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Category Archives: Security
Ransomware in the cloud: Detecting attacks
[German]According to Yahoo! Finance, around 65,000 ransomware attacks are expected this year in the US alone. It doesn't seem to matter what region, country or industry it happens in. Security vendor Vectra provided me with some thoughts on how to … Continue reading
eBook: Azure defenses for ransomware attacks
[German]Microsoft has published an eBook that provides key native Azure capabilities and defenses for ransomware attacks, as well as guidance on how to proactively use these capabilities to protect your assets in the Azure cloud. This eBook can be obtained … Continue reading
Overview: TLS support in Windows
[German]A little question regarding transport encryption for data connections in the network or to the Internet. There are different versions of the transport encryption protocols and with time, for example, the support for TLS 1.0 etc. is dropped for security … Continue reading
Edge 93.0.961.44 closes CVE-2021-38669
[German]Microsoft has released a security advisory for the Edge browser as of September 9, 2021, updating the browser to version 93.0.961.44. The update also closed the CVE-2021-38669 vulnerability.
Security patches for QNAP systems (2021/09/10)
[German]NAS manufacturer QNAP has released security updates for devices that work with QTS, QuTS hero and QuTScloud on September 10, 2021. In addition, there are probably also security updates for routers with QuNetSwitch. The security updates are intended to close … 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 ...
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Advanced 10.0 – Patch 2342
[German]Trend Micro has released patch 2342 for its Worry Free Business Security Advanced 10.0 for Windows 10, effective September 10, 2021. Here's some information about it. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security (TM WFBS) protects small businesses, users, and assets from … Continue reading
Google Project Zero: 0-day vulnerability in Windows AppContainers disclosed
[German]Another brief addendum to a topic that has been on my stack for a few days already. James Forshaw from Google Project Zero disclosed a vulnerability in Windows AppContainers as early as mid-August 2021, which allows communication via the firewall … Continue reading
0-day attack via Zoho vulnerability; patching is required
[German]The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in Zoho's password management solution ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus. The vulnerability allows attackers to take control of the system. The vendor has provided a security … Continue reading
Data leak with 87,000 FortiGate SSL VPN credentials used for attacks
[German]Another short information for administrators of FortiGate installations, which has been dangling with me for a few days. Unknown persons have created a collection of 87,000 FortiGate SSL-VPN credentials, which they are now using specifically to attack corresponding installations. CERT-Bund … Continue reading
MSHTML vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 more critical than known
[German]A few days ago, Microsoft disclosed a security advisory for the CVE-2021-40444 vulnerability in the MSHTML component included in Windows. It said there was an attempt to exploit the vulnerability in the wild via crafted Office documents. But Office users … Continue reading