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Critical CVE-2022-20825 in Cisco small business routers will not be fixed
[German]A critical vulnerability CVE-2022-20825 exists in the RV110W, RV130, RV130W and RV215W small business routers, which has been assigned a CVE score of 9.8. Due to a lack of authentication, the vulnerability allows for remote command execution as well as … Continue reading
Audio files from TikTok meeting show U.S. user data accessed from China
[German]It is quite explosive: Bytedance, the Chinese owner of the video platform TikTok, has always claimed that data from US users is not transferred to China. Ex-US President Trump had forced Bytedance to keep the TikTok data on US servers. … Continue reading
Accusation: Microsoft patches Azure (Synapse Pwnalytics vulnerability) too slowly and endangers cloud security
[German]You occasionally hear "we are migrating to the cloud, to Microsoft Azure, Office 365, etc., Microsoft will make sure that patching is done and vulnerabilities are closed promptly". But cloud users are, for better or worse, dependent on Microsoft's goodwill … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Revisions (June 14, 2022)
[German]One more quick piece of info from this week's post. Microsoft has released some security description revisions as of June 14, 2022, which I'll just post here on the blog.
Russian RSOCKS botnet taken down in international operation
[German]In a joint action of international investigators, the Russian RSOCKS botnet was dismantled. Authorities from the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom were involved in the operation. This bot network was rented to cybercriminals for years at … 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 ...
Potentially more than 770 million Travis CI API logs compromised
[German]Travis CI is a very popular service among software developers, which is used to create and test many software projects. The service is part of the software supply chain of many software solutions. Moreover, Travis CI's credentials and login information … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Hive Ransomware Attack on Exchange via ProxyShell
[German]Often, the details of a ransomware infection remain obscure to outsiders. This week, I received a briefing from security services provider Varonis, whose security team has unraveled the course of an attack using the Hive ransomware. The Hive group operates … Continue reading
Interpol arrests 2,000 cyber fraudsters in Operation "First Light 2022"
[German]Internet fraud through social engineering has now reached massive proportions and is having a negative impact on some societies. As a result, Interpol and national police agencies have been cracking down on Internet fraudsters in an international operation called "First … Continue reading
Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (June 14, 2022)
[German]On June 14, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.
June 2022 patch day review: Windows update issues, Intel vulnerability, documentation fails
[German]The security updates released on June 14, 2022, closes numerous vulnerabilities. But there are also issues, for example with VMs and when using ESET security solutions. I've noticed also that Microsoft is becoming more and more sparse with details in … Continue reading
Posted in Security, Update, Windows
Tagged issues, Patchday 6.2022, Security, Update, Windows
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