30 Million protected links exposed by 'safe' link-sharing provider

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)Cybernews research found out, that a safe linking service accidentally leaked millions of links that were meant to be private and exposed who created them. Researchers discovered that Safelinking.net, a platform designed to protect and manage links, had publicly leaked a tremendous amount of user data that was supposed to be protected. Apart from making 30 million private links public, the platform also exposed the account data of over 156,000 users.

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Update KB4484305: Fix for Excel 2016 add-in loading bug

[German]Another addendum from November 2024: On November 19, 2024, Microsoft fixed a problem caused by the security update KB5002653 from November 12, 2024 in Microsoft Excel 2016 (MSI version). Add-ins could no longer be loaded there.

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Retailer Medion victim of a cyber attack

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]It seems that Medion, a German Lenovo subsidary, who offers electronic devices – for discounter like Aldi -has becom victim of a cyber attack. There are customers complaining about "delivery problems" with orders. And I have found information from Medion, that they are victim of a cyber incident, that affects their IT systems and the Medion shop.

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STIGA data leak (garden and sport tools)

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The company STIGA, active as a supplier in the field of robotic lawnmowers, gardening equipment and sporting goods, has suffered a data protection incident. A reader had made enquiries and received confirmation from the provider. Customer data has been leaked and is now being offered on the Darknet.
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New Outlook app: No GMail calendar entries possible – workaround and fix

Mail[German]A blog reader pointed me to an issue with the new Outlook app. The app could no longer create new calendar entries for his Gmail account. However, there is a workaround, and a new version with bug fixes should be available by now.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Bootkitty: First Linux UEFI Bootkit

[German]ESET Research has discovered the first Linux UEFI boot kit and named it Bootkitty. This Linux UEFI boot kit was uploaded to Virustotal in early November 2024 and came to the attention of the security researchers.

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Exchange 2016/2019: Nov. 2024 SU v2 also with bug

Exchange Logo[German]Microsoft is not really having a good run with its security updates for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. The version of the security updates released on November 12, 2024 had to be withdrawn due to a bug. Version 2, released on November 27, 2024, contains a time zone bug that Microsoft has already acknowledged.

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Windows Server 2012: Unofficial 0patch fix for MoW 0-day vulnerability

Windows[German]ACROS Security has developed a fix for a previously unknown 0-day vulnerability in the Mark of the Web security feature of Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. The fix is available to customers via a 0patch micro-patch and enables the affected installations to be secured.

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Windows 11 24H2: Extremely slow RDP connection

Windows[German]Another problem that I would like to share with the readership – perhaps there are others affected and new insights. A reader complained in an e-mail this week about the slow screen loading when using a remote desktop connection (RDP) under Windows 11 24H2.

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Email bombing: A new spam campaign? Or a cover-up for a (black basta) attack?

Mail[German]A German blog reader recently shared an observation from his IT department with me. An employee was bombed by a veritable wave of spam  mail (more than 1,000/hour). All the emails had some kind of confirmation for a registration, which aroused my suspicions.

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