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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...
Is Your Smart TV Spying on You? Security Gaps and Critical Vulnerabilities in IoT Devices
7,000 servers wiped out! Silent Crow and Cyberpartisans BY devastate Aeroflot in a historic cyber raid.
Boys recruited for murders and robberies: the FBI’s disturbing alert on the IRL Com group
Zero-click exploits: the new invisible frontier of cyber attacks
Fire Ant Attacks: How a vCenter Bug Opens the Door to IT Hell
Critical vulnerability in WordPress Post SMTP plugin: over 200,000 sites at risk
Is Your Smart TV Spying on You? Security Gaps and Critical Vulnerabilities in IoT Devices
Redazione RHC - July 29th, 2025
Networked smart devices are no longer simple helpers, but potential enemies. With every new thermostat or TV connected to the internet, a new flaw opens up in the digital infrastructure...
7,000 servers wiped out! Silent Crow and Cyberpartisans BY devastate Aeroflot in a historic cyber raid.
Luca Stivali - July 29th, 2025
While the West battles ransomware attacks and private companies invest in defensive security, on the other side of the digital front, the war is being played out asymmetrically. On July...
Boys recruited for murders and robberies: the FBI’s disturbing alert on the IRL Com group
Redazione RHC - July 29th, 2025
The FBI has issued a warning about a rapidly growing threat from IRL Com, a subgroup of the underground group The Com that actively recruits teenagers to commit real-world crimes....
Zero-click exploits: the new invisible frontier of cyber attacks
Redazione RHC - July 29th, 2025
In recent years, cybersecurity has seen the emergence of increasingly sophisticated threats, capable of compromising devices and personal data without the user taking any action. Among these, so-called zero-click exploits...
Fire Ant Attacks: How a vCenter Bug Opens the Door to IT Hell
Redazione RHC - July 28th, 2025
Sygnia reports that the initial Fire Ant attack vector, CVE-2023-34048, exploits an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the vCenter Server implementation of the DCERPC protocol, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. Security...
Critical vulnerability in WordPress Post SMTP plugin: over 200,000 sites at risk
Redazione RHC - July 28th, 2025
Over 200,000 WordPress sites are vulnerable to a critical flaw in the popular Post SMTP plugin, allowing attackers to gain full control of the administrator account. The vulnerability has been...
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