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Category Archives: Security
SQL Server 2016 SP2: Update KB4293807 pulled
[German]A brief information for administrators: Microsoft released the security update KB4293807 for SQL Server 2016 SP2 on August 14, 2018. But this update has already been pulled. Addendum: Update revision KB4458621 has been released on August 19, 2018.
Posted in Security, Update
Tagged 0x80070643, Error, KB4293807, SQL Server 2016 SP2; Update
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Windows 10 and the OneDrive vulnerabilities – Part 3
[German]In Part 1 and Part 2 of my article series I described the vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s OneDrive client (addressing the location of program files in the unprotected profile folder and the use of outdated open source libraries with known vulnerabilities). … Continue reading
Windows 10 and the OneDrive vulnerabilities – Part 2
[German]In part 1 of my article series about vulnerabilities in OneDrive client I mentioned, the location of the program files in the unprotected profile folder. But Microsoft developers have made further mistakes, such as using outdated open source libraries with … Continue reading
Windows 10 and the OneDrive vulnerabilities – Part 1
[German]This article is about the OneDrive client that Microsoft delivers with Windows 10. The way, how Microsoft’s developers has implemented this client, leaves several vulnerabilities. Here are a few details about an investigation.
Firefox Addon Stylish is back ….
[German]Dead ones live longer. The Stylish addon, with which you can give websites their own style, is back for Firefox. Great development, here’s some background information you need to know.
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Firefox addon Web Security transfers private data
[German]It isn’t a nice story so far: Mozilla’s developers have recommended the addon Web Security for a short time to protect privacy and to secure the browser. However, this addon transmits the URLs and other (possibly private or sensitive) data … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Advisory Notification (August 14, 2018)
On August 14, 2018, Microsoft published two more Security Advisory Notifications dealing with the newly discovered vulnerabilities (L1TF). Addendum: Security Advisory from August 15, 2018 added.
Microsoft Patchday: Other Updates (August 14, 2018)
[German]On August 14, 2018 (patchday) Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. This blog post contains details of selected patches that are not included in the remaining articles linked at the end of this blog post.
Posted in Security, Software, Update
Tagged .NET Framework, Internet Explorer, Security, Update, Windows
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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (August 14, 2018)
[German]On August 14, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.
Foreshadow (L1TF) Intel CPU vulnerabilities
[German]Since a few hours details about the next vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs from the Next Generation Spectre series are public. Details on the Foreshadow (aka L1 Terminal Fault) vulnerability and the other L1 Terminal Fault variants were published on Usenix … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Security, Software, Virtualization, Windows
Tagged Intel, Security, Spectre
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