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Monthly Archives: December 2021
App 'Life360 Locator' is selling GPS location data since 2016
[German]This is probably a solid scandal – there is an app Life360 – Familie suchen, which is also available on Android in Germany has millions of users. The app allows family members to be tracked via their smartphone. Now it … Continue reading
Cyber attack on SPAR grocery stores in Yorkshire/England
[German]There was a successful cyber attack on SPAR stores in Yorkshire, England. Some of the stores had to close because payment systems could no longer be used and card payments were no longer possible. Here is some information about what … Continue reading
Android App Barcod Scanner with Trojan – opens random websites
[German]I became aware of this security case via a Facebook post. It's about the Android app Barcod Scanner. It seems the app have been infected with an adware Trojan during one of the latest updates. Smartphones of affected users, opens … Continue reading
Windows 11: Fix for broken Outlook search
[German]Users who have upgraded to Windows 11 and use Microsoft Outlook may run into the problem that Outlook search no longer works. Now Microsoft has released a workaround for Outlook 2016 that brings search results back again.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
iOS 15.1 and the slow calendar app
[German]Since Apple released iOS 15.1 for suitable devices (see iOS 15.1 released), users have complained that the devices have become unusable for certain apps. The Calendar app in particular seems to be extremely slow to respond, as users also discuss … Continue reading
Phishing attacks by state hackers via new RTF template injection technique
[German]Security vendor Proof Point observed three APT actors from India, Russia and China using a novel RTF template injection technique for phishing attachments to retrieve malicious content from a remote URL in 2021. The security researcher fear, that this technique … Continue reading
Windows 11: Microsoft tries to stop users from downloading Chrome
[German]Users who try to download the Google Chrome browser in the pre-installed Edge browser under Windows 11 sees problably a popup in the browser window. This popup tries to fool people into thinking that Microsoft Edge uses the same technology … Continue reading
0patch fixes InstallerTakeOver LPE 0-day vulnerability in Windows
[German]The ACROS Security team around founder Mitja Kolsek has now developed and released the third micro-patch within two weeks for a vulnerability discovered by security researchers. The current micro-patch is about a 0-day InstallerTakeOver Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in … Continue reading
Windows 11 and the slow Explorer
[German]Microsoft has changed the user interface of Windows 11 and has implemented developments from the trashed Windows 10X into the new operating system. The developers and marketing people also never get tire of praising the changes to the Explorer interface. … Continue reading
Examples of virus mails from a compromised Exchange server
[German]I had warned here in the blog several times that unpatched Exchange servers are attacked by thread actors, and that they are abused to send spam after a takeover. A blog reader has now sent me a short info (thanks) … Continue reading