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Goodbye PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC! The great Windows 11 cleanup has begun.
Windows 11 users who have installed the September 2025 Update might think that practically nothing changes. At first glance, KB5065426 looks like a normal small patch that Microsoft distributes to eve...
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...
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Windows 11 users who have installed the September 2025 Update might think that practically nothing changes. At first glance, KB5065426 looks like a normal small patch that Microsoft distributes to eve...

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...
WannaCry: The Ransomware That Changed the World of Cybersecurity
What is spyware: how it works and how it affects. The complete guide.
Discovering Wipers: The Silent Threat That Ruthlessly Destroys Data
What are Remote Access Trojans (RATs): The menacing shadow behind spam emails
Elk Cloner. The first computer virus in history.
SoftBank launches 4G and 5G base stations on stratospheric airships

WannaCry: The Ransomware That Changed the World of Cybersecurity
Massimiliano Brolli - August 3rd, 2025
May 12, 2017, was a special day. For many, it will mean nothing, but others will remember it well, because it was a hectic and eventful day as the world...

What is spyware: how it works and how it affects. The complete guide.
Redazione RHC - August 3rd, 2025
Spyware is malware (malicious programs) designed to infiltrate users' computer systems to monitor their activities and collect personal information. These programs can be installed on devices without the user's consent...

Discovering Wipers: The Silent Threat That Ruthlessly Destroys Data
Redazione RHC - August 3rd, 2025
Wider malware (in Italian "eliminator" or "deleter") is a type of malicious software designed to destroy or "erase" data and files on the computer systems it infects. Unlike other types...

What are Remote Access Trojans (RATs): The menacing shadow behind spam emails
Redazione RHC - August 3rd, 2025
Remote Access Trojans (RATs), or Remote Access Trojans, are a category of malware. They are designed to allow attackers to remotely control an infected device. This malware is particularly dangerous...

Elk Cloner. The first computer virus in history.
Redazione RHC - August 3rd, 2025
In the late 1990s, when the Internet was still very young, it was common for tech-savvy kids to scare their friends by controlling (or, in Internet parlance, "trolling") their PCs...

SoftBank launches 4G and 5G base stations on stratospheric airships
Redazione RHC - August 3rd, 2025
SoftBank has announced that trials of 4G and 5G base stations installed on airships will begin in Japan in 2026. The airships will lift the equipment to an altitude of...
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