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In Nepal, people are dying for social media! 19 people lost their lives trying to get Facebook back
In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...
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...
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In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...

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...
Father and son wanted by the FBI. $10 million reward for hackers who collaborated with the GRU.
Trial underway for the four damaged internet cables in the Baltic Sea. The captain: “I am not accused of any wrongdoing.”
The US Army evolves: more power for cyber and electronic operations
19 million installs of 77APP spread malware on Google Play
Happy birthday Windows 95: the system that changed PCs forever!
Stagershell: When malware leaves no trace. Malware Forge analysis.

Father and son wanted by the FBI. $10 million reward for hackers who collaborated with the GRU.
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
The FBI is offering a generous reward for anyone who can help find Amin Stigal, 23, and Timur Stigal, 47, a father and son team. They are accused of hacking...

Trial underway for the four damaged internet cables in the Baltic Sea. The captain: “I am not accused of any wrongdoing.”
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
The trial has begun for the crew of the oil tanker Eagle S, which tore several undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland in 2024. The captain of the tanker...

The US Army evolves: more power for cyber and electronic operations
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
The U.S. Army is increasingly investing in reintroducing electronic warfare capabilities among its troops, planning to equip division-level units with advanced cyber tools over the next two years. This development...

19 million installs of 77APP spread malware on Google Play
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
Zscaler researchers discovered that 77 malicious Android apps, with a combined total of over 19 million installs, were distributing various malware families in the official Google Play store. "We identified...

Happy birthday Windows 95: the system that changed PCs forever!
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
August 24, 2025, marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of Windows 95, Microsoft's first mass-market 32-bit consumer operating system, which significantly revolutionized the world of personal computing. In the...

Stagershell: When malware leaves no trace. Malware Forge analysis.
Sandro Sana - August 26th, 2025
In early 2025, an Italian organization found itself the victim of a sneaky intrusion. No dramatic exploit, no textbook attack. What opened the door to the attackers was a VPN...
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