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Kawasaki CORLEO Robot Quadrupede for Human Transport by 2035

Redazione RHC 03/12/2025

Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to launch a quadruped robot capable of carrying humans in 2035. Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced on December 3 that it has begun production of ” CORLEO ,” a quadruped robot capable of carrying people. It is scheduled for market launch in 2035. The robot will be offered in conjunction with outdoor recreation services, with the company aiming to achieve sales of 300 billion yen by 2040. The company announced the news at a press conference held in Tokyo on the 3rd. President Yasuhiko Hashimoto said, “We hope to combine robotics and motorcycle technology to realize practical applications, creating

Candle Subsea Cable Revolutionizes Asia-Pacific Internet Connectivity

Redazione RHC 03/12/2025

70 million simultaneous 8K videos at 570 Tbps ! This is a staggering amount of transport power in a submarine cable and will change internet access in the Asia-Pacific region. Candle is more than just a submarine cable: it is the backbone of the Asia-Pacific digital economy . With its massive capacity of 570 Tbps , the extreme density of 24 fiber pairs, and the resilient ring route design , it has completely rewritten the rules of site selection, topology, energy, and data center business models. As Tomonori Uematsu, General Manager of NEC Submarine Networks, said, “Candle connects Asia’s isolated cyber islands

Google Chrome 143 Patch Fixes Critical V8 JavaScript Vulnerability

Redazione RHC 03/12/2025

Google has released Chrome 143 for Windows, macOS, and Linux; the release contains an important patch. The new version ( 143.0.7499.40 for Linux and 143.0.7499.40/41 for Windows and macOS) addresses 13 vulnerabilities, including a critical vulnerability in the JavaScript V8 engine, CVE-2025-13630, a type confusion issue. This is CVE-2025-13630, discovered by cybersecurity researcher Shreyas Penkar (@streypaws) and awarded a $11,000 bounty by Google. The bug is a favorite target for exploit writers, as such flaws sometimes allow exploits to escape the browser sandbox and execute third-party code. Therefore, the released patch is one of the most important of the release. In addition

Managing AI Agents: Mitigating Security Risks in Autonomous Systems

Redazione RHC 03/12/2025

The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence in businesses is profoundly transforming operational processes and, at the same time, introducing new security vulnerabilities . Companies are using these systems to increase productivity and strengthen competitiveness, but their increasing autonomy requires a rethinking of control and governance rules. AI-powered assistants no longer perform just support tasks, such as composing emails or writing summaries. In many organizations , they are now able to initiate work orders, analyze technical logs, manage accounts, and automatically respond to anomalies. These functions, typical of the new generation of ” agentive ” agents, allow systems to take direct action in

Mistral AI Unveils Powerful Open Source Models for Advanced AI Applications

Redazione RHC 03/12/2025

French company Mistral AI has unveiled its Mistral 3 line of models, making them fully open source under the Apache 2.0 license . The series includes several compact and dense models with 3, 8, and 14 billion parameters , as well as the flagship Mistral Large 3 model. This is a ” Mixture-of-Experts ” model with 41 billion active parameters and 675 billion shared parameters , which the company calls its most powerful solution to date. Mistral Large 3 was trained from scratch on approximately 3,000 NVIDIA H200 GPUs. After further training, the model achieved the level of the best open-source training

Maha Grass APT Group Unleashes StreamSpy Malware Attacks

Redazione RHC 03/12/2025

The Patchwork cyber espionage group — also known as Hangover or Dropping Elephant and internally tracked by QiAnXin as APT-Q-36 — has been active since 2009 and is believed to be close to South Asia. Over the years, it has targeted government agencies, the military, research institutions, diplomacy, industry, and educational institutions in several Asian countries, conducting large-scale intelligence gathering operations. The QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center has identified a new Trojan attributed to the Maha Grass organization, which uses a combination of WebSocket and HTTP protocols to communicate with command and control servers. The malware, dubbed StreamSpy , retrieves instructions via a

Digital Crime Among Teenagers: Temporary Involvement

Redazione RHC 02/12/2025

Dutch authorities have published data showing that adolescents’ involvement in cybercrime is usually temporary. An analysis prepared by the House of Representatives indicates that early interest in hacking often fades by age 20, and only a few maintain a lasting interest. The report highlights that adolescents begin committing various types of crimes at roughly the same age . Cybercrime is no more common than gun or drug crime , and significantly less common than property crime. Furthermore, the path to their first attempts typically passes through game simulations that allow them to develop technical skills. According to data collected over the years,

Porsche Russia Alarm Issues Spark Widespread Vehicle Immobilization

Redazione RHC 02/12/2025

Porsche owners in Russia are increasingly experiencing problems with factory alarms, making it impossible to use their cars. Their cars won’t start, stall immediately after starting, or display engine-related errors . Managers at the Rolf dealership told RBC that they’ve noticed an increase in service calls since November 28 due to the satellite alarms being blocked. According to the company’s customer service manager, Yulia Trushkova, there is currently no correlation between models and types of engines, and in theory, any vehicle can be immobilized. Currently, immobilization can be bypassed by resetting the factory alarm unit and removing it. The cause of the

Cryptomixer Shut Down: Europol Cracks Down on $1.3B Bitcoin Mixing Service

Redazione RHC 02/12/2025

Law enforcement agencies in Switzerland and Germany have reported the dismantling of Cryptomixer , a major mixing service operating since 2016 that helped criminals launder illicitly obtained funds. According to Europol, the service has processed over €1.3 billion in Bitcoin (about $1.5 billion) in recent years. Operation Olympia took place in Zurich in late November. During the raids, which lasted from November 24 to 28, law enforcement agencies, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, seized three servers containing over 12 terabytes of data , blocked domains on the traditional internet and the Tor network, and confiscated €24 million (approximately $29 million)

ShadyPanda Malware Infects 4.3M Browsers with Chrome Edge Extensions

Redazione RHC 02/12/2025

Researchers at Koi Security described a multi-stage operation called ShadyPanda . Over the course of seven years, attackers released seemingly useful extensions for Chrome and Edge, built up an audience with positive comments and reviews. They then released an update containing malicious code . Researchers estimate that the total number of installations reached a remarkable 4.3 million downloads . The scheme is simple and unpleasant: “legitimate” extensions accumulate ratings, reviews, and trust badges for years, only to receive an update that contains malware, extracts arbitrary JavaScript, and executes it with full access to the browser . The code is obfuscated and becomes

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