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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...
Looking for Volodymyr Tymoshchuk! 11 million dollars for the Nefilim hacker
Microsoft warns: Critical vulnerabilities in Office! Users and admins at risk
New AD DS Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21293) Could Hand Hackers the Keys to the Entire Corporate Network
Google fights misinformation: C2PA arrives on Pixel and Photos for AI image recognition.
FlexiSPY Alert: The Easy-to-Use Spy App Can Intercept Everything, Even El Chapo
SpamGPT is here! The new phishing kit that combines AI, spam, and diabolical genius.

Looking for Volodymyr Tymoshchuk! 11 million dollars for the Nefilim hacker
Redazione RHC - September 12th, 2025
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....

Microsoft warns: Critical vulnerabilities in Office! Users and admins at risk
Redazione RHC - September 12th, 2025
On September 9, 2025, two significant vulnerabilities were discovered in Microsoft Office, for which dedicated patches were created. These vulnerabilities, if exploited by attackers, could allow malicious code to be...

New AD DS Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21293) Could Hand Hackers the Keys to the Entire Corporate Network
Antonio Piazzolla - September 12th, 2025
Microsoft recently published a security advisory regarding a new vulnerability affecting Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-21293, is classified as an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability...

Google fights misinformation: C2PA arrives on Pixel and Photos for AI image recognition.
Redazione RHC - September 12th, 2025
Google announced that it will integrate C2PA Content Credentials technology into the Pixel 10 camera app and Google Photos to help users distinguish authentic images from those created or modified...

FlexiSPY Alert: The Easy-to-Use Spy App Can Intercept Everything, Even El Chapo
Redazione RHC - September 12th, 2025
Two Kenyan documentary filmmakers were placed under surveillance by security services for their work on a film about youth protests. Computer forensics researchers say their phones were infected with FlexiSPY...

SpamGPT is here! The new phishing kit that combines AI, spam, and diabolical genius.
Redazione RHC - September 11th, 2025
A new tool called SpamGPT has appeared on underground forums and has quickly become a hot topic in the cybersecurity community. The malicious software combines the capabilities of generative artificial...
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