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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...
Moscow hires hackers who attacked the Electronic School in 2022 to improve it
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Critical vulnerabilities are on the rise! Awareness, Patching, and Audits are key.
Iran Cyber Army: Spear-phishing attacks against governments around the world (including Italy!)
China unveils KylinOS11 with AI integration: the national operating system that will replace Windows
The Dawn supercomputer takes the fight against cancer: a new era of research with AI

Moscow hires hackers who attacked the Electronic School in 2022 to improve it
Redazione RHC - August 30th, 2025
Participants in the cyberattack on the Moscow Electronic School were offered towork to improve cybersecurity and other digital services of the capital's administration. This all comes after September 17, 2022,...

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Redazione RHC - August 30th, 2025
A complex malware campaign has been discovered, targeting users searching for free PDF editing software. A malicious application, disguised as a legitimate "AppSuite PDF Editor", is being spread by cybercriminals....

Critical vulnerabilities are on the rise! Awareness, Patching, and Audits are key.
Redazione RHC - August 30th, 2025
According to a Kaspersky Lab report, the use of vulnerabilities increased significantly in the second quarter of 2025: almost every subsystem of modern computers was attacked, from UEFI to browser...

Iran Cyber Army: Spear-phishing attacks against governments around the world (including Italy!)
Redazione RHC - August 29th, 2025
A recent Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) analysis conducted by DREAM has revealed details of a complex spear-phishing campaign that occurred in August 2025. The attack, attributed to an Iran-aligned group...

China unveils KylinOS11 with AI integration: the national operating system that will replace Windows
Redazione RHC - August 29th, 2025
China has unveiled KylinOS11, the largest update to its national operating system, which the government called a major step forward in creating an independent technology ecosystem. The new version runs...

The Dawn supercomputer takes the fight against cancer: a new era of research with AI
Redazione RHC - August 29th, 2025
The project "A basic model for cancer vaccine design" has been shortlisted for an award from the UK government's prestigious AI Research Resource (AIRR) initiative, led by the Department for...
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