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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...

NoName057(16) hits Italy 487 times in the last 3 months: the DDoS wave does not stop

Marcello Filacchioni | Cyber News | 24/01/2026

Italy has confirmed itself as one of the main targets of the DDoS attack campaign carried out by the hacktivist group NoName057(16) . According to what was declared directly by the collective, our cou...

BlueNoroff: The Hacker Group Revolutionizing Cybercrime

Marcello Filacchioni | Cyber News | 23/01/2026

The BlueNoroff hacker group has long since transformed cybercrime into a high-tech business, with tens of millions of dollars, cryptocurrency assets, and entire financial ecosystems at stake. A report...

Nearly 2,000 bugs in 100 dating apps: How your data can be stolen

Agostino Pellegrino | Cyber News | 23/01/2026

A study of 100 dating apps revealed a disturbing picture: nearly 2,000 vulnerabilities were detected, 17% of which were classified as critical. The analysis was conducted by AppSec Solutions. The stud...

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TIME’s Machine of the Year: How Personal Computer Changed Society

TIME magazine's selection of a "Person of the Year" is a tradition dating back to 1927, when the award was...

Redazione RHC - 26 December 2025

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Livewire Vulnerability Exposed: 130k Apps at Risk of Remote Code Execution

An in-depth security analysis of Livewire , an essential framework for developing dynamic interfaces in Laravel, has revealed a significant...

Agostino Pellegrino - 26 December 2025

Cyber News

Microsoft Boosts BitLocker with Hardware Acceleration for Enhanced Security

Over the years, Microsoft has strived to keep BitLocker's performance impact within reasonable limits, historically below double digits. The goal...

Redazione RHC - 25 December 2025

Cyber News

DriverFixer0428: macOS Credential Stealer Linked to North Korea

A thorough static and dynamic analysis has led to the identification of a macOS malware called DriverFixer0428 , classified as...

Massimiliano Brolli - 25 December 2025

Cyber News

A $500 Tool Claims to Kill EDRs at Kernel Level: Inside the NtKiller Underground Ad

An ad has surfaced on a closed underground forum frequented by malware operators and initial access brokers, attracting the attention...

Bajram Zeqiri - 25 December 2025

Cyber News

Webrat Malware Targets Security Researchers with GitHub Exploit Traps

There's a specific moment, almost always at night, when curiosity overtakes caution. A newly opened repository, few stars but a...

Redazione RHC - 24 December 2025

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Apple’s Major Shake-Up: Johny Srouji Leaves as Senior VP of Hardware Technologies

Apple is going through a period of major leadership changes , with the departure of key figures who have contributed significantly to the company's technological development. The latest executive to...

Cloudflare Outage: 25 Minutes of Chaos Due to React Server Issue

Cloudflare experienced a significant outage on the morning of December 5, 2025, when at 8:47 a.m. UTC, a portion of its infrastructure began experiencing internal errors. The incident, which lasted...

Microsoft CEO on AI Challenges

In a conversation with Matthias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged that the Redmond-based company's impressive growth is currently a limiting factor in the competition in...

Pat Gelsinger on Quantum Computing Impact on AI Future

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has shared a series of assessments on the future of computing, and in particular, the evolution of artificial intelligence. In an interview with the Financial...

AI-Generated Scams: New Threats with Deepfake Photos and Videos

Criminals are increasingly using photos and videos from public sources to pass them off as evidence of an alleged kidnapping. The FBI warns that criminals are altering the images they...

Microsoft Windows LNK Vulnerability Exploited by Hackers

Experts have discovered that in the summer of 2025, Microsoft patched a dangerous vulnerability in Windows that had been actively exploited by at least 11 hacker groups, including North Korean...

Apache Tika Vulnerability CVE-2025-66516: Critical XXE Attack Risk

A critical vulnerability has been published in Apache Tika that could allow an XML external entity injection attack, known as XXE . The vulnerability, classified as CVE-2025-66516, has a CVE...

China Accuses US of Cyber Attacks, Denies Involvement in Brickstorm Malware

A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Canada responded to a reporter's question about the outcry in Canada over so-called "Chinese cyber attacks." A reporter asked : Recently, the Canadian...

AI Browser Attack: Google Drive Wiper Threat Exposed

Researchers at Striker STAR Labs have described a new agent-based browser attack that can turn a regular email into a near-complete wiper of your Google Drive inbox. The attack targets...

NATO Cyber Coalition Exercise: Enhancing Cyber Defense with 1,300 Experts

NATO held its largest-ever cyber defense exercise, Cyber Coalition, in Estonia, involving approximately 1,300 specialists . The goal was to practice protecting critical infrastructure from large-scale cyber attacks, simulating scenarios...

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Cybercrime

Beware of “I am not a robot”: the malware trap that uses Google Calendar.

Bajram Zeqiri - 29/01/2026

Cybercrime

A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!

Bajram Zeqiri - 28/01/2026

Cyberpolitics

Digital Autonomy: France Says Goodbye to Teams and Zoom by 2027

Silvia Felici - 28/01/2026

Cyber News

And let the phishing begin! Microsoft is taking action against a zero-day exploit already exploited in Office

Pietro Melillo - 27/01/2026

Cyber News

ServiceNow Under Attack: How an Email Can Open the Doors to Your Business

Redazione RHC - 27/01/2026

The recent discovery of a vulnerability in ServiceNow’s AI platform has shaken the cybersecurity industry. This flaw, characterized by an extremely high severity score, allowed unauthenticated attackers to impersonate any corporate user. To launch the…