Category Archives: Security

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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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 ...


Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be discontinued as of October 2022

[German]It was already announced September 2021 that the Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be deactivated. The cutoff date for this disablement to begin is October 1, 2022. As of May 3, 2022, Microsoft has now reiterated this cutoff date, … Continue reading

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Sophos Intercept X Install or Update ends with HTTP Error 403 (May 6, 2022)

[German]Brief information for administrators of a Sophos Intercept X endpoint solution. The vendor seems to be informing its customers about a serious problem. After a fresh installation of Sophos Intercept X Endpoint for Windows or an update, sus.sophosupd.com is no … Continue reading

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Apple, Google, Microsoft support new initiative of the FIDO Alliance for "Passwordless Sign-Ins

[German]Yesterday, May 5, was "World Password Day" – and from this point of view, the announcement of the FIDO Alliance to make the Internet more secure and usable for everyone is only logical. The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide … Continue reading

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TLStorm 2.0: 5 critical vulnerabilities in network switches from Aruba and Avaya

[German]Network switches from Aruba and Avaya are vulnerable to RCE attacks due to 5 vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Armis, a company specializing in networked devices, who discovered the vulnerabilities call them "TLStorm 2.0" – because there was already the TLStorm … Continue reading

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10-year-old vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG put millions of users at risk

[German]Security researchers at Sentinel One have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG's security products that have been around for 10 years and put millions of users at risk. The vulnerabilities are in Avast's anti-rootkit driver (which is also … Continue reading

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