Researchers have discovered a security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser that allowed attackers to deploy VBA malware onto targeted computers. A new report has revealed that a now-patched zero-day vulnerability in the...
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.
UBEL – the successor of Oscorp Android malware
Android devices have recently become a target of a morphed banking malware that seems to have found a way to exploit accessibility features on Android smartphones and tablets with the intentions to steal user credentials from European banking...
Attackers may hijack Zimbra’s server
Researchers have found numerous security flaws in Zimbra email collaboration software, the exploitation of which may lead to email account compromise and even a full hijacking of the mail server. The news about the flaws came after cybersecurity...
Apple releases an urgent patch to fix a serious 0-day vulnerability
After delivering iOS 14.7, iPadOS 14.7, and macOS Big Sur 11.5 to the public a week ago, the company issued software updates to fix a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2021-30807) in the IOMobileFrameBuffer component which is a kernel extension...
MacOS malware steals sensitive data from Google Chrome, Telegram and other apps
A malware threat that attacks macOS computers has recently been modified and updated with new features that enable it to collect sensitive data from apps such as Telegram and Google Chrome. The name of the malware in question is XCSSET, and it was...
A PetitPotam attack now permits taking over Windows domains
An new NTLM Relay Attack dubbed PetitPotam has just been found, which may enable an attacker to take over an entire Windows domain. According to a report by the French security researcher GILLES Lionel (also known as Topotam), a new method named...
Kaseya obtains a REvil Ransomware decryptor
The Kaseya Decryptor Almost a month after a massive supply-chain ransomware attack struck the Florida-based software provider Kaseya, the company said on Thursday that it has acquired a universal decryption tool to assist clients unlock computers...
XLoader Malware evolved to infect Mac OS
The XLoader Malware In an article published on Wednesday, Check Point Research (CPR) says that there is a new strain of the notorious FormBook stealer that is being distributed under the name of XLoader. The study reveals that FormBook was stopped...
The HiveNightmare flaw affects the Security Account Manager in Windows
The CVE-2021-36934 vulnerability A recently discovered security flaw in the current beta version of the upcoming Windows 11 could allow threat actors to infiltrate the system and gain the highest privileges level, which, in turn, can enable them to...
HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers vulnerable to escalation of privilege attacks
The CVE-2021-3438 Vulnerability New information has recently been revealed regarding a severe printer driver security issue that was not discovered for almost a decade. The issue concerns HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers and, according to...