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The Russian Federation’s Roskomnadzor has announced that it continues to impose systematic restrictions on the messaging app WhatsApp due to violations of Russian law. According to the agency, the s...

The Shai-Hulud worm has spread beyond the npm ecosystem and was discovered in Maven . Socket specialists noticed an infected package on Maven Central containing the same malicious components used in t...

Artificial intelligence is currently capable of performing work equivalent to 11.7% of US employment . And not just in theory: in terms of monetary value, this value is already comparable to the salar...

The Tor project has announced the introduction of a new encryption scheme, called Counter Galois Onion (CGO) , intended to replace the previous Tor1 Relay method. The update aims to strengthen network...

A group of members of the European Parliament have called for Microsoft to abandon its internal use of products and switch to European solutions. Their initiative stems from growing concerns about the...
Marketing is nothing! VPNs sell themselves every time a government blocks adult sites
Hackers: Who They Are, What They Do, and Their Role in Today’s World
The First Hackers in History: Hacking Is a Journey, Not a Destination
The extraordinary story of Alan Turing, the father of computer science: from his tumultuous childhood to his revolutionary contributions
Wi-Fi Security: The Evolution from WEP to WPA3 and Self-Defending Networks
The Windows 98 Blue Screen of Death That Changed Microsoft’s Plans

Marketing is nothing! VPNs sell themselves every time a government blocks adult sites
Redazione RHC - November 10th, 2025
Hundreds of millions of smartphone users have faced blocking of pornographic websites and mandatory age verification. The UK has introduced mandatory identity verification on adult websites , and similar laws...

Hackers: Who They Are, What They Do, and Their Role in Today’s World
Massimiliano Brolli - November 10th, 2025
The meaning of " hacker " has deep roots. It derives from the English "to hack," meaning to chip away, cut, strike, or cut. It's a powerful image, that of...

The First Hackers in History: Hacking Is a Journey, Not a Destination
Massimiliano Brolli - November 10th, 2025
The word hacking comes from the English verb “to hack,” which means “to damage.” Today, with this short article, I will tell you a piece of the history of hacking,...

The extraordinary story of Alan Turing, the father of computer science: from his tumultuous childhood to his revolutionary contributions
Carlo Denza - November 10th, 2025
Madras, early 1900s. The British Empire dominates India. Julius, a history graduate from Oxford University, serves as a colonial administrative clerk in the Indian Civil Service. He and his wife,...

Wi-Fi Security: The Evolution from WEP to WPA3 and Self-Defending Networks
Francesco Demarcus - November 10th, 2025
From the weaknesses of WEP to the advances of WPA3 , Wi-Fi network security has come a long way. Today, self-defending networks represent the new frontier: intelligent systems capable of...

The Windows 98 Blue Screen of Death That Changed Microsoft’s Plans
Redazione RHC - November 10th, 2025
It was April 20, 1998. Microsoft was so embarrassed by the iconic Windows 98 blue screen of death on stage that it decided to change plans for building a new...
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