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The scene is always the same: monitors lit, dashboards full of alerts, logs scrolling too quickly, an anxious customer on the other end of the call. You sit down, look around, and realize that, once a...
A well-known initial access broker (IAB) called ” Storm-0249 ” has changed its operational strategies, using phishing campaigns as well as highly targeted attacks, which exploit the very security ...
A tool has been released that allows for the discreet monitoring of WhatsApp and Signal user activity using just a phone number. The tracking mechanism covers over three billion accounts and allows fo...
MITRE has released its ranking of the 25 most dangerous software vulnerabilities predicted for 2025, based on data collected through the National Vulnerability Database. These vulnerabilities were ide...
The prospect of a four-day workweek, with a resulting three-day long weekend, may not be far off. This is according to Christopher A. Pissarides , a British-Cypriot economist and Nobel Prize winner, w...
Top Malware: Flame, the modular “spy” malware targeting the Middle East.
Slammer, the first worm to use a bug that hasn’t been fixed for six months.
The Story of the First Keylogger: How Hidden Keyboard Control Came to Be
A Brief History of Malware: The Evolution of the Species from Its Origins to the Present Day
What Are Large Language Models? Behind the Scenes of Artificial Intelligence
Let’s discover the differences between a Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithm
Top Malware: Flame, the modular “spy” malware targeting the Middle East.
Massimiliano Brolli - November 11th, 2025
Flame, (also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, Skywiper), is a modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacked Middle Eastern target computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program's primary...
Slammer, the first worm to use a bug that hasn’t been fixed for six months.
Redazione RHC - November 11th, 2025
Many years have passed since the SQL Slammer worm spread uncontrollably on January 25, 2003. It was one of the fastest-spreading malware in history , and with this article we...
The Story of the First Keylogger: How Hidden Keyboard Control Came to Be
Redazione RHC - November 11th, 2025
We all know Bruce Schneier , a renowned cryptography and computer security expert, member of the board of directors of the International Association for Cryptological Research and a renowned speaker,...
A Brief History of Malware: The Evolution of the Species from Its Origins to the Present Day
Redazione RHC - November 11th, 2025
At first we talked about “viruses” , then “worms” appeared, followed by “macro viruses”. These were soon joined by other types of hostile software such as keyloggers or lockers. At...
What Are Large Language Models? Behind the Scenes of Artificial Intelligence
Marcello Politi - November 11th, 2025
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), one term has emerged with increasing importance: Language Model, especially large language models, then called Large Language Models. You've likely already...
Let’s discover the differences between a Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithm
Marcello Politi - November 11th, 2025
In the world of artificial intelligence, we often hear two terms: machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL). Both are methods for implementing AI through the training of machine learning...
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