Monthly Archives: August 2021

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Vulnerabilities in Realtek SDK put IoT devices at risk

Posted on 2021-08-26 by guenni

[German]Security researchers at IoT Inspector have found multiple vulnerabilities in a Realtek SDK that allow unauthenticated attackers to fully compromise a device and execute arbitrary code with the highest privileges. The SDK is used by many OEMs to implement WiFi … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 91.0.3

Posted on 2021-08-26 by guenni

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have already released another bug fix update on August 26, 2021 (version 91 is still dewy, on August 17, 2021 there was a maintenance and security update to version 91.0.1 and on 8/23/2021 … Continue reading →

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VMware security updates (August 2021)

Posted on 2021-08-26 by guenni

[German]VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in several products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. VMware vRealize Operations, VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager are affected. US-CERT … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Update KB5005932 fixes install error 0x800F0984

Posted on 2021-08-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released an update for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1 as of August 24, 2021. This update should correct the error 0x800F0984 (PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING), which prevents the installation of updates under Windows 10. After all, the error has … Continue reading →

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SteelSeries software enables admin rights (LPE) on Windows

Posted on 2021-08-25 by guenni

[German]After the Razer case, the next clunker has now come to light. After it became known that standard users can become administrators with Razer mice via the driver installation, a security researcher took a closer look at the SteelSeries device … Continue reading →

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ProxyShell, ProxyLogon and Microsoft's contradictious Exchange doc for virus scan exceptions

Posted on 2021-08-25 by guenni

[German]On August 20, 2021, Microsoft published recommendations on the subject of virus protection for on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers. Recommendations are also given there regarding the exclusion of certain folders from virus scanning. On the other hand, we are experiencing waves … Continue reading →

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Firefox 91.0.2

Posted on 2021-08-25 by guenni

[English]On August 24, 2021, the Mozilla developers have already released version 91.0.2 as a maintenance update of the Firefox browser. According to the release notes, there are only two bug fixes. High contrast mode is no longer enabled by default … Continue reading →

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Samsung can remotely disable its TVs with TV Block

Posted on 2021-08-25 by guenni

[German]Insiders know that software often has a so-called killswitch that shuts it down remotely. With Microsoft and other manufacturers, the activation can be reset and the user is left in the dark. Or a security feature like Secure Boot could … Continue reading →

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(eMail-) Encryption with StartTLS as a security risk

Posted on 2021-08-24 by guenni

[German]The encryption method StartTLS, which can be used in network communication, especially for e-mails, has a number of vulnerabilities that make it possible to break open communication by stealing access data, for example. This was already proven by German security … Continue reading →

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38 million records exposed by Microsoft Power Apps

Posted on 2021-08-24 by guenni

[German]I've been waiting for something like this to happen for a while now. Misconfigured Microsoft Power Apps exposed 38 million records of sensitive data. Forty-seven government agencies and companies are affected, as security researchers at UpGuard discovered in May 2021 … Continue reading →

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