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    149 Million Accounts Exposed: The Database No One Should Have Seen
    Massimiliano Brolli | Cybercrime | 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 Jeremia...

    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...

    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...

    PurpleBravo’s Contagious Interview: Malware Campaign Targets Global Firms
    Sandro Sana | Cyber News | 22/01/2026

    For over a year, the North Korean group PurpleBravo has been running a targeted malware campaign called “Contagious Interview,” using fake job interviews to attack companies in Europe, Asia, the Middl...

    KONNI Malware Targets Crypto Developers with AI-Powered Attacks
    Stefano Gazzella | Cyber News | 22/01/2026

    Check Point Research recently discovered a sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by KONNI , a threat group linked to North Korea . Historically focused on diplomatic targets in South Korea, the...

    Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2026-20045 Actively Exploited
    Agostino Pellegrino | Vulnerability | 22/01/2026

    A critical zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-20045, has been discovered by Cisco and is being actively exploited in active attacks. Cisco has urged immediate p...

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    UK Organizations Hit by Russia-Backed DDoS Attacks Cyber News

    UK Organizations Hit by Russia-Backed DDoS Attacks

    The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has issued a strong warning regarding a series of denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting British...
    Redazione RHC - 22 January 2026
    GitLab Security Update Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-0723 Cyber News

    GitLab Security Update Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-0723

    An urgent security update has been released by GitLab for the Community (CE) and Enterprise (EE) editions to address several...
    Massimiliano Brolli - 21 January 2026
    Critical Telnetd Vulnerability in GNU InetUtils Allows Root Access Cyber News

    Critical Telnetd Vulnerability in GNU InetUtils Allows Root Access

    A critical security flaw has been discovered in the telnetd server component of GNU InetUtils, involving remote authentication bypass ....
    Agostino Pellegrino - 21 January 2026
    Red Hot Cyber and Hack The Box: together for the CTF at the RHC 2026 conference Cyber News

    Red Hot Cyber and Hack The Box: together for the CTF at the RHC 2026 conference

    In the Italian and European cybersecurity landscape, few collaborations manage to combine educational vision, technical realism, and community impact as...
    Agostino Pellegrino - 21 January 2026
    Everest Ransomware Attacks McDonald’s, 861GB Data Stolen Cyber News

    Everest Ransomware Attacks McDonald’s, 861GB Data Stolen

    Yesterday, the Everest cybercriminal gang claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on McDonald's on their Data Leak Site (DLS) . From...
    Redazione RHC - 21 January 2026
    ESXi Zero-Day Exploit: How to Protect Your VMware Environment Cyber News

    ESXi Zero-Day Exploit: How to Protect Your VMware Environment

    A group of attackers is using a zero-day exploit toolkit to compromise VMware ESXi instances in an uncontrolled manner, taking...
    Silvia Felici - 20 January 2026
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    24-Year-Old Hacker Breaches US Supreme Court Database

    Do you remember the 24-year-old hacker Carmelo Miano and the breaches of the Naples Prosecutor's Office's accounts and computer systems? It appears something similar happened in the United States, and...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Cyberattack Hits Belgian Hospital AZ Monica, Ransomware Used

    In the early morning hours of January 13, one of Belgium's leading hospitals suddenly found itself nearly paralyzed. AZ Monica, with locations in Antwerp and Deurne, was hit by a...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Meta Shifts Focus from Metaverse to AI-Powered Wearables

    Meta is launching a new internal reorganization process that directly involves Reality Labs, its virtual reality division, and the Metaverse. According to Bloomberg, the company has begun cutting over 1,000...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Anthropic’s Claude AI Takes Control with Computer Use Feature

    Anthropic continues to push the evolution of AI-powered assistants, expanding Claude 's capabilities beyond simple text interaction. After establishing its presence among developers and enterprises , the company has introduced...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    China Leads the Way with Level 3 Autonomous Vehicle License Plates

    On December 23, the Traffic Management Bureau of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau officially issued the first batch of Level 3 autonomous driving license plates to three connected intelligent...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Orion Leaks: LockBit’s Shadow in Ransomware Ecosystem

    An in-depth look at the infrastructure connections of emerging group Orion Leaks and its possible connection to former RaaS giant LockBit. In recent months, following Operation Cronos , conducted by...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Cloudflare vs Italy: The Battle for Internet Freedom and DNS Control

    Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has threatened to shut down the company's operations in Italy after the country's telecom regulator fined it twice its annual revenue in the country. The facts...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    Understanding Data Breach: Protecting Sensitive Information

    One of the most common mistakes, despite the GDPR's implementation since 2018, is to consider only security breaches involving sensitive data as data breaches. This is often a fatal error...

    - January 14th, 2026

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    1X NEO Robot Unveils World Model for Advanced Learning

    1X has released a major update for its NEO humanoid robot , not promising much but introducing a significant change to its learning logic. The new module, called 1X World...

    - January 13th, 2026

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    Cybercrime Meets Real-Life Violence: Foxtrot Network’s Dark Side

    In recent months, there has been increasing talk of a paradigm shift in cybercrime . What for years was perceived as a predominantly digital ecosystem— consisting of fraud, identity theft,...

    - January 13th, 2026

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    And let the phishing begin! Microsoft is taking action against a zero-day exploit already exploited in Office
    Redazione RHC - 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 exploited in cyberattacks. The issue, identified as…

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    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…

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    149 Million Accounts Exposed: The Database No One Should Have Seen
    Massimiliano Brolli - 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.…

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    When Malware Hides in Videos! The PixelCode Technique Breaks the Rules
    Marcello Filacchioni - 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, transforming each byte…

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    How a simple Visual Studio Code file can become a backdoor for state-run hackers
    Redazione RHC - 26/01/2026

    Security researchers have recently observed a worrying evolution in the offensive tactics attributed to North Korean-linked actors as part of the campaign known as Contagious Interview : no longer simple fake job interview scams, but…