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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 responsible for running BreachForum, one of the world’s most active
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 identified as CVE-2025-49144 and affects version 8.8.1 of the installer, released on
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 discovered by Wordfence, which last month reported a critical vulnerability, the CVE-2025-4322,
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 victims and force them to pay the ransom. The advertisement
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 Israel that began on June 13, 2025. The US Department
“Jailbreak as a Service” is Coming: 60 Euros a Month to Purchase Cybercrime-Ready AI Systems
According to a report by Cato Networks, cybercriminals continue to actively use LLM patterns in their attacks. Specifically, we are talking about versions of theGrok and Mixtral patterns that have been deliberately modified to bypass built-in restrictions and generate malicious content. Apparently, one such modified
Apple and Google under pressure: German regulator wants to remove DeepSeek
Redazione RHC - June 28th, 2025
Following the Italian data protection regulator, Germany's data protection watchdog has now asked Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google to remove the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup's DeepSeek app from their...
A former Australian university student has been accused of hacking Western Sydney University
Redazione RHC - June 28th, 2025
New South Wales police have arrested a 27-year-old former Western Sydney University student who had repeatedly hacked into the university's systems, including to obtain cheaper parking. Western Sydney University is...
Cyber War: The Invisible War in Cyberspace That Decides the Conflicts of the Present
Paolo Galdieri - June 27th, 2025
In the heart of contemporary conflicts, alongside tanks, drones and troops, an invisible, silent and often underestimated war is being fought: cyber war. It is not just a futuristic scenario...
Skynet is coming: the malware that attacks Artificial Intelligence!
Redazione RHC - June 27th, 2025
An unusual example of malicious code has been discovered in a real computing environment, which for the first time recorded an attempt to attack not classical defense mechanisms, but directly...
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