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...
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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.
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...
WiFiDemon – the newest iPhone vulnerability
The WiFiDemon vulnerability A recent security report claims that the Wi-Fi network name bug, which is said to disable an iPhone’s networking capability entirely, also has remote code execution capabilities and was patched quietly by Apple...
Cloudstar victim of a highly sophisticated ransomware attack
The Cloudstar Ransomware Attack Cloudstar, a popular cloud-service provider operating in the USA and providing technology for hundreds of title companies and lenders, has become a victim of a sophisticated ransomware attack. According to the...
A sham version of the Zoom App distributed by the “LuminousMoth” APT
A recently discovered threat actor from China has been spotted launching large-scale attacks, but then carefully picking selected targets to infect and exfiltrate data from. Codenamed LuminousMoth, this new APT has been actively operating since...
The REvil Ransomware gang vanishes following a high-profile attack
There has been a rumor going around the cybersecurity circles that REvil, the notorious ransomware gang behind some of the largest attacks hitting Kaseya and other high-profile targets, has been taken down. The speculations came after the data leak...
Microsoft update patches 117 vulnerabilities
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates were released yesterday, fixing a total number of 117 flaws in different Microsoft products, including Windows, Office, Bing, Windows DNS, Exchange Server, Dynamics, and Visual Studio Code. Nine of those...