Amazon’s family of hardware products, including Echo speakers, Ring Floodlight Cams, Ring Spotlight Cams, and Ring Video Doorbells, will automatically activate a function that allows you to share a tiny portion of your Internet bandwidth with...
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.
Newly-Discovered Siemens PLC Bug
Last Friday, Siemens released security patches that addressed a serious newly-discovered weakness in the S7-1500 and S7-1200 logic controllers. An attacker could exploit those vulnerabilities to gain remote access to protected memory areas as well...
Malvertising campaign on Google spreading malicious AnyDesk file that...
The Malicious AnyDesk File A sophisticated malvertising campaign targeting AnyDesk, a popular remote desktop access solution, has been revealed by cybersecurity researchers this week. Experts reported that they have detected a malicious installer...
The Rise of the Privateers Hackers
The Cyber Privateers A new kind of threat actors is currently on the rise that stands somewhere between state-sponsored hacker groups such as North Korea’s Lazarus or Russia’s Fancy Bear on the one hand and the financially-motivated hackers/hacker...
Employee data at risk after Ransomware hits Bosé
The Bosé Ransomware The leading audio-tech vendor Bosé has revealed that a ransomware attack has hit its network and resulted in a suspected exfiltration of employee data. According to a letter sent by the company to the Attorney General Office in...
Pairing flaw exposes Bluetooth devices to BIAS attacks
BIAS Hundreds of Electronic devices that support Bluetooth Core and Mesh Specifications may be vulnerable to attacks that allow malicious actors to impersonate a device during pairing. Newly identified security weaknesses in both Bluetooth Core and...
Android apps have been spotted to leak personal data
Numerous Android apps in the Google Play Store have been spotted to leak personal user data due to misconfigurations in their settings. In a recently published report, researchers from Check Point have published a list of Android applications that...
Microsoft and Google cloud-based infrastructures are being used by attackers
Recently published research is revealing a growing in popularity trend where both Microsoft and Google cloud-based infrastructures are being used by attackers as a means of targeting users utilizing popular cloud tools and spreading harmful messages...
Ransomware attacks Ireland’s Department of Health
Conti ransomware attacks aimed at Ireland’s Department of Health caused a shutdown of a number of networks and services. Last week, Conti gang attempted to encrypt systems of the Ireland’s Department of Health and demanded a ransom from the...
DarkSide’s ransomware attacks Toshiba
In the last two weeks, DarkSide criminal group and its ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. has been a hot topic for all news headlines. Just a few days after the saga with the largest U.S. largest refine products pipeline, Toshiba announced...