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Looking for Volodymyr Tymoshchuk! 11 million dollars for the Nefilim hacker
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Ukrainian Volodymyr Tymoshchuk on seven counts of computer hacking and extortion. He is considered one of the most dangerous hackers of recent years. The in...
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...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Ukrainian Volodymyr Tymoshchuk on seven counts of computer hacking and extortion. He is considered one of the most dangerous hackers of recent years. The in...

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...
Microsoft launches a $5 million bug hunt! And the war on zero-days begins!
D-Link cameras under attack! Hackers are still exploiting vulnerabilities from 2020. CISA warns.
The Monte Carlo Casino wrote to RHC: “At this stage, no intrusion has been detected.”
Digital Decay: When the Promised Future Becomes a Cage
PlayReady Certificate Leak Forces Microsoft to Step In to Protect Streaming
ShadowSyndicate: The MaaS Infrastructure Behind Major Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft launches a $5 million bug hunt! And the war on zero-days begins!
Redazione RHC - August 6th, 2025
The global cybersecurity industry is gearing up for a new challenge: Microsoft is launching an updated Zero Day Quest initiative, promising previously fantastic rewards: the total prize pool has reached...

D-Link cameras under attack! Hackers are still exploiting vulnerabilities from 2020. CISA warns.
Redazione RHC - August 6th, 2025
Recently, cybercriminals have refocused on old vulnerabilities in popular D-Link Wi-Fi cameras and DVRs. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially added three dangerous vulnerabilities to its...

The Monte Carlo Casino wrote to RHC: “At this stage, no intrusion has been detected.”
Redazione RHC - August 6th, 2025
Red Hot Cyber has received and is sharing with its readers the official statement from Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer, the famous Monte Carlo casino, regarding a recent episode...

Digital Decay: When the Promised Future Becomes a Cage
Massimiliano Brolli - August 6th, 2025
For decades, we have celebrated digital as the promise of a more connected, efficient, and democratic future. But today, looking around, a subtle and disturbing question arises: What if we...

PlayReady Certificate Leak Forces Microsoft to Step In to Protect Streaming
Redazione RHC - August 6th, 2025
With so many options for streaming video online, content protection continues to be a key concern for copyright holders. This is often achieved through digital rights management (DRM) anti-piracy tools,...

ShadowSyndicate: The MaaS Infrastructure Behind Major Ransomware Attacks
Redazione RHC - August 6th, 2025
The ShadowSyndicate infrastructure, also known as Infra Storm, has come under the spotlight of security researchers after they identified significant overlap with some of the largest ransomware programs. Active since...
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