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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...
RDP Under Fire! 30,000 Unique IP Addresses Probe Exposed Services for Targeted Attacks
No Miracle! The Pontifical Salesian University falls victim to ransomware.
AI Phishing is here! ChatGPT, click here now to avoid losing access!
Why Task Scheduler Has Become Security Teams’ Worst Nightmare
200 car models vulnerable? ‘Killer’ firmware for Flipper Zero surfaces on the darknet.
“Son, get access to your dad’s smartphone!” Sharp increase in fraud involving minors

RDP Under Fire! 30,000 Unique IP Addresses Probe Exposed Services for Targeted Attacks
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
Security researchers at greyNoise have detected a large, coordinated scanning operation against Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services, in which attackers scanned over 30,000 unique IP addresses to assess vulnerabilities...

No Miracle! The Pontifical Salesian University falls victim to ransomware.
Redazione RHC - August 26th, 2025
On the night of August 19, the IT infrastructure of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) was the victim of a serious cyber attack that rendered the University's website and all...

AI Phishing is here! ChatGPT, click here now to avoid losing access!
Redazione RHC - August 25th, 2025
Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are now targeting not only users, but also automated AI-based defenses. Researchers have discovered a campaign in which attackers embed hidden instructions in...

Why Task Scheduler Has Become Security Teams’ Worst Nightmare
Redazione RHC - August 25th, 2025
Over the past twelve months, security experts have noticed an increase in attackers using Windows scheduling capabilities, intended for system management, to establish their presence within compromised systems. Malicious commands...

200 car models vulnerable? ‘Killer’ firmware for Flipper Zero surfaces on the darknet.
Redazione RHC - August 25th, 2025
The topic of hacking and car theft using Flipper Zero has returned to the forefront around the world, and we also talked about it in a recent article. This time,...

“Son, get access to your dad’s smartphone!” Sharp increase in fraud involving minors
Redazione RHC - August 25th, 2025
F6 has reported a sharp increase in fraud in which criminals exploit minors to access their parents' bank accounts. According to analysts, approximately 3,500 such cases were recorded in the...
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