Category Archives: Security

axis.com (IP security camera vendor) is down (Feb. 21, 2022)

[German]Brief note for people dealing with security cameras from vendor Axis. A German blog reader informed me, that the website of this vendor is currently down. There seems to be massive technical issues causing a major outage. Whether it is … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability discovered in various zebNet products (Feb. 2022)

[German]The vendor zebNet has discovered a critical vulnerability in various products that allow a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) in the update process of the affected application. The night I was then contacted by the manufacturer by mail and asked to publish … Continue reading →

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Security Updates for Cisco Email Security Appliances (Feb. 2022)

[German]Cisco has released security updates this week to close a highly classified vulnerability (CVE-2022-20653) in its email security appliances. Attackers were able to crash the e-mail security appliances via prepared e-mails and thus virtually launch a DoS attack. Affects Cisco … Continue reading →

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Ransomware hits Europe's industrial control systems and operating technology as frequently as IT systems

[German]Interesting findings from a survey of 1,100 security specialists as part of a study with regard to the security of industrial systems and critical infrastructure in Europe. The message of the study was that industrial control systems and operating technology … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Revisions (Feb. 17, 2022)

Microsoft has sent me a mail with various revisions of security updates as of February 17, 2022. These revisions are only informal, as the classification of certain vulnerabilities has changed. Here is the uncommented overview, which relates to Microsoft Office … 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 ...


Cyber attack on Red Cross via Zoho vulnerability, likely by state sponsored attackers

[German]In January 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced a cyberattack on its IT system. The attack stole confidential information on more than 515,000 vulnerable people. Now the ICRC has released more details of its internal investigation. … Continue reading →

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Edge 98.0.1108.55

[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version 98.0.1108.55 as of February 16, 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). This is a maintenance update that fixes vulnerability CVE-2022-0609, according to the release notes. In addition, the … Continue reading →

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VMware closes critical vulnerabilities

[German]VMware has released security updates for various products. These should close vulnerabilities that are rated as critical. It affects the products VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion and VMware Cloud Foundation. The vulnerabilities could be exploited to execute arbitrary code … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 91.6.1

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.6.1 on February 15, 2022. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch that makes fixes. Here is a brief overview.

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Magento: Emergency-Update fixes vulnerability CVE-2022-24086 (Feb. 13, 2022)

[German]No idea if there are readers are responsible for online stores powered by the Magento open source software or the Adobe Commerce solution. Adobe has released an unscheduled special update on February 13, 2022 to address the already exploited CVE-2022-24086 … Continue reading →

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