Monthly Archives: December 2022

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WhatsApp will discontinue support for various Android and Apple smartphones at December 31, 2022

Posted on 2022-12-31 by guenni

For users of very old Apple iPhones and various Samsung Android smartphones, WhatsApp will end it's upport as of today, December 31, 2022. That means, that it's no longer possible, to install the WhatsApp app on such a device. That's … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Update KB5021255 / KB5021234 cannot be installed

Posted on 2022-12-30 by guenni

[German]There are reports from Windows 11 users about issues installing Dec. 13, 2022 security updates KB5021255 (Windows 11 22H2) or KB5021234 (Windows 11 21H2). A German blog reader has contacted me because in his company all Windows 11 clients refuse … Continue reading →

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D-Link: End of support for mydlink Home and mydlink Baby Monitor Apps and Cloud Services (Dec. 30, 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-30 by guenni

[German]Are you using D-Link products like the mydlink Baby Monitor or mydlink Home. Today, December 30, 2022, vendor D-Link will shut down certain cloud services. The aforementioned devices will then become electronic junk because their functionality will be lost. An … Continue reading →

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Are there Outlook 365 crashes again (December 2022)?

Posted on 2022-12-30 by guenni

[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook (365) suffer from crashes every now and then, which occur after any updates. In September 2022 there was such a case, which was then fixed in October 2022. Now a user has contacted me who has … Continue reading →

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Return of GodFather malware; targets bank customers

Posted on 2022-12-30 by guenni

Security researchers warns in a blog post that the GodFather malware is back. GodFather is a notorious Android banking Trojan known for targeting bank users, especially in European countries. Currently, the Trojan probably targets Android users in Turkey via the … Continue reading →

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Thousands unpatched Citrix servers vulnerable via critical vulnerabilities

Posted on 2022-12-29 by guenni

[German]Citrix has been releasing security updates for critical vulnerabilities in Citrix ADC and gateway products and issuing security alerts for them over the past few months. However, it appears that thousands of Citrix ADCs and Citrix Gateways are vulnerable with … Continue reading →

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Twitter have had issues (Dec. 29, 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-29 by guenni

[German]Twitter have had technical issues at 00:00 UTC on Dec. 29, 2022. The Twitter service hasn't running smoothly. When displaying various tweets, everything was still fine an hour before midnight. But currently (December 29, 2022, 00:50 a.m. UTC) I can … Continue reading →

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StackOverflow survey: Developers often use Linux systems

Posted on 2022-12-29 by guenni

[German]The platform StackOverflow conducts an annual survey among its user base to find out where the focus of its members lies. The results are quite exciting in terms of the programming languages used, the cloud provider, the frameworks used or … Continue reading →

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Is an Exchange ProxyNotShell disaster looming at the corner?

Posted on 2022-12-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers that are not up to date with the latest patches are vulnerable to attacks via the ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities. Then, a couple of days ago, there was information that the hacker group FIN7 had been setting up … Continue reading →

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German white hat hackers buys US military biometrics equipment with Afghanistan biometric database at auction

Posted on 2022-12-28 by guenni

[German]German white hacker organization purchased several used U.S. military biometrics devices at auction through an online auction platform (presumably eBay). During the forensic investigation, it became obvious that the military and the manufacturer used irresponsible handling. Data located on the … Continue reading →

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