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Monthly Archives: December 2021
Home office monitoring jeopardizes trust and promotes fluctuation
[German]In these times of the coronavirus pandemic, many people are working from home offices. The increase in remote work requires new ways to keep track of employee performance and results. Problem is that if this is only done by counting … Continue reading
Edge 96.0.1054.53
[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser to version 96.0.1054.53 as of December 10, 2021. The release notes only refer to the security page, where 14 vulnerabilities are listed as closed. The browser should be updated automatically, but can also be … Continue reading
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will be retiring
Bitdefender previously offered a free antivirus package, Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, for Windows. Now the provider announces that Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will be retiring. According to the colleagues at deskmodder.de, this is the case as of Jan. 1, 2022. … Continue reading
Survey shows declining trust in IT vendors like Microsoft
[German]It has been a gut feeling of mine that Microsoft in particular is somehow on a downward spiral in terms of product quality and security. Constant bugs and problems after updates, and an increasing number of successful cyber attacks on … Continue reading
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 ...
0-day CVE-2021-44228 in Java library log4j puts many projects at risk
[German]There is a critical unpatched vulnerability in the log4j Java library used for logging. This software is integrated in many other products. Thousands of services from Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Minecraft, etc. are vulnerable via this vulnerability. Meanwhile, the first attacks … Continue reading
Malware in Android apps (Example GriftHorse)
[German]Android Malware has become one of the most problematic security issue in 2020/2021. Actually, I could write about malware-infected apps almost every day. Today, I'd like to share a case from a few days ago about the so-called GriftHorse malware, … Continue reading
Volvo Cars Corporation was victim of cyberattack by Snatch ransomware group
[German]Car manufacturer Volvo, or Volvo Cars Corporation, currently owned by a Chinese holding company, has fallen victim to a successful ransomware cyberattack. My report a few days ago has been confirmed, the company is sounding the alarm as data from … Continue reading
Heavy attacks on 1.6 million WordPress sites (Dec. 9, 2021)
[German]Security vendor WordFence's Threat Intelligence team noticed a dramatic increase in vulnerability attacks on WordPress instances on December 9, 2021. In the past 36 hours, the Wordfence network has blocked over 13.7 million attacks against four different plugins and several … Continue reading
Patch critical vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA 100
[German]SonicWall's Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100-Series solution provides secure end-to-end remote access to enterprise resources hosted in on-premise, cloud and hybrid data centers. Vendor SonicWall is now urging users of its SMA 100 devices (SECURE MOBILE ACCESS 100-SERIES) to patch. … Continue reading
Cloud services vulnerable via USB-over-Ethernet vulnerabilities
[German]Security researchers from SentinelLabs have discovered vulnerabilities in USB-over-Ethernet software that make cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other cloud services vulnerable to attack. Some of the affected providers have provided automatic security updates to address the … Continue reading