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Fix for monitor staying dark at DisplayPort 1.4 during boot time
[German]There is a partial fix for a problem that users of monitors on DisplayPort 1.4 have. Some monitors (with higher resolution) stay dark (black) when booting the computer and show nothing. Only when the operating system is loaded does a … Continue reading
Security Alert for Synology DiskStation Manager and UC SkyNAS
[German]Synology has issued a security warning for its DiskStation Manager (version <6.2.4-25556-2 ; 7.0). There are several security vulnerabilities in the firmware of the devices. UC SkyNAS units are also at risk. Synology has already issued the first firmware updates. … Continue reading
Lenovo firmware update re-enables H.264 on notebooks with NVidia graphics
[German]Lenovo had disabled the GPU-supported H.264 encoding in Nvidia GeForce graphics units on its notebooks due to patent disputes. The suspected cause was a patent dispute with Nokia. Now, however, things are moving again. After a firmware update of the … Continue reading
Pulse Connect Secure RCE Vulnerability CVE-2021-22937
[German]The ncccgroup released a Technical Advisory as of August 5 warning of the RCE vulnerability CVE-2021-22937 in Pulse Connect Secure. The Pulse Connect Secure appliance suffers from an uncontrolled archive extraction vulnerability that allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, … Continue reading
Amazon Kindle: Vulnerability allowed Amazon account takeover
[German]Security researchers from Check Point have found a dangerous vulnerability in the eBook reader Amazon Kindle. Attackers could have used malicious code to take over the linked Amazon account of the device owner or read out his data. In the … 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 ...
INFRA:HALT: Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP stack endanger Operational technology systems (OT)
[German]Security researchers from Forescout and JFrog have just made public the vulnerabilities in the NicheStack TCP/IP library grouped under the term INFRA:HALT. They had come across it while analyzing the library. This NicheStack TCP/IP library is used in products (industrial … Continue reading
Authentication Vulnerability CVE-2021-20090 in Arcadyan-based Routers and Modems
[German]Routers and modems from the Taiwan-based manufacturer Arcadyan have a CVE-2021-20090 vulnerability that can be used to bypass authentication. The routers and modems are sold under many trade names by other manufacturers.
Google fixes Chrome OS bug that locks out users
[German]Google made a serious mistake when updating to Chrome OS 91.0.4772.165: A typo in the code meant that users could no longer log in. Google then removed the update from its servers. Android Police had reported here. Now Google is … Continue reading
Are QNAP NAS systems (TVS-872XT) dying a sudden death after shutdown?
[German]Is there a problem with NAS systems from QNAP that certain models suddenly fail and "die", so to speak, during shutdown. The units can no longer be booted afterwards. I have found affected people with the TVS-872XT model, but also … Continue reading
Serious vulnerability in printer drivers from HP, Xerox and Samsung
[German]There has been a severe vulnerability CVE-2021-3438 in the printer drivers of the manufacturers HP, Xerox and Samsung (presumably only laser printers) for 16 years, which affects millions of devices. The vulnerability was reported to HP on February 18, 2021, … Continue reading