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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...
DeepSeek launches version 3.1 of its AI model with support for Chinese chips
Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online outage affecting the Outlook mobile app
Can a file name compromise a Linux system? Chinese hackers say so
Beware of dissatisfied employees! Four years in prison for bringing his former company to its knees.
When a VPN Becomes a Spy! FreeVPN.One Takes Unauthorized Screenshots
RapperBot DDoS botnet dismantled and alleged developer arrested

DeepSeek launches version 3.1 of its AI model with support for Chinese chips
Redazione RHC - August 24th, 2025
There was a day when DeepSeek surprised half the world by demonstrating that much could be done with less. Today it returns with version 3.1 and a message that doesn't...

Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online outage affecting the Outlook mobile app
Redazione RHC - August 24th, 2025
A serious issue with the Exchange Online service, flagged as EX1137017, is currently under investigation by Microsoft. Due to this issue, a number of users are unable to send or...

Can a file name compromise a Linux system? Chinese hackers say so
Redazione RHC - August 24th, 2025
Researchers at Trellix have discovered an unusual attack pattern on Linux, in which the key element is not an attachment with malicious content, but the name of the file within...

Beware of dissatisfied employees! Four years in prison for bringing his former company to its knees.
Redazione RHC - August 23rd, 2025
A former employee has been convicted of intentionally committing digital sabotage against his employer. Davis Lu, 55, a Chinese citizen living in Houston, was sentenced to four years in prison...

When a VPN Becomes a Spy! FreeVPN.One Takes Unauthorized Screenshots
Redazione RHC - August 23rd, 2025
Koi Security experts warn that the behavior of the popular Chrome extension FreeVPN.One has recently changed. It has begun secretly capturing screenshots of users' activity and transmitting them to a...

RapperBot DDoS botnet dismantled and alleged developer arrested
Redazione RHC - August 23rd, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted the alleged developer and administrator of the RapperBot DDoS botnet, which was leased to cybercriminals. The botnet itself was seized by law enforcement...
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