Red Hot Cyber. The Cybersecurity Blog

A former Australian university student has been accused of hacking Western Sydney University
New South Wales police have arrested a 27-year-old former Western Sydney University student who had repeatedly hacked into the university’s systems, including to obtain cheaper parking. Western Sydney University is one of Australia’s largest universities, offering a wide range of

Cyber War: The Invisible War in Cyberspace That Decides the Conflicts of the Present
In the heart of contemporary conflicts, alongside tanks, drones and troops, an invisible, silent and often underestimated war is being fought: cyber war. It is not just a futuristic scenario or a hypothetical threat. It is reality. From the conflicts

Skynet is coming: the malware that attacks Artificial Intelligence!
An unusual example of malicious code has been discovered in a real computing environment, which for the first time recorded an attempt to attack not classical defense mechanisms, but directly artificial intelligence systems. We are talking about the prompt injection

Cybersecurity, from NIS2 to the Cyber Resilience Act: Fortinet guides companies in compliance with the new regulatory landscape
By Aldo Di Mattia, Director of Specialized Systems Engineering and Cybersecurity Advisor Italy and Malta at Fortinet After years of defining new regulatory strategies, the regulatory landscape, particularly in Europe, is moving from the introduction of broad cybersecurity frameworks to

Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in Hundreds of Brother and Other Printers
Hundreds of printer models from Brother and other manufacturers (Fujifilm, Toshiba, Ricoh and Konica Minolta) have been found to be vulnerable to serious vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at Rapid7. For example, the printers come with a default administrator password that

Pope warns: “AI is not the devil, but it can become one without ethics”
The head of the Catholic Churchhas expressed concern about the way today’s children and adolescents interact with digital technologies. In his viewthe abundance of information available through neural networks and other intelligent systems can seriously affect the mental and intellectual

DuckDuckGo Updates Scam Blocker: Say Goodbye to Online Scams and Fake Sites!
Redazione RHC - July 1st, 2025
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...

Cyberattacks on NFC contactless payments increase, new global threat
Redazione RHC - June 30th, 2025
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...

The Race to 0day! China Advances in Offensive Cyberpower, While the US Is Forced to Chase
Redazione RHC - June 30th, 2025
China's growing rise has prompted U.S. officials to strongly emphasize the need to improve its offensive cyber capabilities. However, some doubts remain about the ability to meet the challenge, given...

Cyberbullying and Digital Terror: Why Betti’s Comic Makes You Feel Uncomfortable (and That’s a Good Thing)
Redazione RHC - June 29th, 2025
When I decided to write this story of Betti, it was certainly not to make a “nice” or “easy” comic, to read on a sunny afternoon at the beach and...
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