The CVE-2021-40449 Vulnerability Yesterday (Tuesday, 12th October), Microsoft released important security patches intended to take care of a total of 71 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in Windows which includes CVE-2021-40449 and other software...
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.
Apple addresses a new zero-day with emergency updates for iPhone and iPad
The CVE-2021-30883 Vulnerability Apple has issued a security update for iOS and iPad that addresses the CVE-2021-30883 vulnerability that has been reported to be exploited in the wild. IOMobileFrameBuffer Identified as CVE-2021-30883, the flaw...
New Apache Path Traversal Patch Available
An actively exploited path traversal and remote code execution vulnerability in the HTTP Server of Apache received a set of additional security updates this Thursday. The main flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-41773, was fixed earlier this week, but Apache...
Misconfiguration of Twitch’s servers results in massive data and source...
Twitch, an Amazon-owned interactive livestream platform, has registered a massive data leak after an anonymous user on the 4chan message board posted Twitch’s source code, an unreleased Steam competitor developed by Amazon Game Studios, and...
A UEFI bootkit that targets Windows computers since 2012 was discovered by...
Security researchers revealed that threat actors have been using a previously undocumented UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootkit since 2012 to backdoor Windows systems by altering a legitimate Windows Boot Manager binary to gain...
Hackers targeting over 100 businesses with ransomware arrested
In a major development in the fight against ransomware, authorities in Ukraine have reported the arrest of two “prolific ransomware operators” who are accused of launching a series of targeted operations against big industrial...
Users worldwide are unable to access Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp
Facebook is down Around GMT-7 today, 4th of October (Monday), a large number of users across the globe started reporting that Facebook is down and messages sent via the Messenger app are not going through. In addition, Instagram and Whatsapp also...
Fake Amnesty International Antivirus for Pegasus distributes Malware
The Fake Amnesty International Antivirus A fresh example of how hacking organizations are fast to capitalize on global events and adapt their attack operations to maximize their effect is the discovery of threat actors distributing malware...
Hackers behind the SolarWinds cyberattack have been linked to a new Tomiris...
The Tomiris malware The Nobelium threat actor that was behind last year’s SolarWinds supply chain attack has likely created a backdoor that hasn’t been documented before, according to a recent research. The new threat has been named Tomiris...
FoggyWeb – the new malware created by Nobelium hacking group can steal...
The FoggyWeb Malware Custom malware used by the Nobelium hacking organization has been spotted to spread additional payloads and steal data from Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) servers. This discovery was announced in the Microsoft...