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WhatsApp Web in the crosshairs! How the worm that distributes the banking Trojan works
Sophos analysts have discovered a complex malware operation by security experts that uses the popular messaging service WhatsApp to spread banking Trojans, targeting Brazilian banks and cryptocurrency...
RMPocalypse: A critical bug in AMD SEV-SNP threatens cloud security.
A critical vulnerability has been identified in the AMD SEV-SNP hardware security architecture, impacting major cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud) . This flaw allows malicious hy...
Spyware yes, spyware no: it’s just a prospect! NSO Group is now under US control.
Israeli company NSO Group, developer of the infamous Pegasus spyware , recently came under the control of American investors. A company spokesperson announced that the new funding amounts to tens of m...
DAS: The world’s ear hidden in submarine cables
Over 1.2 million kilometers of fiber optic cables lie on the ocean floor, long considered solely part of a global telecommunications network. However, distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology , r...
Between AI and fear, Skynet teaches: “We’ll build bunkers before launching AGI.”
The quote, “We’ll definitely build a bunker before we launch AGI,” that inspired the article, was attributed to a Silicon Valley leader, though it’s unclear who exactly he meant by “we.” The phrase pe...
RDP Services Exposed in the Crosshairs! A Botnet of 100,000 IPs Scans the Network
In the United States, a large-scale, coordinated botnet campaign is targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)-based services. The scale and organizational structure of this campaign poses a significant ...
Everyone’s Hacking iPhones! Apple Increases iOS Reward to $5 Million
Apple has significantly expanded its bounty program for security vulnerabilities in the iOS ecosystem. At the Hexacon offensive security conference in Paris, Ivan Krstic, the company’s vice pres...
40,000 iPhones stolen and shipped to Asia: London police arrest international gang
London police announced that Operation Echosteep has uncovered and dismantled a gang responsible for mass iPhone thefts. Investigators estimate the group is responsible for 40% of all phone thefts in ...
Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Attack: Clop Exploits CVE-2025-61882
Last week, Oracle warned customers of a critical zero-day vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (CVE-2025-61882), which allows remote execution of arbitrary code without authentication. It has now bee...
I Want It All! ChatGPT Ready to Become an Operating System
When Nick Turley joined OpenAI in 2022 to lead the ChatGPT team, he was tasked with transforming enterprise research into a commercial product. He has accomplished this mission remarkably well: today,...
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Sophos analysts have discovered a complex malware operation by security experts that uses the popular messaging service WhatsApp to spread banking Trojans, targeting Brazilian banks and cryptocurrency...

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the AMD SEV-SNP hardware security architecture, impacting major cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud) . This flaw allows malicious hy...

Israeli company NSO Group, developer of the infamous Pegasus spyware , recently came under the control of American investors. A company spokesperson announced that the new funding amounts to tens of m...

Over 1.2 million kilometers of fiber optic cables lie on the ocean floor, long considered solely part of a global telecommunications network. However, distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology , r...

The quote, “We’ll definitely build a bunker before we launch AGI,” that inspired the article, was attributed to a Silicon Valley leader, though it’s unclear who exactly he meant by “we.” T...
Vannevar Bush’s Visionary Essay: “As We May Think”.
RHC ransomware Data Room – January 2022
Satoshi Nakamoto: let’s discover the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin.
Nuclear rearmament, cyber guerrillas and cyber crime.
Why privacy does not exist.
Electronic warfare (EW) between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two)

Vannevar Bush’s Visionary Essay: “As We May Think”.
Tara Lie - May 7th, 2022
Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 15/11/2021Translator: Tara Lie Today I would like to bring a visionary essay to light, a source of inspiration for many scientists that have contributed to...

RHC ransomware Data Room – January 2022
Luca Mella - February 4th, 2022
Author: Dott. Luca Mella, Cyber Security Expert (founder doubleextortion.com) Translate: Vincenzo Marcovecchio Pubblication Date: 5/02/2022 In recent years, the ransomware phenomenon has been so disruptive that it heavily influences the...

Satoshi Nakamoto: let’s discover the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin.
Massimiliano Brolli - January 27th, 2022
Autore: Brolli Massimiliano Translate: Vincenzo Marcovecchio Pubblication date: 1/06/2021 The true identity of the creator of Bitcoin is one of the greatest mysteries in the tech world. Over the years,...

Nuclear rearmament, cyber guerrillas and cyber crime.
Roberto Villani - January 10th, 2022
Author: Roberto Villani Tanslate: Vincenzo Marcovecchio Pubblication date: 19/12/2021 Why will the cyberg wars, indeed the cyber-guerrillas, be more and more present and involve us more and more? The short...

Why privacy does not exist.
Redazione RHC - December 18th, 2021
Author Massimiliano Brolli Translation: Vincenzo Marcovecchio Pubblication date: 18/12/2021 Privacy, privacy, privacy, ... privacy comes first. How many times have we heard this sentence? Yes, because we talk a lot...
Electronic warfare (EW) between the USA, China, South and North Korea (part two)
Olivia Terragni - December 17th, 2021
Author: Olivia TerragniPubblication Date: 13/12/2021 Given that North Korean cyberattacks are not a future threat, but already a FACT, we are already wondering how to deal with the election of...
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