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Net-NTLMv1 Exploitation: Rainbow Tables for Modern Attacks
Your paycheck is zero! Congratulations, someone answered the phone wrong
Two Ukrainians Suspected in Black Basta Ransomware Attacks
Gootloader Malware Returns with Enhanced Evasion Techniques
VoidLink Malware: Advanced Linux Framework Targets Cloud Infrastructures
Microsoft Copilot Vulnerability Exposes User Data to Hackers
Progress Software Patches LoadMaster, MOVEit WAF Vulnerabilities
24-Year-Old Hacker Breaches US Supreme Court Database
Cloudflare vs Italy: The Battle for Internet Freedom and DNS Control
Cybercrime Meets Real-Life Violence: Foxtrot Network’s Dark Side
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The Future of Tech: Sovereignty, Security, and Cloud Control Cybercrime

The Future of Tech: Sovereignty, Security, and Cloud Control

In today's world, technology is no longer a mere tool for efficiency or convenience, but a primary geopolitical lever ....
Redazione RHC - 11 January 2026
Internet Shutdowns Cost $19.7B in 2025, Sophisticated Censorship Rises Cybercrime

Internet Shutdowns Cost $19.7B in 2025, Sophisticated Censorship Rises

Imagine a situation where the internet appears to be working, but websites won't open beyond the first screen, messaging apps...
Redazione RHC - 11 January 2026
Doom on a Smart Pressure Cooker: The Ultimate IoT Hack Cybercrime

Doom on a Smart Pressure Cooker: The Ultimate IoT Hack

The line between home appliances and gaming consoles continues to blur. The latest frontier of " extreme porting" features the...
Redazione RHC - 10 January 2026
LockBit 5.0 Ransomware: The Evolving Threat Cybercrime

LockBit 5.0 Ransomware: The Evolving Threat

Cybercrime continues to reinvent itself, and LockBit is one of the most prominent examples. Active since late 2019, the group...
Redazione RHC - 10 January 2026
Instagram Data Leak Exposes 17.5 Million Users on Dark Web Cybercrime

Instagram Data Leak Exposes 17.5 Million Users on Dark Web

A massive digital archive containing the private information of approximately 17.5 million Instagram users appears to have fallen into the...
Redazione RHC - 10 January 2026
Phishing Emails Mimic Internal Comms via Microsoft 365 Spoofing Cybercrime

Phishing Emails Mimic Internal Comms via Microsoft 365 Spoofing

Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly insidious, to the point of perfectly mimicking internal corporate communications . This is the alarm...
Redazione RHC - 10 January 2026
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Microsoft’s AI Future: Models to Systems with Satya Nadella

- January 6th, 2026

With 2026 just around the corner, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared a thoughtful reflection on the state of the AI industry on SN Scratchpad , his new personal blog. In...
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Rare Earth Elements: US-China Competition Heats Up

- January 6th, 2026

An increasingly pressing question is emerging in the United States: after a long series of bans, restrictions, and closures against China, how will the country guarantee the supply of batteries...
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Patchwork Group Unleashes StreamSpy Malware with WebSocket C2 Channel

- January 6th, 2026

The Patchwork hacker group, also known as Dropping Elephant and Maha Grass , has returned to the spotlight after a series of targeted attacks on Pakistani defense facilities. In their...
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WhatsApp Device Fingerprinting: New Measures Against Privacy Threats

- January 6th, 2026

WhatsApp, Meta's messaging app with over 3 billion monthly active users, has begun introducing technical changes to mitigate several privacy vulnerabilities on user devices . The fixes, identified through independent...
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Microsoft Removes Phone Activation for Windows and Office

- January 6th, 2026

Microsoft has finally removed the option to activate Windows and Office over the phone . While the company still includes this method in its support materials, it no longer works...
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PS5 BootROM Key Leaked, Sony’s Security Compromised

- January 5th, 2026

A recent incident saw an anonymous hacker leak a crucial security key used by Sony to safeguard the integrity of the chain of trust in the PlayStation 5 console. This...
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China Achieves Quantum Error Correction Breakthrough with Microchip

- January 5th, 2026

For years, quantum computers have seemed like a futuristic technology: on paper, they can solve problems that classical machines can’t handle in a reasonable time, but in reality they constantly...
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Critical GNU Wget2 Vulnerability Exposes Users to File Overwrite Attacks

- January 5th, 2026

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the popular GNU command-line downloader Wget2 , which allows attackers to overwrite files on the victim's computer without their knowledge or consent. The...
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Windows 11 Performance Test: Surprising Results with Windows 8.1

- January 5th, 2026

A comparison test across six generations of Windows was conducted by YouTube channel TrigrZolt , which unexpectedly revealed a clear winner: Windows 8.1. Windows 11, on the other hand, performed...
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PentestAgent: Revolutionizing Penetration Testing with AI-Powered Tools

- January 5th, 2026

PentestAgent is another new open source project developed by the GH05TCREW group that aims to support penetration testing activities through the use of agents based on language models. The tool...
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Net-NTLMv1 Exploitation: Rainbow Tables for Modern Attacks
Redazione RHC - 18/01/2026

Mandiant has released a large set of rainbow tables dedicated to Net-NTLMv1 with the aim of concretely demonstrating how insecure this authentication protocol has become. Although Net-NTLMv1 has been deprecated for years and its weaknesses…

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Your paycheck is zero! Congratulations, someone answered the phone wrong
Redazione RHC - 18/01/2026

No worker would accept their paycheck disappearing without explanation. It was precisely from a series of internal reports of this nature that an organization began investigating an apparently administrative anomaly, discovering instead a targeted cyber…

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Two Ukrainians Suspected in Black Basta Ransomware Attacks
Redazione RHC - 17/01/2026

When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s not uncommon to come across news stories that seem straight out of a science fiction movie. Yet, the reality is even more surprising and sometimes disturbing. The story of…

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Gootloader Malware Returns with Enhanced Evasion Techniques
Redazione RHC - 17/01/2026

After a long period of silence, the Gootloader downloader malware has returned to the forefront. Last November, the Huntress team detected a new campaign signaling the return of a developer previously associated with the Vanilla…

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VoidLink Malware: Advanced Linux Framework Targets Cloud Infrastructures
Redazione RHC - 16/01/2026

Check Point researchers have discovered a new Linux infection framework distinguished by its advanced modular architecture and wide range of features. The malware has been dubbed VoidLink . The framework is composed of over 30…