The AsyncRAT Malware Hackers are employing a new evasive technique in order to distribute AsyncRAT malware. A new, sophisticated phishing attack has been identified that is distributing the threat as part of a malware campaign that is believed to...
Category - News
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.
Examples:
- Hacker hide skimming code inside the favicon Metadata of E-commerce sites.
- Safari Surpasses Google Chrome with Security advantages.
- UK competition regulator claims that Google search engine deal with Apple limits competition.
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.
Emotet now uses a non-traditional IP address format to evade detection
The Emotet Malware For the first time in its history, the Emotet botnet has been spotted to use sophisticated social engineering tactics involving the deployment of malware by employing “unconventional” IP address formats. According to...
WhisperGate destructive malware Targets Ukrainian Government
Microsoft’s cybersecurity experts discovered evidence of a new malware operation nicknamed “WhisperGate” targeting government, non-profit, and IT organizations in Ukraine, and building geopolitical tensions with Russia. The threat...
A high-severity remote code execution flaw was found in the KCodes NetUSB...
The KCodes NetUSB bug Many popular router brands, including Netgear, TP-Link, D-Link, and Tenda, have been reported to be vulnerable to a high-severity issue in the KCodes NetUSB component. The KCodes NetUSB bug KCodes NetUSB is a Linux kernel...
Researchers found that the Abcbot Botnet is related with the Xanthe...
New study about the emerging DDoS botnet known as Abcbot has revealed links with a cryptocurrency mining botnet attack. Abcbot is a malicious shell script that targets insecure cloud instances operated by cloud service providers such as Huawei...
A VMware bug could result in a hypervisor takeover
VMWare’s Cloud Foundation, ESXi, Fusion, and Workstation platforms are vulnerable to a security flaw that might allow the hypervisor to take over in virtual environments. A patch is currently pending for some users. The heap-overflow...
The Thales security group attacked by Lockbit ransomware
The Lockbit ransomware gang’s website states that it has infiltrated the Thales group and offers the company around 13 days to pay ransom before exposing the data it has exfiltrated to the public. While ransomware had a busy year in 2021, the...
A fake Telegram app uses Purple Fox Malware to infiltrate PCs
Installers for the Telegram chat software have been compromised in order to spread the Windows-based Purple Fox backdoor. Research published by Minerva Labs reveals that the success of the attack stems from the fact that the attacker was dividing it...
Data Wiping Attacks Targeted at HP Enterprise Servers by New iLOBleed Rootkit
The iLOBleed Rootkit Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) server management technology has been targeted with a previously unknown rootkit that aims at deleting data from infected machines and messing with firmware modules...
Crypto malware found in pirated downloads of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” movie
New chances for cyberthieves to find easy victims are emerging as more of us use the internet for business or entertainment. In a report posted on 23rd of December, the researchers from ReasonLabs are noting that “Spiderman: No Way Home” gives a...