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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...
McDonald’s hacked by BobDaHacker! Better him than real cybercriminals
Roblox under fire in Louisiana: A haven for sexual predators
Do you click on text message links? Here are 4.2 million reasons not to.
Criminal Hackers Exploit Cisco Safe Links for Phishing Attacks
Ghost-tapping: How Asian scammers launder money with stolen credit cards
Electronic Warfare. China develops a lamp that blocks enemy radar for miles.

McDonald’s hacked by BobDaHacker! Better him than real cybercriminals
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Researcher BobDaHacker discovered that McDonald's app rewards point validation was only handled client-side, allowing users to claim free items like nuggets even without enough points. BobDaHacker reported the issue, but...

Roblox under fire in Louisiana: A haven for sexual predators
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the company of allowing its platform to become a haven for sexual predators and distributors of child-themed content....

Do you click on text message links? Here are 4.2 million reasons not to.
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Proofpoint has released the second volume of its annual study "Human Factor 2025", focusing on phishing and URL-based attacks. Analysis of data from May 2024 to May 2025 shows that...

Criminal Hackers Exploit Cisco Safe Links for Phishing Attacks
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
A complex attack operation was recently discovered, in which cyber attackers used Cisco's security infrastructure to perform online deception maneuvers. Attackers are targeting Cisco Safe Links technology, designed to protect...

Ghost-tapping: How Asian scammers launder money with stolen credit cards
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Scammers in Southeast Asia have found a new way to launder money using stolen credit cards. Researchers have reported a system they call "ghost-tapping," in which stolen card data is...

Electronic Warfare. China develops a lamp that blocks enemy radar for miles.
Redazione RHC - August 19th, 2025
Chinese engineers have announced the development of a miniature traveling-wave tube (TWT) that could revolutionize the capabilities of modern electronic warfare systems and radar. This special type of vacuum tube...
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