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Theft at the Louvre: The surveillance system’s password “LOUVRE” has put the museum in crisis.
We recently published an in-depth article on the “theft of the century” at the Louvre , in which we highlighted how physical security – access, environmental control, surveillance – is now...
Discover the Dark Web: Access, Secrets, and Helpful Links to the Onion Network
Have you always thought that the Dark Web is frequented by cybercriminals? Have you always thought that the Dark Web is a dangerous and treacherous network? Today we want to dispel this myth and raise...
AWS and Azure Disruption: Vendor Dependence Is a Serious Risk
On October 29, a massive outage of Microsoft ‘s Azure cloud platform caused global disruptions, disrupting business and public services for over eight hours. The incident affected numerous custo...
Windows 7 Shrinks to 69MB: A Minimalist’s Achievement
Windows minimalists have set another record. Enthusiast @XenoPanther has reduced the size of a running copy of Windows 7 to 69 megabytes , smaller than the average mobile app. By comparison, a standar...
OpenAI may have lost $12 billion in its latest fiscal quarter.
Microsoft’s financial report indicates that OpenAI may have lost $12 billion in its latest fiscal quarter. An expense in Microsoft’s earnings report (517.81, -7.95, -1.51%) surprised analy...
The Louvre Theft: When Thieves Taught the World the Physical Pen Test
The event that shook the world on October 19, 2025, was not a natural disaster or a financial collapse, but the sensational theft of Napoleon’s jewels from the Louvre Museum. Beyond its historic...
Starting November 12th, age verification for porn sites will be implemented in Italy. What’s changing?
Starting Tuesday, November 12, 2025, new provisions from the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) will come into force, requiring an age verification system for accessing pornographic w...
AzureHound: The “Legitimate” Tool for Cloud Attacks
AzureHound, part of the BloodHound suite, was born as an open-source tool to help security teams and red teams identify vulnerabilities and escalation paths in Microsoft Azure and Entra ID environment...
Red Hot Cyber launches free real-time CVE Enrichment service
Timeliness is key in cybersecurity. Red Hot Cyber recently launched a completely free service that allows IT professionals, security analysts, and enthusiasts to monitor the most critical vulnerabilit...
Mossad, the rigged supply chain, and intimidated judges
Yossi Cohen, former director of the Mossad, has said publicly two things that usually remain locked away in a room without tape recorders. First, Israel allegedly deployed a global sabotage and survei...
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We recently published an in-depth article on the “theft of the century” at the Louvre , in which we highlighted how physical security – access, environmental control, surveillance – is...

Have you always thought that the Dark Web is frequented by cybercriminals? Have you always thought that the Dark Web is a dangerous and treacherous network? Today we want to dispel this myth and raise...

On October 29, a massive outage of Microsoft ‘s Azure cloud platform caused global disruptions, disrupting business and public services for over eight hours. The incident affected numerous custo...

Windows minimalists have set another record. Enthusiast @XenoPanther has reduced the size of a running copy of Windows 7 to 69 megabytes , smaller than the average mobile app. By comparison, a standar...

Microsoft’s financial report indicates that OpenAI may have lost $12 billion in its latest fiscal quarter. An expense in Microsoft’s earnings report (517.81, -7.95, -1.51%) surprised analy...
RHC interviews 8base: The cybergang that provides the security AUDIT report to the hacked company
Taking cyberattacks seriously: the (likely) Albanian cyber aggression and the Iranian responsibility
The History of the Unix Operating System (Part 2)
The History of the UNIX operating system (Part 1)
Hacker gang OPERA1ER stole $11 million from African companies
The Inventor of the P101 explains to us why Italy is destined to be a perennial “follower”

RHC interviews 8base: The cybergang that provides the security AUDIT report to the hacked company
Redazione RHC - July 14th, 2023
A few days ago we published an article on the new cybergang 8Base. 8base define themselves as “honest and simple pentesters. We offer companies the most loyal conditions for returning...

Taking cyberattacks seriously: the (likely) Albanian cyber aggression and the Iranian responsibility
Redazione RHC - March 30th, 2023
Annita Larissa Sciacovelli, docente di Diritto internazionale, Università degli Studi di Bari, AB European Agency for cybersecurity – ENISA (pubblicato su Newsletter SIOI, Osservatorio sulle attività delle Organizzazioni Internazionali e...

The History of the Unix Operating System (Part 2)
Tara Lie - January 31st, 2023
Author: Carlo DenzaOriginal Publication Date: 07/10/2021Translator: Tara Lie Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home, directed by Leonard Nimoy (USA, 1986, Paramount Pictures): “The starship ‘U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701’ and its...

The History of the UNIX operating system (Part 1)
Carlo Denza - December 28th, 2022
Author: Carlo DenzaOriginal Publication Date: 12/12/2020Translator: Tara Lie This article discusses the history of the Unix operating system (OS), a miracle of modern technology. This OS is used across the world, and is...

Hacker gang OPERA1ER stole $11 million from African companies
Redazione RHC - November 7th, 2022
Amsterdam, 07.11.2022 — Group-IB has today issued a new report, “OPERA1ER. Playing God without permission,” in collaboration withthe researchers from Orange CERT Coordination Center. The report takes a deep dive into financially motivated attacks of...

The Inventor of the P101 explains to us why Italy is destined to be a perennial “follower”
Tara Lie - September 6th, 2022
Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 12/12/2020Translator: Tara Lie Pier Giorgio Perotto (for those who do not know of him) was an Italian electronics pioneer. In the 60’s he worked for Olivetti,...
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