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    Douglas Engelbart was born today: the man who saw and invented the digital future.
    Massimiliano Brolli | Culture | 30/01/2026

    Sometimes, when you think about it, you wonder how we take the world around us for granted. Like, we click, scroll, type, and it all seems so natural, as if it’s always been there. But no, there was s...

    WhatsApp gets a makeover: “Paranoia” mode arrives (and no, it’s not for everyone).
    Silvia Felici | Cyber News | 29/01/2026

    WhatsApp has decided to toughen up. Not for everyone, not always, but when needed. The decision comes against a backdrop of a now-familiar climate: increasing cyber attacks, espionage that no longer m...

    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...

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    Villager Framework: AI-Powered Penetration Testing Tool Cyber News

    Villager Framework: AI-Powered Penetration Testing Tool

    Straiker's AI Research (STAR) team has identified Villager, a native AI-based penetration testing framework developed by the Chinese group Cyberspike...
    Redazione RHC - 26 December 2025
    TIME’s Machine of the Year: How Personal Computer Changed Society Cyber News

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

    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
    Microsoft Boosts BitLocker with Hardware Acceleration for Enhanced Security 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
    DriverFixer0428: macOS Credential Stealer Linked to North Korea 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
    A $500 Tool Claims to Kill EDRs at Kernel Level: Inside the NtKiller Underground Ad 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
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    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...

    - December 7th, 2025

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    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...

    - December 7th, 2025

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    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...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    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...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    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...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    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...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    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...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    Microsoft 365 Price Hike: What You Need to Know About the 2026 Increase

    Starting July 1, 2026, Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscription prices for business and government customers will increase by 8% to 33% , depending on the plan. This price adjustment...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    React2Shell Vulnerability Exploited by China-Linked Hackers, Patch Now

    We often discuss on this site that the window between the publication of an exploit and the launch of active attacks is drastically shrinking. For this reason, it's increasingly crucial...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    FreeBSD 15.0: Discover the Power of This Unix-like Operating System

    Behind many of the digital applications and services we take for granted every day lies a silent giant: FreeBSD . Known primarily to insiders, this Unix-like operating system has become...

    - December 6th, 2025

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    Massimiliano Brolli - 30/01/2026

    Sometimes, when you think about it, you wonder how we take the world around us for granted. Like, we click, scroll, type, and it all seems so natural, as if it’s always been there. But…

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    WhatsApp gets a makeover: “Paranoia” mode arrives (and no, it’s not for everyone).
    Silvia Felici - 29/01/2026

    WhatsApp has decided to toughen up. Not for everyone, not always, but when needed. The decision comes against a backdrop of a now-familiar climate: increasing cyber attacks, espionage that no longer makes headlines but continues…

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    Beware of “I am not a robot”: the malware trap that uses Google Calendar.
    Bajram Zeqiri - 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 people have created a…

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    A blow to the heart of cybercrime: RAMP taken offline. The “temple” of ransomware falls!
    Bajram Zeqiri - 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 after the domain associated…

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    Digital Autonomy: France Says Goodbye to Teams and Zoom by 2027
    Silvia Felici - 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 becoming an increasingly popular…