AT&T is combating EwDoor, a piece of modular malware that has infected 5,700 VoIP servers to carry traffic from business clients to upstream mobile service providers, but a broader wildcard certificate issue may be lurking under the surface. A...
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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.
More than 1,000 cyber criminals arrested by Interpol
More than 1,000 cybercriminals have been arrested and $27 million in illegal funds have been recovered in a four-month joint operation organized by Interpol. An international crackdown on online financial crimes known as “HAECHI-II” led...
CronRAT Linux Malware employs an unseen stealth tactic
The CronRAT Malware A very advanced Linux remote access trojan has been discovered by researchers. The new threat has been found to adopt a previously unseen method of hiding its destructive activities by scheduling them for February 31st, a day...
Facebook delays encrypted messages on Facebook and Instagram to 2023
The End-to-end Encryption At least one year has been added to Meta’s initial intention to implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) across all of its messaging services. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has disclosed that...
The TrickBot Malware Resurrects the Notorious Emotet Botnet
Ten months after a coordinated law enforcement operation took down Emotet’s command and control system, the renowned botnet is mounting a return of sorts. TrickBot is being exploited as an entry point to spread what looks to be a new version...
SharkBot – a new Android Trojan preying on banking and cryptocurrency...
On Monday, a new Android malware was revealed to exploit devices’ accessibility to steal passwords from banking and cryptocurrency services in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As of late October 2021, a new strain of malware...
The FBI’s Email System Was Hacked to Send Out a Fake Cyber Security Alert...
Fake messages indicating a “sophisticated chain attack” were sent out by anonymous threat actors who infiltrated the FBI’s email system, the FBI confirmed on Saturday. Rogue warning emails with the subject line “Urgent:...
MacOS Zero-Day exploits are being used to infiltrate Hong Kong users with a new...
The CVE-2021-30869 Vulnerability In a report published on Thursday, Google researchers have revealed that a zero-day vulnerability in the macOS operating system has been exploited to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor on compromised machines. The...
The PhoneSpy Android Malware uses 23 rogue apps to acquire remote access to the...
The PhoneSpy Android Malware The mobile security company Zimperium recently uncovered an ongoing snooping campaign targeting South Korean residents. The threat actors behind the campaigned have already claimed over a thousand victims, ...
Actively Exploited Excel and Exchange Server Zero-Day Bugs have been Patched by...
The CVE-2021-42321 and CVE-2021-42292 vulnerabilities Microsoft has addressed 55 issues as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday release cycle. The published security patches include solutions for two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Excel...