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Microsoft probably secretly fixes vulnerability in Defender under Windows
[German]Microsoft Defender attracted attention some time ago due to a vulnerability in Windows that allowed malware to query the folders left out by the antivirus. It now looks like Microsoft has quietly corrected this vulnerability, because administrator privileges are now … Continue reading
QNAP Update QTS 5.0.0.1932 build 20220129 closes SAMBA vulnerability CVE-2021-44142
[German]Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP has provided firmware updates for its NAS systems that are supposed to fix the SMB root vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) in SAMBA. Here are some notes on updating QTS 5.0.0 to close the vulnerability, published by manufacturer QNAP in … Continue reading
Emsisoft releases decryptor for Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware
[German]Security vendor Emsisoft has released a decryptor for victims of the Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware. With it, files encrypted by this ransomware can be restored. The decryptor became possible after a member from the "developer circles" posted the master … Continue reading
Cyber attack on Vodafone Portugal affects all services
[German]Telecommunications provider Vodafone Portugal suffered a serious cyberattack on Monday, February 7, 2022. This was likely designed to cause maximum destruction, according to the company, and severely affected Vodafone services such as LTE and 5G mobile, TV cable network, SMS, … Continue reading
.Net Framework Updates (February 8, 2022)
[German]Another small addendum – as of February 8, 2022, Microsoft has released .NET Framework updates for various Windows versions. These updates fix bugs and security vulnerabilities in the affected .Net Framework versions. Here is an overview of these .NET Framework … 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 ...
Microsoft Security Update Revisions (Feb. 8, 2022)
[German]Microsoft emailed admins about various revisions to its security advisories as of Feb. 8. The talk about a Remote Desktop Services remote code execution vulnerability, a Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure vulnerability, a Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation … Continue reading
Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (February 8, 2022)
[German]On February 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. RCE vulnerabilities are closed again. Here you can find an overview of the available updates.
Firefox 97 and 91.6 ESR
[German]Mozilla Mozilla developers released versions 97.0 and 95.6esr of the Firefox browser on February 8, January 2022. Firefox 97 is a new development branch, while the ESR version is a bug-fix update to fix bugs.
Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (February 8, 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 on February 8, 2022. Among other things, fixes are being made to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol … Continue reading
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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (February 8, 2022)
[German]On February 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various issues. Addendum: In addition, Windows Server … Continue reading
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Tagged Patchday 2.2022, Sicherheit, Update, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022
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