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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...
$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...
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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...

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...
Is Artificial Intelligence Aiming to Eliminate the Middle Class?
US embeds location tracking devices in AI chips to prevent hijackings to China
Full-on spying! The Skydweller solar drone flies for nearly three days non-stop.
Linux 6.17 Without BCachefs Due to Community Controversy
Man Dies After Fake Encounter with Meta Chatbot
Google Chrome goes privacy-first! A new script blocker for incognito mode

Is Artificial Intelligence Aiming to Eliminate the Middle Class?
Redazione RHC - August 17th, 2025
On August 5, Fast Technology reported that, according to media reports, Mo Gawdat, former chief commercial officer at Google X warned that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace most workers in...

US embeds location tracking devices in AI chips to prevent hijackings to China
Redazione RHC - August 16th, 2025
According to media reports, US authorities are secretly embedding tracking devices in chip shipments that could be illegally diverted to China. The trackers could be used in shipments of equipment...

Full-on spying! The Skydweller solar drone flies for nearly three days non-stop.
Redazione RHC - August 16th, 2025
The American startup Skydweller Aero has announced the successful testing of its solar drone, which spent nearly three days in flight without refueling. The device, with a wingspan larger than...

Linux 6.17 Without BCachefs Due to Community Controversy
Redazione RHC - August 16th, 2025
The first version of the Linux kernel, 6.17, has been released, with no changes to the bcachefs file system. And the reason isn't due to any technical issues. On August...

Man Dies After Fake Encounter with Meta Chatbot
Redazione RHC - August 16th, 2025
A 76-year-old New Jersey man died after a Meta chatbot convinced him to attend a meeting in New York. Thongbu Wongbandu, known to friends as Boo, suffered from cognitive decline...

Google Chrome goes privacy-first! A new script blocker for incognito mode
Redazione RHC - August 16th, 2025
Google is testing a new feature to improve privacy in Chrome's incognito mode on Windows: incognito script blocking (PrivacySandboxFingerprintingProtectionEnabled). This feature will block third-party scripts that use fingerprinting techniques to...
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