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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...
Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026: Sponsorships Open for the Fifth Edition in Rome
The Red Hot Cyber Conference has become a regular event for the Red Hot Cyber community and for anyone working in or interested in the world of digital technologies and cybersecurity. The fifth editio...
Hexstrike AI unleashes chaos! Zero-days exploited in record time
The release of Hexstrike-AI marks a turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. The framework, billed as a next-generation tool for red teams and researchers, is capable of orchestrating over 150 sp...
LockBit 5.0: Signs of a New and Possible “Rebirth”?
LockBit represents one of the longest-running and most structured ransomware gangs of recent years, with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model that has profoundly impacted the criminal ecosystem. Fol...
The KING of DDoS! Cloudflare blocks a monstrous 11.5 terabit-per-second attack.
The record for the largest DDoS attack ever recorded in June 2025 has already been broken. Cloudflare said it recently blocked the largest DDoS attack in history, which peaked at 11.5 Tbps. “Cloudflar...
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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...

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 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...

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...

Artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for creating confusing vulnerability reports and inundating open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. But researchers at Nanjing Universit...
Israeli Air Force Data Sale: A Suspected Leak Puts Sensitive Information at Risk
IBM Hacked? Threat Actor ‘888’ Reveals Thousands of Employees’ Data Leak!
Fortinet Issues Bulletin for Critical 9.8 Bug on FortiManager under Active Exploitation
US Elections and psy-ops: main threats come from Digital Echo Chambers and erosion of trust in democratic processes
T-Space Architects Potentially Targeted by Cicada3301 in Data Broker Ransomware Attack
Stormous claims an attack on NASA

Israeli Air Force Data Sale: A Suspected Leak Puts Sensitive Information at Risk
Pietro Melillo - November 2nd, 2024
Recently, a cyber threat actor known as EagleStrike posted an announcement on a dark web forum, claiming to possess confidential data concerning the Israeli Air Force (IAF). According to the...

IBM Hacked? Threat Actor ‘888’ Reveals Thousands of Employees’ Data Leak!
Luca Galuppi - October 31st, 2024
Recently, the notorious Threat Actor, identified by the nickname 888 , claimed to have breached IBM systems and stolen personal data belonging to the company's employees. The leak, dated October 2024, allegedly resulted in the compromise...

Fortinet Issues Bulletin for Critical 9.8 Bug on FortiManager under Active Exploitation
Redazione RHC - October 24th, 2024
Recently, Fortinet disclosed a critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-47575, affecting FortiManager. This is a missing authentication vulnerability for critical functions [CWE-306] in the FortiManager fgfmd daemon, which could allow an...

US Elections and psy-ops: main threats come from Digital Echo Chambers and erosion of trust in democratic processes
Olivia Terragni - October 22nd, 2024
On November 5th, 2024, the next President and Vice President of the United States of America will be elected, as well as 1/3 of the U.S. Senators and all 435...

T-Space Architects Potentially Targeted by Cicada3301 in Data Broker Ransomware Attack
Inva Malaj - October 20th, 2024
London-based architectural firm T-Space Architects may find itself at the center of a significant cyberattack. The ransomware group Cicada3301 has reportedly added T-Space to its growing list of victims, threatening...

Stormous claims an attack on NASA
Pietro Melillo - October 9th, 2024
In recent years, the landscape of cyber threats has been dominated by increasingly sophisticated ransomware groups. Among them, the ransomware group Stormous has gained notoriety for targeting high-profile organizations, including...
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