Monthly Archives: January 2021

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Office 365 installation: Edge SmartScreen triggers a security warning

Posted on 2021-01-28 by guenni

[German]Has anyone had this happen before? When trying to install Microsoft Office 365, the Edge browser opens with the login page and then SmartScreen shows it as unsafe? Advertising

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Emotet reportedly uninstalls itself on April 25, 2021

Posted on 2021-01-28 by guenni

[German]Currently, it's reported, that the Emotet malware will automatically uninstall itself from infected systems on April 25, 2021 (1st I reported March) at 12:00 a.m CET. However, it is unclear to me who exactly is behind this action – the … Continue reading →

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Linux: Bug in Sudo allows privilege escalation

Posted on 2021-01-28 by guenni

[German]Security researchers at Qualsys have discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2021-3156) in the BSD/Linux Sudo command. Due to a heap overflow, attackers with normal privileges could achieve privilege escalation to root. However, updates for the vulnerability are now available from major Linux … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Intel Microcode Updates January 2021

Posted on 2021-01-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released various Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 version 1903 to 20H2 as of January 26, 2021. For other versions, however, the microcode updates remain unchanged. EP has linked the KB articles within this comment. Advertising

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German BKA initiate a takedown of Emotet malware infrastructure

Posted on 2021-01-27 by guenni

[German]The German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) and the Frankfurt General Prosecutor's Office (Generalstaatsanwaltschaft) have initiated a "takedown" of the Emotet infrastructure internationally. The Emotet servers were taken over and then the infrastructure was shut down. Advertising

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iOS/iPadOS 14.4 fixes 0-day vulnerabilities

Posted on 2021-01-27 by guenni

[German]Apple has just released iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 as a security update. The update closes three vulnerabilities that are exploited by 0-day exploits. Advertising

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Four more security vendors confirm SolarWinds incidents

Posted on 2021-01-27 by guenni

[German]The Solarigate story continues. Now four other security vendors have disclosed "incidents" related to the supply chain attacks via SolarWinds Orion products. Advertising

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Firefox 85.0.0 and 78.7.0 ESR released

Posted on 2021-01-27 by guenni

[German]Mozilla developers have released Firefox browser version 85.0.0 and 78.7.0 ESR as of January 26, 2021. Firefox 85 is a new branch for the browser and the ESR gets security updates. Here is an overview of the updates. Advertising

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Windows Server 2019: Intel RSC support for NICs disabled in Hyper-V, storage stacks writes operations as write-throughs

Posted on 2021-01-27 by guenni

[German]Another small piece of information for administrators of a Hyper-V cluster under Windows Server 2019. It looks like Intel has disabled RSC support for all NICs on the driver side as of release 1903. In addition, storage stacks write operations … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 NTFS bug gets unofficial fix from OSR

Posted on 2021-01-26 by guenni

[German]Developers at OSR have released an open-source filter driver that prevents the recently publicized NTFS bug, which can be used to corrupt NTFS volumes, from being exploited. This provides temporary protection for affected Windows 10 and Server systems until Microsoft … Continue reading →

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