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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...
Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026: Sponsorships Open for the Fifth Edition in Rome
The Red Hot Cyber Conference has become a regular event for the Red Hot Cyber community and for anyone working in or interested in the world of digital technologies and cybersecurity. The fifth editio...
Hexstrike AI unleashes chaos! Zero-days exploited in record time
The release of Hexstrike-AI marks a turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. The framework, billed as a next-generation tool for red teams and researchers, is capable of orchestrating over 150 sp...
LockBit 5.0: Signs of a New and Possible “Rebirth”?
LockBit represents one of the longest-running and most structured ransomware gangs of recent years, with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model that has profoundly impacted the criminal ecosystem. Fol...
The KING of DDoS! Cloudflare blocks a monstrous 11.5 terabit-per-second attack.
The record for the largest DDoS attack ever recorded in June 2025 has already been broken. Cloudflare said it recently blocked the largest DDoS attack in history, which peaked at 11.5 Tbps. “Cloudflar...
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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...

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 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...

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...

Artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for creating confusing vulnerability reports and inundating open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. But researchers at Nanjing Universit...
He died because of ransomware! Another victim joins the list
A new fileless infostealer is being spread by Telegram and legitimate services
Citrix: New Critical Vulnerability from 9.2 Affects NetScaler – Attacks Underway!
Fox Kitten and Br0k3r: The Iranian Cyber Contractor Collaborating with Ransomware Gangs
REvil: Sentenced but then set free. The most controversial court case ever
Shock in France: the gentlemen of BreachForums were twenty-year-old French citizens!

He died because of ransomware! Another victim joins the list
Redazione RHC - June 26th, 2025
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
Redazione RHC - June 26th, 2025
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!
Redazione RHC - June 26th, 2025
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...

Fox Kitten and Br0k3r: The Iranian Cyber Contractor Collaborating with Ransomware Gangs
Redazione RHC - June 26th, 2025
We continue our series of articles on IABs by writing about an Iranian cyber contractor that not only works as an initial access broker but also provides support to ransomware...

REvil: Sentenced but then set free. The most controversial court case ever
Redazione RHC - June 26th, 2025
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!
Redazione RHC - June 25th, 2025
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...
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