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Android Under Attack: Godfather Malware Now Uses Virtualization to Fool Everyone
A new version of Android malware Godfather has been discovered that creates isolated virtual environments on mobile devices to steal data from banking applications. Recall that Godfather was first discovered in March 2021 by researchers at ThreatFabric. Since then, the banking malware
ChatGPT is Shutting Down Our Brains! Alarming MIT Research Shows Mental Decay
During a RHC Conference, Corrado Giustozzi underlined a truth as simple as it is powerful: “Human beings have always been creators of amplifiers.”. From the wheel to the car, every invention has had a precise purpose: to do better, to
AKIRA emergency report: the ransomware that is breaching Italy
Spring 2025 will be remembered as a turning point in our country’s cyber chronicle. As bulletins and technical releases follow one another, one fact emerges glaringly: AKIRA has entered the Italian scene heavily. And it has done so without knocking
RHC GhostSec interview: hacktivism in the shadows of terrorism and cyber conflict
Ghost Security, also known as GhostSec, is a hacktivist group which emerged in the context of the cyber war against Islamic extremism. The first actions of the group date back to the aftermath of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo
Group-IB contributes to INTERPOL’s Operation Secure, leading to the arrest of 32 suspects linked to information stealer malware in Asia
[Singapore; 11 June, 2025] Group-IB, a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announced today that it has contributed to INTERPOL’s “Operation Secure”, which took down the infrastructure linked to information stealers (infostealers) in Asia
RHC Interviews NOVA Ransomware – “Expect Dangerous Attacks. No One Is Safe.” | BLACKVIEW Series
On May 10, 2025, the City of Pisa suffered a ransomware attack within their computer systems. The next day Nova claimed the attack and on the 21st of the same month threatened to publish 2TB of data stolen from the
Shock in France: the gentlemen of BreachForums were twenty-year-old French citizens!
Redazione RHC - June 25th, 2025
Shocking news in France: one of the largest global cybercrime networks dismantled. The BreachForum hackers were… French. French authorities have busted a large cybercrime operation, arresting five young French hackers...
Zero-Click Attack on Notepad++. HackerHood Tested the Exploit and It Really Works with Little
Redazione RHC - June 25th, 2025
A dangerous vulnerability has been discovered in the latest version of the popular text editor Notepad++ that allows an attacker togain complete control over the system. The vulnerability has been...
22,000 Sites At Risk: New Motors WordPress Vulnerability Allows Total Hacking
Redazione RHC - June 25th, 2025
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress Motors theme, allowing them to hijack administrator accounts and take complete control of the target site. The malicious activity was...
Qilin & Associates Law Firm: Ransomware Hires Lawyers, Launches “Intimidation Package”
Redazione RHC - June 25th, 2025
The developers of the Qilin ransomware (recently interviewed by us) offered their partners the help and advice of a team of lawyers, so that they could put pressure on the...
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