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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...
Palo Alto Networks Also Compromised via Salesforce and Drift
In early September 2025, Palo Alto Networks confirmed it had been the victim of a data breach. The compromise did not affect its core products or services, but rather some internally used Salesforce i...
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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...

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...
IntelBroker Takes Control of BreachForums: A New Chapter in Cybercrime Management
Donald Trump’s campaign under attack! Documents and internal communications exfiltrated
RipperSec claims DDoS attack on Ferrari
NSO Group targeted! BlackMeta attacks Spyware maker’s central domain
Echelon Stealer: The Open Source Malware
Ferrari avoids deepfake scam! An executive unmasks the CEO’s fake audio messages

IntelBroker Takes Control of BreachForums: A New Chapter in Cybercrime Management
Pietro Melillo - August 22nd, 2024
IntelBroker Takes Control of BreachForums: A New Chapter in Cybercrime Management IntroductionThe recent acquisition of BreachForums by IntelBroker marks a significant shift in the landscape of cybercrime. This transition of...

Donald Trump’s campaign under attack! Documents and internal communications exfiltrated
Alessio Stefan - August 11th, 2024
After the European elections unfolded, geopolitical attentions shifted to the U.S. election campaign, one of the most dynamic in recent years recently with the Democrats' recent changeover with Harris as...

RipperSec claims DDoS attack on Ferrari
Inva Malaj - August 11th, 2024
Recently the Hacktivist Group "RipperSec" claimed to have attacked Ferrari's global site in the name of justice for Palestine. The hacktivist group known as 'RipperSec' claimed responsibility for a DDoS...

NSO Group targeted! BlackMeta attacks Spyware maker’s central domain
Alessio Stefan - August 4th, 2024
The Pro-Palestinian group BlackMeta (or DarkMeta) announced on August 1, 2024, on their official telegram channel that they conducted a destructive attack on the NSO group's infrastructure, including the central...

Echelon Stealer: The Open Source Malware
Pietro Melillo - July 31st, 2024
Echelon Stealer is an infostealer malware that was first discovered in 2018 and is still active. Currently shared as an open-source tool on GitHub, Echelon Stealer offers various advanced features...

Ferrari avoids deepfake scam! An executive unmasks the CEO’s fake audio messages
Redazione RHC - July 29th, 2024
In an incident earlier this month, a Ferrari executive found himself receiving unusual messages that appeared to come from the company's CEO, Benedetto Vigna. The messages came via WhatsApp, owned...
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