Category Archives: Security

Security: Best Practice, for updating Windows Domain Controllers

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

[German]Enterprise environments often deploy Windows servers that act as domain controllers (DCs). Domain controllers are still a central part of the infrastructure for many companies (despite the trend toward the Azure cloud, according to Microsoft). And the identities stored in … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-14 by guenni

[German]On April 12, 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 (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 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 as of April 12, 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 (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

[German]On April 12 (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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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

[German]On April 12, 2022 (Microsoft's second Tuesday of the month patch day), 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 … 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 ...

Europol/FBI takes down one of the largest hacker forums in the world with RaidForums

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

[German]Europol has struck another blow against cyber criminals. The European police agency, together with other police agencies, has succeeded in shutting down RaidForums, one of the largest hacker forums in the world. The underground forum, founded in 2015, probably has … Continue reading →

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Chrome 100.0.4896.88 released, 11 vulnerabilities fixed

Posted on 2022-04-12 by guenni

[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 100.0.4896.88 for Windows and Mac on the desktop in the stable channel as of April 11, 2022. The update closes 11 vulnerabilities. Chrome for Android has also been updated to version 100.0.4896.88. Here's … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Version 1909 and 20H2 reaching end of support on May 10, 2022

Posted on 2022-04-12 by guenni

[German]On May Patchday, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Windows 10 version 1909 (all editions) and Windows 10 version 20H2 (Home and Pro) will receive security updates for the last time. After that, both Windows 10 variants will drop out of support. … Continue reading →

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End of support for .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6, and 4.6.1 on April 26, 2022

Posted on 2022-04-10 by guenni

[German]In an announcement dated April 4, 2022, Microsoft announced the end of support for .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1 on April 26, 2022. After that, there will be no more (security) updates. Users running the runtime in question should … Continue reading →

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Spring4Shell: Vulnerabilities in Java Spring Framework

Posted on 2022-04-09 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from Check Point have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the popular Java Spring Framework developer environment. The vulnerabilities are now being used for attacks, and according to Check Point, 16 percent of all organizations worldwide were affected after just … Continue reading →

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