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.
Facebook Data Leak A popular cybercrime website has leaked the personal details of about 533 million Facebook users worldwide. According to the available information, the leaked data has been stolen through a Facebook vulnerability that hackers have...
Zero-Day Vulnerabilities allow hackers to access QNAP Devices Two vulnerabilities found in legacy QNAP network attached storage models could pave the way for stealth attacks on the exposed devices. The bugs/vulnerabilities, known as CVE-2021-36195...
Ragnarok Ransomware strikes again Multiple sources are reporting that the gang behind Ragnarok ransomware has managed to steal 40 gigabytes of data from the fashion house. Boggi Milano, an Italian men’s luxury clothing, has confirmed the incident...
Cyber attacks against Firmware are growing According to a study carried out by Microsoft, there is a significant growth in the attacks aimed at firmware nowadays. The study has found that about 80% of companies have suffered at least one firmware...
Ransomware hackers have adopted a new for secretly infecting Windows machines with malware by exploiting Microsoft BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service). Last year, a number of hospitals, medical centers, and retirement homes became victims...
The threat actors are North Korean hacking group Back in January, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported the discovery of a hacker group operating from North Korea that targets cybersecurity researchers. Apparently, the members of the group...
Charming Kitten APT are behind the credential-stealing campaign A new credential-theft operation against senior officials in medical establishments and academic laboratories in the U.S. and Israel has been initiated by a cybercriminal gang named...
Apple and Google are Tracking Mobile Telemetry data even with opt-out option Research exposing mobile device-tracking by Apple and Google has recently made it to the news headlines. It explains how, even though both companies provide users with the...
Intel has been accused in a class-action suit of illegally using session-replay software to intercept and log the activities of people who visited the company’s official website: inte.com The lawsuit is taking place in Florida, under the state’s...
Images on popular platform infected with malware Cloud images freely available on the web are secretly spreading cryptocurrency-mining malware. No less than 30 images publicly available on Docker Hub that have over 20 million collective downloads...
