This category covers the News section of HowToRemove.Guide. We primarily focus on news in the security and anti-malware industry, but not limited to them, as we have recently engaged in broader interests related to browsers, operating systems and their relationship to hardware.
User experience has become a driving factor on the internet, merging areas which were once clearly separated. A prime subject in this is the intersection between the user privacy we all covet and how new features introduced to safeguard that privacy can be exploited by malware creators.
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In a technological world of rapid change, we at HowToRemove.Guide need to be fully aware of how that world changes to ensure we can be at the driving edge of knowledge on what malware creators can use against every day users.
And the first step to that is to be constantly informed of all coming changes.
SolarLeaks.net A new website identified as “SolarLeaks” offers data believed to have been looted by companies that were compromised by the SolarWinds attack. Last month, SolarWinds was disclosed to have experienced a sophisticated cyber attack which...
Ubiquiti advises consumers to update their passwords following a security breach. Logins and passwords were accessed in an unexplained data leak of UI.com accounts. Ubiquiti Networks, a renown IoT device and networking equipment vendor, has sent out...
New research on the SolarWinds’ software breach has shown some relation between the backdoor used in the attack and a malware strain that has previously been identified. Security professionals have reported that they have found some features that...
On last week’s Thursday, Andrei Tyurin, a 37-year-old Russian citizen was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the court of the U.S. for partaking in an international cybercriminal campaign. The criminal who participated in the campaign managed to...
Back in October last year, a hacker group that targeted the Council of the London borough Hackney managed to infiltrate the network of the Council and steal a significant amount of confidential data as well as heavily disrupt many of the services...
RokRat According to reports, last December, security researchers have identified a malicious document that executes a macro in memory when it is opened. The role of this document is to install the RokRat Trojan remote access tool (RAT) without being...
Baidu apps Two apps for Android developed by the Chinese tech company Baidu were reported back in October 2020 for gathering sensitive details about its users and have been consequently removed from the official Google Play Store. The apps in...
Uninstall Adobe Flash Player The end of one of the most controversial years came with an end to one of the most criticized browser plug-ins. Adobe Flash support officially stopped on 31st of December 2020, so it is time to uninstall Flash on your...
The telecom giant T-Mobile has reported a breach that has exposed proprietary network information (CPNI) of its customers. According to the information that has been disclosed, the data that has been affected includes telephone numbers and call...
Hackers hit the Finnish parliament The Finnish parliament reported a cyber-attack that allowed entry to its internal IT system. According to the information that was announced on Monday by the Finnish Government officials on their official web page...
