrets, and Helpful Links to the Onion Network
The Dark Web is a part of the internet that cannot be reached with standard browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). To access it, you need to use specific tools like the Tor Browser, which guarantees anonym...
AI A2 detected 102 0-day bugs and created exploits in Android apps for $1.77
Artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for creating confusing vulnerability reports and inundating open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. But researchers at Nanjing Universit...
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ShinyHunters is a group of threat actors that gained notoriety after the massive data breach against Salesforce, an incident that led Google to closely monitor them and assign them the code name UNC62...

Edited by Luca Stivali and Olivia Terragni. On September 11, 2025, what can be defined as the largest leak ever suffered by the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exploded in the media, massively and massi...

OpenAI has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to review its partnership, which could lead to the company’s transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). If the trans...

Windows 11 users who have installed the September 2025 Update might think that practically nothing changes. At first glance, KB5065426 looks like a normal small patch that Microsoft distributes to eve...

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Ukrainian Volodymyr Tymoshchuk on seven counts of computer hacking and extortion. He is considered one of the most dangerous hackers of recent years. The in...
Tea Dating App Data Breach: 72,000 Images and Over 1 Million Private Messages
Artificial consciousness: abroad it’s science, in Italy it’s taboo.
QNAP releases security patches for critical vulnerabilities in VioStor NVR systems.
Computer engineer found dead on Microsoft campus in Mountain View
Living-off-the-Land 2.0: When Attackers Weaponize Security Tools
What a hacker attack! Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was the victim of an electronic warfare attack (EW)

Tea Dating App Data Breach: 72,000 Images and Over 1 Million Private Messages
Stefano Gazzella - September 2nd, 2025
The "Tea Dating Advice" app reported a data breach on July 25, 2025, involving 72,000 images of users registered before February 2024, including 13,000 selfies and documents uploaded for account...

Artificial consciousness: abroad it’s science, in Italy it’s taboo.
Alessandro Rugolo - September 2nd, 2025
Abroad, it's already a recognized field of study, but here it's almost taboo: a journey through science, philosophy, and ethical perspectives. 1. The Great Italian Absentee In Italy, artificial intelligence...

QNAP releases security patches for critical vulnerabilities in VioStor NVR systems.
Redazione RHC - September 1st, 2025
QNAP Systems has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the QVR firmware of its VioStor Network Video Recorder (NVR) systems. On August 29, 2025, two serious security vulnerabilities...

Computer engineer found dead on Microsoft campus in Mountain View
Redazione RHC - September 1st, 2025
An Indian-born software engineer employed by Microsoft Corp. has been found dead on the company's campus in Mountain View, California. The 35-year-old, identified as Pratik Pandey and originally from Indore,...

Living-off-the-Land 2.0: When Attackers Weaponize Security Tools
Redazione RHC - September 1st, 2025
Sophos has warned of an increasingly sophisticated attacker practice: the use of legitimate cybersecurity tools as part of a Living-off-the-Land (LotL) tactic, in which an attack is carried out using...

What a hacker attack! Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was the victim of an electronic warfare attack (EW)
Redazione RHC - September 1st, 2025
A disturbing episode of electronic warfare (EW) directly involved the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. On approach to Plovdiv Airport in Bulgaria, the jet carrying the...
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