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The Robot Girlfriend is coming! The new frontier of Chinese-made technology.
Di Redazione RHC - 15/08/2025

While the rise of robots in China, the world’s largest market and producer of robots, is attracting the attention of the global information technology (IT) industry, the emergence of a “...

29,000 Exchange servers at risk. The exploit for CVE-2025-53786 is under exploitation.
Di Redazione RHC - 13/08/2025

29,000 Exchange servers are vulnerable to CVE-2025-53786, which allows attackers to move within Microsoft cloud environments, potentially leading to complete domain compromise. CVE-2025-53786 allows a...

No Tariffs for 90 Days! China and the US Reach a Temporary Economic Agreement
Di Redazione RHC - 12/08/2025

The Government of the People’s Republic of China (“China”) and the Government of the United States of America (“USA”), according to a report by Beijing-based Xinhua ...

New 7-Zip flaw: Symbolic links turn extraction into a hack
Di Redazione RHC - 11/08/2025

A recently discovered security flaw in the popular file compression software 7-Zip has raised considerable concern within the security community. All versions of 7-Zip prior to 25.01 are affected by t...

James Cameron: AI can cause devastation like Skynet and Terminator
Di Redazione RHC - 10/08/2025

“The Skynet military defense system will go live on August 4, 1997. It will begin to self-educate, learning at an exponential rate, and will become self-aware at 2:14 a.m. on August 29. Panicki...

Drones under fire! A NATO country orders a 100 kW laser for air defense.

Australian company Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS)has signed the world’s first export contract for a 100-kilowatt laser air defense system capable of destroying swarms of drones. The deal is valued at €71.4 million (approximately A$125 million), and the customer

150 Malicious Firefox Extensions Stole $1 Million in Cryptocurrency

Koi Security analysts have discovered the GreedyBear malware campaign active in the Mozilla add-on store. 150 malicious Firefox extensions stole over $1 million worth of cryptocurrency from users. The fraudulent add-ons were posing as extensions for popular cryptocurrency wallets from

Over 60s, Under Fire! Hackers Stole $700 Million from Seniors

Americans over 60 lost a staggering $700 million to online fraud in 2024, the highest figure ever recorded by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The new Consumer Protection Data Spotlight finds losses across all categories, from small to multimillion-dollar, increasing

As expected, the WinRAR bug has become a devastating weapon for cyber criminals

- August 12th, 2025

As expected, the infamous WinRAR bug is now being actively exploited by attackers on a large scale, given the software's widespread use and popularity. ESET experts have reported that the...

  

No Tariffs for 90 Days! China and the US Reach a Temporary Economic Agreement

- August 12th, 2025

The Government of the People's Republic of China ("China") and the Government of the United States of America ("USA"), according to a report by Beijing-based Xinhua news agency on August...

  

Toward Skynet: Johns Hopkins University Improves War Simulations with Artificial Intelligence

- August 12th, 2025

Johns Hopkins University in Maryland is preparing to upgrade its AI-powered wargaming tools to help the Pentagon identify adversaries' weaknesses in real-world conflicts. The work, conducted at the university's Applied...

  

Microsoft Sued in California for Ending Windows 10 Support

- August 12th, 2025

A lawsuit has been filed in California against Microsoft, accusing it of prematurely ending support for Windows 10 and forcing users to purchase new devices. The plaintiff, San Diego resident...

  

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