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The Great Firewall in the Spotlight: The Leak Revealing the Industrialization of Chinese Censorship
Edited by Luca Stivali and Olivia Terragni. On September 11, 2025, what can be defined as the largest leak ever suffered by the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exploded in the media, massively and massi...
OpenAI and Microsoft reach agreement to transform into a public utility company.
OpenAI has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to review its partnership, which could lead to the company’s transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). If the transfo...
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...
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Edited by Luca Stivali and Olivia Terragni. On September 11, 2025, what can be defined as the largest leak ever suffered by the Great Firewall of China (GFW) exploded in the media, massively and massi...

OpenAI has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to review its partnership, which could lead to the company’s transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). If the trans...

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...
FlexiSPY Alert: The Easy-to-Use Spy App Can Intercept Everything, Even El Chapo
SpamGPT is here! The new phishing kit that combines AI, spam, and diabolical genius.
Critical authentication bypass bug affects Sophos AP6
An RCE in Apple CarPlay allows root access to vehicle infotainment systems
Volkswagen is investing in artificial intelligence: one billion euros to reduce costs
A bug in Google Drive allows access to other people’s files on shared desktops.

FlexiSPY Alert: The Easy-to-Use Spy App Can Intercept Everything, Even El Chapo
Redazione RHC - September 12th, 2025
Two Kenyan documentary filmmakers were placed under surveillance by security services for their work on a film about youth protests. Computer forensics researchers say their phones were infected with FlexiSPY...

SpamGPT is here! The new phishing kit that combines AI, spam, and diabolical genius.
Redazione RHC - September 11th, 2025
A new tool called SpamGPT has appeared on underground forums and has quickly become a hot topic in the cybersecurity community. The malicious software combines the capabilities of generative artificial...

Critical authentication bypass bug affects Sophos AP6
Redazione RHC - September 11th, 2025
Sophos has announced that it has fixed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting its AP6 series wireless access points. The flaw allowed a remote attacker to gain administrative privileges by...

An RCE in Apple CarPlay allows root access to vehicle infotainment systems
Redazione RHC - September 11th, 2025
At the DefCon security conference, researchers presented a significant exploit chain that allows attackers to gain administrator permissions for vehicle entertainment systems through Apple CarPlay. The attack known as "Pwn...

Volkswagen is investing in artificial intelligence: one billion euros to reduce costs
Redazione RHC - September 11th, 2025
Volkswagen announced on the first day of the IAA Mobility international trade fair in Munich its intention to integrate artificial intelligence into all areas of its business, with the aim...

A bug in Google Drive allows access to other people’s files on shared desktops.
Redazione RHC - September 11th, 2025
Millions of people and businesses rely on Google Drive to store contracts, reports, photos, and work documents, using the Windows desktop client to sync files between local and cloud folders....
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