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Apple and Google under pressure: German regulator wants to remove DeepSeek
Following the Italian data protection regulator, Germany’s data protection watchdog has now asked Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google to remove the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s DeepSeek app from their online stores due to concerns about personal data. In a

A former Australian university student has been accused of hacking Western Sydney University
New South Wales police have arrested a 27-year-old former Western Sydney University student who had repeatedly hacked into the university’s systems, including to obtain cheaper parking. Western Sydney University is one of Australia’s largest universities, offering a wide range of

Cyber War: The Invisible War in Cyberspace That Decides the Conflicts of the Present
In the heart of contemporary conflicts, alongside tanks, drones and troops, an invisible, silent and often underestimated war is being fought: cyber war. It is not just a futuristic scenario or a hypothetical threat. It is reality. From the conflicts

Skynet is coming: the malware that attacks Artificial Intelligence!
An unusual example of malicious code has been discovered in a real computing environment, which for the first time recorded an attempt to attack not classical defense mechanisms, but directly artificial intelligence systems. We are talking about the prompt injection

Cybersecurity, from NIS2 to the Cyber Resilience Act: Fortinet guides companies in compliance with the new regulatory landscape
By Aldo Di Mattia, Director of Specialized Systems Engineering and Cybersecurity Advisor Italy and Malta at Fortinet After years of defining new regulatory strategies, the regulatory landscape, particularly in Europe, is moving from the introduction of broad cybersecurity frameworks to

Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in Hundreds of Brother and Other Printers
Hundreds of printer models from Brother and other manufacturers (Fujifilm, Toshiba, Ricoh and Konica Minolta) have been found to be vulnerable to serious vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at Rapid7. For example, the printers come with a default administrator password that

Apple and Google under pressure: German regulator wants to remove DeepSeek
Redazione RHC - June 28th, 2025
Following the Italian data protection regulator, Germany's data protection watchdog has now asked Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google to remove the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup's DeepSeek app from their...

A former Australian university student has been accused of hacking Western Sydney University
Redazione RHC - June 28th, 2025
New South Wales police have arrested a 27-year-old former Western Sydney University student who had repeatedly hacked into the university's systems, including to obtain cheaper parking. Western Sydney University is...

Cyber War: The Invisible War in Cyberspace That Decides the Conflicts of the Present
Paolo Galdieri - June 27th, 2025
In the heart of contemporary conflicts, alongside tanks, drones and troops, an invisible, silent and often underestimated war is being fought: cyber war. It is not just a futuristic scenario...

Skynet is coming: the malware that attacks Artificial Intelligence!
Redazione RHC - June 27th, 2025
An unusual example of malicious code has been discovered in a real computing environment, which for the first time recorded an attempt to attack not classical defense mechanisms, but directly...
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