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Skynet is coming: the malware that attacks Artificial Intelligence!

Redazione RHC - June 27th, 2025 - (Posted in Cybercrime and Darknet)

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 artificial intelligence systems. We are talking about the prompt injection technique, i.e. the introduction of hidden instructions capable of compromising...

Cybercrime and Darknet

VanHelsing RaaS: An Expanding Ransomware-as-a-Service Model

The ransomware threat landscape is constantly evolving, with increasingly structured groups adopting sophisticated strategies to maximize profits. VanHelsing is a new player positioning itself in the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) market, a model that enables even cybercriminals with limited expertise to conduct

Pietro Melillo 22/03/2025

Technology Evolution

NIST selects second PQC Key Encapsulation algorithm

The fourth round of the American National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) competition has selected HQC as a secondary quantum-resilient key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) to the previously selected ML-KEM (based on CRYSTALS-Kyber). HQC, or “Hemming

Tara Lie 18/03/2025

Cyber politics

Paragon Spyware – Let’s talk about privacy and governments

Politics, information technology, and privacy. A triad continually seeking balance with a history of conflict that originates from the introduction of personal computers at the consumer level. Attempts by the U.S. government in preventing access to “strong enough” cryptography for

Alessio Stefan 18/03/2025

Cyber politics

Beyond the Dark Storm’s attack on X: how hacktivism’s Illusion reinforces the System

The Dark Storm attack on X (formerly Twitter) has been significant for several reasons. The attack on March 10 2025 – a multi-layered Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) using a botnet – claimed by by the pro-Palestinian hacktivist group Dark Storm, caused

Olivia Terragni 18/03/2025

Cybercrime and Darknet

Babuk Locker 2.0: The New Ransomware Affiliate Program

Babuk, one of the most notorious ransomware groups in cybercrime, has launched the Babuk Locker 2.0 Affiliate Program 2025, an affiliate program for skilled hackers looking to profit from ransomware attacks. This program, published on their data leak site, introduces

Pietro Melillo 13/03/2025

Cybercrime and Darknet

NightSpire: A New Player in the Ransomware Landscape

During our reconnaissance into the underground world and criminal groups conducted by Red Hot Cyber’s threat intelligence laboratory DarkLab, we stumbled upon a Data Leak Site of a cyber gang never monitored before: NightSpire. NightSpire is a new ransomware group

Pietro Melillo 12/03/2025