Red Hot Cyber. The Cybersecurity Blog

The Founding Fathers of the Hacker Community. Hacking is a journey, not a destination!
It was at the Tech Model Railroad Club that it all began, we talked about it in a previous article, that famous Club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where the hacker culture came to life, thanks to the

Discovering Predatory Sparrow: Identity, Goals, and Digital Arsenal of the Mysterious Threat Actor
On June 17, 2025, a cyber attack paralyzed Bank Sepah, one of Iran’s major financial institutions. The attack was claimed by the Predatory Sparrow group, already known for its destructive operations against Iranian critical infrastructure. In this document there is

Famous hackers: the sad story of Jonathan James, aka c0mrade.
He was born on December 12, 1983, in a small village called Pinecrest located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. His father was a computer programmer and his mother was a housewife. Childhood and the C language His interest in computers blossomed

Famous Hackers: The Story of Gary McKinnon.
A few months after the attacks on the World Trade Center, a strange message appeared on a U.S. Army computer: “Your security system is shit” it read. “I am Alone. But I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels.”

DuckDuckGo Updates Scam Blocker: Say Goodbye to Online Scams and Fake Sites!
The Scam Blocker tool built into DuckDuckGo browser has been updated to protect against online scams. Now detects fake e-commerce sites, cryptocurrency exchanges, and scareware. DuckDuckGo browser, which is entering public beta for macOS and Windows, blocks all trackers by default, does

Cyberattacks on NFC contactless payments increase, new global threat
A new series of cyber attacks has been detected by ESET specialists, which sees the contactless payments sector with NFC technology as the protagonist. This type of attack was initially detected among bank customers in the Czech Republic, but is

The History of FreeBSD
Redazione RHC - July 2nd, 2025
We have often talked about Linux and the open source world, Windows and proprietary software and operating systems in general. But starting from the seed of Ken Thompson's Unix, many...

HoneyPLC: the new honeypot that revolutionizes the defense of industrial plants
Redazione RHC - July 2nd, 2025
Industrial Control Systems (ICS), critical to the operation of critical infrastructure such as power, water and transportation networks, are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. In this context, the article HoneyPLC: A...

Italian Scientists: Federico Faggin, the Italian who invented the microprocessor.
Redazione RHC - July 1st, 2025
Among the illustrious Italian scientists, creators of cutting-edge technological innovations (we have already talked about Per Giorgio Perotto and Leonardo Chiariglione), Federico Faggin, the Italian who designed the first microprocessor,...

The first message ever sent over the internet
Redazione RHC - July 1st, 2025
Today exchanging a message via WhatsApp or Skype is a normal gesture, which is part of the activities we carry out in our daily lives. In all history books, it...
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