Monthly Archives: April 2020

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Microsoft Store down?

Posted on 2020-04-29 by guenni

[German]According to reports, the Microsoft Store is or was partially down for some user. Apps could no longer be loaded from the store, nothing was displayed. Advertising

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Microsoft Teams: Vulnerability allowed account takeover

Posted on 2020-04-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft had to additionally secure its Team Client after security researchers had found a vulnerability. The display of a GIF image could be misused by attackers to take over accounts. Microsoft has since taken measures to prevent this type of … Continue reading →

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Online video recorder service SAVE.TV [and UseNeXT] hacked

Posted on 2020-04-28 by guenni

[German]Short information for people who have an account at the German SAVE.TV service. The service has been hacked. Here is some information what I know so far. Addendum: Also the service UseNeXT (de, nl etc.) has been hacked. A service … Continue reading →

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0-day vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall under attack

Posted on 2020-04-27 by guenni

[German]After experiencing issues with Sophos XG Firewall v18 MR1, the software has been pulled. And now there are reports that the Sophos XG Firewall is being attacked via 0-day exploits. Sophos has released an emergency patch to close the vulnerability. … Continue reading →

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Revised Firmware update Sophos UTM 9.703-3 released

Posted on 2020-04-27 by guenni

[German]There have been problems with the firmware update for Sophos UTM 9.703, as well as with the update for Sophos XG Firewall v18 MR1. The patches were then withdrawn by Sophos. Now the revision Sophos UTM 9.703-3 has been released … Continue reading →

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French Kinomap app and the data leak

Posted on 2020-04-27 by guenni

[German]French provider Kinomap suffers a data leak, where an unprotected database contained about 42 million records (40 GB) of user data was reachable unprotected on the Internet. Advertising

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Android: Secret network of 27 app developers

Posted on 2020-04-27 by guenni

[German]Security researchers have uncovered a secret network of 27 developers who have posted a total of 103 'potentially malicious' apps with 69 million downloads on the Google Play Store. The apps have now been largely removed from the Play Store … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Issues with Update KB4549951?

Posted on 2020-04-26 by guenni

[German]Currently, there are a lot of reports from users about issues that occur in connection with update KB4549951 on Windows 10 version 1903 or version 1909. Here is a short overview. Advertising

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Security: Chromium Edge 81.0.416.64 released

Posted on 2020-04-25 by guenni

Microsoft released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser on April 23, 2020 (see ADV200002). This update fixes the vulnerabilities CVE-2020-6458, CVE-2020-6459 und CVE-2020-6460. The new Chromium Edge can be downloaded from this website. Advertising

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Apple denies accuracy of 0-day mail bug report

Posted on 2020-04-25 by guenni

[German]Is the there anything wrong with the report about two 0-day vulnerabilities in iOS that allow iPhones and iPads to be 'taken over' by mail? At least Apple and Sophos have doubts about the report released this week by a … Continue reading →

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