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.
Credentials stolen from 87,000 unpatched Fortinet SSL-VPNs have been uploaded online. This shocking news was confirmed by Fortinet in a blog post from Wednesday published on their website. Security experts, however, suspect that the number is much...
A security advisory released by the US Cybersecurity agency CISA warns that hackers are taking advantage of a vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus password management service that enables them to hijack the system. The...
Cybercriminals have devised a new technique for spreading malware that exploits Windows users who view Microsoft Office documents. Microsoft disclosed that a critical Internet Explorer vulnerability is being exploited in the wild to take over...
A network of websites has been leveraged to distribute malware to victims who search for “cracked” versions of popular business and customer apps, a study shows. A report that was published last week by Cybersecurity company Sophos...
NFVIS A patch for a critical security vulnerability in Cisco’s Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) has been released, however the danger of an attack is not yet over. Classified as CVE-2021-34746, the...
The Proxyware platforms Once again, threat actors are making use of legitimate platforms, this time the targets are proxyware solutions like Honeygain and Nanowire, to generate revenue by monetizing their malware operations. The Honeygain app...
The OpenSSL vulnerability QNAP, which is the manufacturer of network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, has begun examining two newly discovered security vulnerabilities in OpenSSL to assess their effect and has announced that it would issue...
The ProxyToken vulnerability A recent revelation about a now-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server has popped in the security news headlines. The flaw named “ProxyToken” (tracked as CVE-2021-33766) was reported via...
The LockFile Ransomware One of the latest variants of ransomware known as LockFile uses a unique method dubbed “intermittent encryption” to avoid ransomware protection software. The LockFile Ransomware instructions A recent research...
An interesting court case revealing how two teenagers redirected a 16.4552 Bitcoin wallet worth nearly $773,000 in today’s price came into light. The case reveals how Andrew Schober, a Colorado citizen, got infected with a clipboard hijacking virus...
