Category Archives: Security

BIOS updates fix critical vulnerabilities in HP's business and consumer models and Intel CPUs (May 2022)

[German]Hewlett Packard (HP) has recently published a security advisory. This warning addresses two vulnerabilities in the firmware of over 200 HP models (business and consumer variants) that allow the firmware to be overwritten. The vulnerabilities have been given a security … Continue reading

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Destructive attacks via critical F5 BIG-IP vulnerability

[German]In F5 BIG-IP, vulnerability CVE-2022-1388 became public last week. The vulnerability allows attackers to execute commands on BIG-IP network devices as "root" without requiring authentication. The manufacturer F5 had strongly recommended administrators of the network devices to close this critical … Continue reading

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (May 10, 2022)

[German]On May 10, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (May 10, 2022)

[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 as of May 10, 2022. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the … Continue reading

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (May 10, 2022)

[German]On May 10 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various problems. In addition, Windows Server … Continue reading

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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 ...


Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (May 10, 2022)

[German]On May 10, 2022 (Microsoft's second Tuesday of the month patchday), several cumulative updates were released for supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version). Here are some details about each of the April 2022 patchday … Continue reading

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Exchange Server Security Updates (May 10, 2022)

[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 as of May 10, 2022. These updates are required to address vulnerabilities reported by external security partners and found through Microsoft's internal processes. The … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 10, 2022)

[German]On May 10, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday. The … Continue reading

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Agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO affected by ransomware

[German]Small addendum from last week regarding ransomware infection. The US corporation AGCO, which manufactures agricultural machinery, has been affected by a ransomware infection that has a global impact. This affects sine production sites world wide. Some production lines for the … Continue reading

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Trend Micro Security Solutions: Roll Back Registry Changes After False Alert (May 2, 2022)

[German]On May 2th/3th 2022, a false positive alert occurred from Trend Micro Apex One as well as Worry Free Business Security (security solutions), which classified the file msedge_200_percent.pak from Edge 101.0.1210.32 under Windows as malware/Trojan. The problem was fixed by … Continue reading

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