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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 ...
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...
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,...
From 6 to 9 October 2025, Warsaw hosted the 11th edition of the European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC) . In a close competition among 39 teams from EU member states, EFTA countries, candidate countri...
A new ad posted on an underground forum was recently spotted by researchers at the Dark Lab threat intelligence laboratory , clearly demonstrating how active and dangerous the black market for access ...
1,000 POS terminals from US and UK stores hacked and put up for auction: “full access” for $55,000
Critical vulnerability in the WordPress Service Finder theme: Update to version 6.1 now
Ransomware Groups Join Forces: LockBit, DragonForce, and Qilin
Microsoft 365 Outage: Thousands of Users Affected Worldwide
Is your VPN protecting you or spying on you? 800 free VPNs analyzed with disturbing results.
Windows 11 now forces you to connect: is offline freedom over?
1,000 POS terminals from US and UK stores hacked and put up for auction: “full access” for $55,000
Redazione RHC - October 9th, 2025
A new ad posted on an underground forum was recently spotted by researchers at the Dark Lab threat intelligence laboratory , clearly demonstrating how active and dangerous the black market...
Critical vulnerability in the WordPress Service Finder theme: Update to version 6.1 now
Redazione RHC - October 9th, 2025
A critical vulnerability has affected the popular WordPress theme Service Finder , allowing attackers to access any website account, including administrative ones, without authorization . The issue affected the integrated...
Ransomware Groups Join Forces: LockBit, DragonForce, and Qilin
Redazione RHC - October 9th, 2025
Three major ransomware groups— DragonForce, Qilin, and LockBit —have announced an alliance. This is essentially an attempt to coordinate the activities of several major ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operators; analysts warn that...
Microsoft 365 Outage: Thousands of Users Affected Worldwide
Redazione RHC - October 9th, 2025
A widespread outage of Microsoft 365 services affected thousands of users worldwide on the evening of Wednesday, October 8, 2025, temporarily rendering key platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online,...
Is your VPN protecting you or spying on you? 800 free VPNs analyzed with disturbing results.
Redazione RHC - October 9th, 2025
Millions of people use mobile VPNs to hide their traffic, bypass blocks, and browse the web securely. Research by Zimperium zLabs revealed that a significant number of free apps not...
Windows 11 now forces you to connect: is offline freedom over?
Redazione RHC - October 9th, 2025
Microsoft has fixed several bugs that prevented Windows 11 from being installed without internet access or creating a profile on the company's website. While the company explains that this poses...
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