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“Cleaning Up” Windows Update! Microsoft Declares War on Drivers Exploited in Ransomware Attacks Cyber News

“Cleaning Up” Windows Update! Microsoft Declares War on Drivers Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft announced that it will periodically remove outdated drivers from the Windows Update Catalog to reduce risk and improve compatibility. "The goal...
Redazione RHC - June 24, 2025
Cyberspace: The Invisible Thread Between War and Peace Cyber News

Cyberspace: The Invisible Thread Between War and Peace

How Iran-Israel’s Digital War Redefines Security, Diplomacy, and the Global Future? Since June 12, a 700% increase in cyber activity...
Sandro Sana - June 23, 2025
Cloudflare Mitigates 7.3 Terabits Per Second Attack. Imagine 9350 HD Movies Downloaded in 45 Seconds Cyber News

Cloudflare Mitigates 7.3 Terabits Per Second Attack. Imagine 9350 HD Movies Downloaded in 45 Seconds

In mid-May 2025, Cloudflare blocked the largest DDoS attack ever recorded: 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps). This event comes shortly...
Redazione RHC - June 23, 2025
Myth: If I use a VPN, I am completely safe even on open and unsecured WiFi networks Cyber News

Myth: If I use a VPN, I am completely safe even on open and unsecured WiFi networks

Many believe that using a VPN guarantees total protection while browsing, even on completely open and unsafe WiFi networks. Although...
RedWave Team - June 23, 2025
Murders Like a Drink! Dark Web Recruits Kids With Encrypted Apps in Europe Cyber News

Murders Like a Drink! Dark Web Recruits Kids With Encrypted Apps in Europe

A worrying criminal trend is taking hold in Europe: criminal gangs are using encrypted apps to recruit teenagers as young...
Redazione RHC - June 23, 2025
“Byte The Silence”: RHC’s Free Shock Comic About Cyberbullying Out Today! Cyber News

“Byte The Silence”: RHC’s Free Shock Comic About Cyberbullying Out Today!

Today, June 23, 2025, "Byte The Silence" is released, the new comic about cyberbullying created by Red Hot Cyber, is...
Agostino Pellegrino - June 23, 2025
Breadcrumbing: Understanding Emotional Manipulation to Better Defend Yourself in the Digital Domain Cyber News

Breadcrumbing: Understanding Emotional Manipulation to Better Defend Yourself in the Digital Domain

This article aims to explore the phenomenon of breadcrumbing from a psychological perspective, metaphorically linking it to the insidious strategies...
Daniela Farina - June 23, 2025
Connected and Vulnerable: How to Secure OT and ICS in 2025 Cyber News

Connected and Vulnerable: How to Secure OT and ICS in 2025

In today's interconnected world, cybersecurity is not just about protecting information. Today, most devices and physical tools are connected to...
Redazione RHC - June 22, 2025
Smart TV or Living Room Spies? Here’s How They’re Monitoring You Cyber News

Smart TV or Living Room Spies? Here’s How They’re Monitoring You

Many owners of smart TV operating systems are increasingly finding themselves caught in a conflict that rages between the desire...
Redazione RHC - June 22, 2025
Android Under Attack: Godfather Malware Now Uses Virtualization to Fool Everyone Cyber News

Android Under Attack: Godfather Malware Now Uses Virtualization to Fool Everyone

A new version of Android malware Godfather has been discovered that creates isolated virtual environments on mobile devices to steal...
Redazione RHC - June 22, 2025
ChatGPT is Shutting Down Our Brains! Alarming MIT Research Shows Mental Decay Cyber News

ChatGPT is Shutting Down Our Brains! Alarming MIT Research Shows Mental Decay

During a RHC Conference, Corrado Giustozzi underlined a truth as simple as it is powerful: “Human beings have always been...
Redazione RHC - June 22, 2025
AKIRA emergency report: the ransomware that is breaching Italy Cybercrime

AKIRA emergency report: the ransomware that is breaching Italy

Spring 2025 will be remembered as a turning point in our country's cyber chronicle. As bulletins and technical releases follow...
RHC Dark Lab - June 22, 2025

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...

He died because of ransomware! Another victim joins the list

This is not the first time that a cyber attack has resulted in the loss of human lives.We had already discussed it in the article "I deferichò per il ransomware....

A new fileless infostealer is being spread by Telegram and legitimate services

TLP: AMBERAnalyst: Agostino Pellegrino, Crescenzo Cuoppolo, Alessio BandiniLast revision date: 2025-06-24 This forensic technical report documents the complete analysis of a multi-stage infostealer delivered via a Python fileless loader, identified...

Citrix: New Critical Vulnerability from 9.2 Affects NetScaler – Attacks Underway!

Citrix has reported a new critical vulnerability in its NetScaler appliances, already actively exploited by attackers. The problem is identified with the identifier CVE-2025-6543 and affects the popular NetScaler ADC...

REvil: Sentenced but then set free. The most controversial court case ever

Do you remember the infamous REvil cyber gang? The Russian hacker group responsible for some of the most devastating ransomware attacks in the early days of this global threat, known...

Shock in France: the gentlemen of BreachForums were twenty-year-old French citizens!

Shocking news in France: one of the largest global cybercrime networks dismantled. The BreachForum hackers were… French. French authorities have busted a large cybercrime operation, arresting five young French hackers...

Zero-Click Attack on Notepad++. HackerHood Tested the Exploit and It Really Works with Little

A dangerous vulnerability has been discovered in the latest version of the popular text editor Notepad++ that allows an attacker togain complete control over the system. The vulnerability has been...

22,000 Sites At Risk: New Motors WordPress Vulnerability Allows Total Hacking

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress Motors theme, allowing them to hijack administrator accounts and take complete control of the target site. The malicious activity was...

Qilin & Associates Law Firm: Ransomware Hires Lawyers, Launches “Intimidation Package”

The developers of the Qilin ransomware (recently interviewed by us) offered their partners the help and advice of a team of lawyers, so that they could put pressure on the...

US-Iran Cyberwar: DHS Raises Alarm, American Networks Under Attack

The United States has warned of possible cyber attacks by pro-Iranian groups following a series of airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, as part of the armed conflict between Iran and...

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