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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...
$16 billion in stolen Apple, Meta, and Google credentials up for sale for $121,000
The Darklab team, Red Hot Cyber‘s community of threat intelligence experts, has identified an ad on the dark web marketplace “Tor Amazon”, the criminal counterpart of the popular e-commerce site on th...
Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026: Sponsorships Open for the Fifth Edition in Rome
The Red Hot Cyber Conference has become a regular event for the Red Hot Cyber community and for anyone working in or interested in the world of digital technologies and cybersecurity. The fifth editio...
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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...

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...

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...
Ghost-tapping: How Asian scammers launder money with stolen credit cards
Electronic Warfare. China develops a lamp that blocks enemy radar for miles.
Critical Score 10 Vulnerability in Erlang/Open Telecom Platform: Active Exploits on the Rise
Can’t find your Tesla? No problem: there’s Free TeslaMate.
Proton leaves Switzerland for Europe! €100 million for Lumo artificial intelligence
After XSS’s shutdown, Rehubcom arrives. The Dark Web continues.

Ghost-tapping: How Asian scammers launder money with stolen credit cards
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Scammers in Southeast Asia have found a new way to launder money using stolen credit cards. Researchers have reported a system they call "ghost-tapping," in which stolen card data is...

Electronic Warfare. China develops a lamp that blocks enemy radar for miles.
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Chinese engineers have announced the development of a miniature traveling-wave tube (TWT) that could revolutionize the capabilities of modern electronic warfare systems and radar. This special type of vacuum tube...

Critical Score 10 Vulnerability in Erlang/Open Telecom Platform: Active Exploits on the Rise
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Researchers recorded that a critical flaw in the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform SSH stack implementation began being actively exploited as early as early May 2025; approximately 70% of detections occurred on...

Can’t find your Tesla? No problem: there’s Free TeslaMate.
Redazione RHC - August 18th, 2025
A cybersecurity researcher has discovered that hundreds of TeslaMate servers around the world are openly transmitting Tesla vehicle data without any protection. This means that car telemetry—from precise coordinates and...

Proton leaves Switzerland for Europe! €100 million for Lumo artificial intelligence
Redazione RHC - August 18th, 2025
Technology company Proton, which already has 100 million users worldwide, found itself at the center of two major news stories. First, the launch of its generative artificial intelligence, Lumo, which...

After XSS’s shutdown, Rehubcom arrives. The Dark Web continues.
Redazione RHC - August 18th, 2025
A former moderator of the XSS dark web forum, known as Rehub, has launched his own platform called Rehubcom. The move coincides with the arrest of XSS's administrator in Kiev...
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