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700 million LinkedIn user records offered in underground forum
[German]At the beginning of April 2021, 500 million user records of LinkedIn users were offered for sale in an underground forum (see Data leak: 500 million LinkedIn user data for sale in underground forum). Now a new data leak has … Continue reading
Toleration of MS Teams in Hessian schools ends on July 31, 2021
[German]Schools and students in German state Hesse will no longer be able to work with Microsoft Teams as a video conference communication solution in the next school year winter 2021/2022. The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information … Continue reading
Atlassian vulnerability allows account takeover
[German]Security researchers from vendor Check Point have discovered a vulnerability in the Atlassian platform, which is popular with many companies. This vulnerability would have allowed attackers to access the Atlassian Jira Bug System, where information about security issues and other … Continue reading
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Nobelium hackers continue to attack Microsoft customers, Trojan on support computers
[German]The activities of the suspected Russian Nobelium group continue. Microsoft has uncovered three successful hacks of customers and informed them. In addition, a Trojan was found on a Microsoft supporter's computer. This was able to pass on information about customers … Continue reading
Credit card data disclosed at Mercedes-Benz in data protection incident
[German]Mercedes-Benz USA just had to admit to a data breach affecting some customers. In this data breach incident, credit card information, social security numbers and driver's license numbers of nearly 1,000 Mercedes-Benz customers and potential buyers were exposed between January … 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 ...
UpdateUpdate for BIOS/UEFI vulnerabilities in Dell systems
[German]Dell systems have several vulnerabilities in BIOS/UEFI that could allow attackers to execute code on the systems. Dell has provided firmware updates for the BIOS/UEFI for various products, which users and administrators should install for security reasons. Here is a … Continue reading
Nice: Microsoft signierte signed network filter driver acting as a rootkit from China
[German]Security researchers have come across a Microsoft digitally signed WFP Application Layer Enforcement Callout Driver, which turned out to be a network filter rootkit. The driver automatically established connections to an IP address used by a server in China. Here … Continue reading
WD My Book Live NAS contents are suddenly deleted worldwide
[German]Anyone with Western Digital My Book Live NAS devices among the blog readership? There is a disturbing development that owners of the devices should keep an eye on. Right now, owners of My Book Live NAS units around the world … Continue reading
Attention: Cyberattacks on Zyxel firewalls with device takeover – details unknown
[German]Zyxel is currently notifying customers of thread actor attacks via an unknown vulnerability in its USG/ZyWALL, USG FLEX, ATP and VPN series firewall products with ZLD firmware installed in the field. Initial attacks surfacing a new user account in the … Continue reading
Blackberry detects Remote Access Trojan (RAT) ChaChi
[German]Security experts from BlackBerry's Threat Research and Intelligence team, have discovered the ChaChi remote access Trojan (RAT). The Trojan, which specializes in Windows systems, was developed by the hackers of the PYSA ransomware and attacks targets worldwide. In recent months, … Continue reading