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Monthly Archives: July 2019
British ICO intend to fine BA under GDPR with £183.39m
The British ICO (Information Communication Office) intends to fine airline British Airways (BA) with £183.39M for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The reason was a cyber incident in Summer 2018.
Open Source Task Manager TaskExplorer
[German]Today still a tool introduction in form of the Open Source Task Manager TaskExplorer. The tool is developed by David Xanatos (an alias) for Windows.
Eurofins victim of a Ransomware, pays and contract gets terminated
Eurofins was the victim of a cyber attack (this is known) and had to pay a ransom. It went really stupid, because the largest provider of forensics for the judiciary and the police in Great Britain has now been dismissed.
Office 365 C2R: Excel ODBC driver missing
[German]Here's a little tip for Office 365 administrators: Click-2-Run does not install any ODBC drivers for Microsoft Excel. Blog reader Karl Ebbing-Westerhaus (@tweet_alqama) has found a solution to the problem.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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A ‘successful’ Independence day …?
It seems that nearly 1K stores have been breached on July 4, 2019. They sending now card data to highjacked sites. 962 stores found breached on 4 July – Magecart are at it again and this time it looks automated. … Continue reading
PowerShell: Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)
[German]Here is a tip for administrators in the corporate environment that I recently came across. It's about the PowerShell script of the week, Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS), which allows you to manage passwords for local accounts on domain computers.
WSUS: Endpoint decommissioned; SHA2 update required
[German]A brief note for corporate administrators who distribute updates using WSUS. Microsoft shuts down an endpoint before the next patchday. I would also like to remind you of the SHA2 migration issue.
DirectX Runtime soon in Microsoft Store?
[German]Microsoft intends to move its DirectX Runtime to the Microsoft Store. This means that DirectX will probably also be supplied with updates in future via the store.
Patch 1559 for Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10
[German]A brief information for administrators and users. Trend Micro released Patch 1559 for its Worry-Free Business Security 10 for Windows security solution on June 28, 2019.
Windows 10 V1903: Edge issues with SSL-VPN
[German]If you are using Windows 10 clients to access any servers via VPN connection, be careful. Windows 10 May 2019 update has issues with Microsoft Edge using SSL VPN connections.