Category Archives: Security

Microsoft confirms: Windows fails to detect dangerous drivers – block lists not updated

Posted on 2022-10-17 by guenni

[German]Windows 10/11 and its server pendants should block known, malicious drivers when they are loaded, so that they cannot cause any damage, as Microsoft has claimed for years. Now, Microsoft has secretly admitted that they made a mistake there. Because … Continue reading →

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LockSmith: Search for AD Certificate Services misconfigurations via PowerShell script

Posted on 2022-10-16 by guenni

[German]Small tip for administrators of an Active Directory environment on Windows Server. There is a small PowerShell script to identify and fix common misconfigurations in Active Directory Certificate Services. I became aware of the tool via this tweet. he tool … Continue reading →

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Edge 106.0.1370.47 – does the browser causes hard disk accesses?

Posted on 2022-10-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 106.0.1370.47 as of October 14, 2022. Is a security update, which should iron out the vulnerabilities fixed in Chrome. However, there are reports that Edge constantly writes to … Continue reading →

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BlackByte ransomware disables security solutions via Windows drivers

Posted on 2022-10-15 by guenni

[German]The developers of the BlackByte ransomware exploit a vulnerability in a legitimate Windows driver (from Micro-Star's MSI AfterBurner 4.6.2.15658) to bypass security solutions. Security researchers from Sophos recently pointed this out in a report. This technique is known as BYOVD … Continue reading →

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Microsoft back ports brute force protection of administrator accounts for Windows

Posted on 2022-10-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has back ported a group policy from Windows 11/Windows Server 2022, to protect local administrator accounts against brute-force attacks, to all supported Windows versions. This feature will be available with the Windows security updates released on October 11, 2022. … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Fortinet Advisory about an authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-40684

Posted on 2022-10-13 by guenni

[German]There is an authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-40684 in the FortiGate firewalls, FortiProxy web proxies and FortiSwitch Manager (FSWM) that allows attackers to access the products without authentication. Fortinet had already warned in early October 2022 – but attacks on the … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 receive 0patch micropatches in 2023 and 2024

Posted on 2022-10-13 by guenni

[German]Tip for people who are still running Windows 7 SP1 and/or Windows Server 2008 R2 and want to continue securing the system. ACROS Security will continue to support these systems in 2023 and 2024 with micropatches that close known vulnerabilities.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (October 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-13 by guenni

[German]On October 11, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. The updates are available for the installable MSI version of Microsoft Office (the click-to-run packages obtain … Continue reading →

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Chrome 106.0.5249.119

Posted on 2022-10-12 by guenni

[German]Google has released the Google Chrome 106.0.5249.119 update in the stable channel for Mac , Linux and Windows on October 11, 2022. It is a bug fix update that addresses vulnerabilities.

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: Updates (October 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server … Continue reading →

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