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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...

MacSync: The macOS malware that empties your wallet… after weeks

Massimiliano Brolli | Cyber News | 23/01/2026

A new malware campaign has emerged in the macOS world, one that relies not on sophisticated exploits, but on good old-fashioned social engineering. It’s powered by the MacSync malware, distributed usi...

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Cyber News

Nvidia H200 Chip Shipments to China Set to Begin

Nvidia has informed its customers in China of its intention to begin shipping the first H200 chip, the company's second-most...

Redazione RHC - 23 December 2025

Cyber News

La Poste Hit by Pro-Russian DDoS Attack During Peak Holiday Season

According to internal sources at RedHotCyber , the digital offensive that is causing problems for the National Postal System in...

Redazione RHC - 23 December 2025

Cyber News

Spotify Web Scraping: Anna’s Archive Scrapes 300TB of Music Library

Activists and hackers at Anna's Archive have reportedly combed nearly the entire music library of the largest streaming service, Spotify....

Stefano Gazzella - 23 December 2025

Vulnerability

CVE-2025-47761: FortiClient VPN Zero-Day Exploit Lets Privilege Escalation

The following analysis examines the attack vector for CVE-2025-47761 , a vulnerability found in the Fortips_74.sys kernel driver used by...

Manuel Roccon - 23 December 2025

Cyber News

Ukrainian Hacker Charged in Major Ransomware Attacks

A Ukrainian man implicated in a series of ransomware attacks has been found guilty in the United States. These cybercrimes...

Agostino Pellegrino - 23 December 2025

Cyber News

The Rise of Digital Walls: How National Sovereignty Threatens Global Internet

As we always report on these pages, nations are pushing for the development of domestic software and hardware devices, that...

Silvia Felici - 23 December 2025

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Chinese Cyber Spies Use Brickstorm Malware to Infiltrate Critical Networks

Chinese cyber spies have been lurking in the networks of critical organizations for years, infecting infrastructure with sophisticated malware and stealing data, government agencies and private experts warn. According to...

Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability: CVE-2025-20386 and CVE-2025-20387

Security researchers have discovered two high-risk vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20386 and CVE-2025-20387, with CVSS severity 8.0) affecting the Splunk Enterprise platform and Universal Forwarder components. These vulnerabilities result from incorrect permissions on...

Apache HTTP Server Update Fixes Critical Security Vulnerabilities

The Apache Software Foundation has released a significant update for its popular Apache HTTP Server , addressing a total of five separate security vulnerabilities. Administrators are recommended to apply this...

Cyber Insurance: Why Basic Hygiene Matters

Cyber insurance has become a topic of discussion on management committees. It's no longer an add-on, but rather an essential consideration in corporate risk management. Yet many companies rely on...

Meta AI WhatsApp Investigation

Nine months after its implementation in Europe, Meta’s conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tool, integrated directly into WhatsApp, will be investigated by the European Commission . Two officials from the Brussels...

Gulf States’ Digital Transformation: A New Era of Innovation and Security

It is a time of great geopolitical changes in the Gulf. It has been evident for some time that the dynamics between the major Middle Eastern players are indeed undergoing...

Neurodivergence in Cybersecurity: A Hidden Competitive Advantage

Personal growth manuals sell hyperfocus as the secret to success. Routines as the key to productivity. Stepping out of your comfort zone as a universal panacea. But Jeff Bezos (...

Leroy Merlin Cyberattack Exposes Personal Data of French Customers

A cyberattack has affected Leroy Merlin, involving the personal data of numerous customers in France, impacting hundreds of thousands of individuals. Leroy Merlin assures that "additional security measures have been...

Anonymity for Sale: Russian SIM Card Market Thrives Amid Regulations

Efforts by legislators and law enforcement to combat money laundering and more complex SIM card verification procedures have not significantly weakened the position of anonymous number dealers. This conclusion emerges...

Hackers Compromise 120k IP Cameras for Pornographic Videos

South Korean police have reported the arrest of four individuals who, presumably independently, compromised over 120,000 IP cameras. According to investigators, at least two of them did so to steal...

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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…

Cybercrime

149 Million Accounts Exposed: The Database No One Should Have Seen

Redazione RHC - 26/01/2026

A recent leak revealed 149 million logins and passwords exposed online , including accounts for financial services, social media, gaming, and dating sites. The discovery was made by researcher Jeremiah Fowler and shared with ExpressVPN.…