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Windows 8.1/ Windows Server 2012 R2: Update KB4578013
[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled security update KB4578013 for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 on August 19, 2020. It is a revision to remediate the Remote Access Elevation of Privileges vulnerabilities that were patched on … Continue reading
Posted in Security, Update, Windows
Tagged KB4578013, Security, Update, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 (R2)
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Industrial plants and critical infrastructures (KRITIS) increasingly vulnerable to remote attacks
[German]On the one hand, the need for remote access to industrial networks is increasing during COVID-19. The other side of the coin: energy supply, critical production and water supply are particularly affected by attacks.
End of support for Internet Explorer 11 in Microsoft 365 and old Edge in Windows 10 from 2021
[German]Microsoft has just announced the end of support for the two browsers Internet Explorer 11 and the old (legacy) Edge for the year 2021. This concerns the support of IE 11 under Microsoft 365 (e.g. teams as of the end … Continue reading
Posted in browser, Security, Software, Windows
Tagged Edge, Internet Explorer 11, Support
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Action for GDPR violations against Oracle and Salesforce
[German]Two U.S. companies, Oracle and Salesforce, are being sued for data breaches by a consumer privacy group in a court in Amsterdam. The accusation: The two companies collect user data without their consent and then sell the data to third … Continue reading
Cloud Privacy: Well, I'll just encrypt…
[German]Some users are concerned about the security and confidentiality of their data stored into the cloud. Often we heard advice: "Then I encrypt that stuf, and I'm sure that no one can read my data'. During the last days, two … 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 ...
EmoCrash protectet systems for 6 months against emotet-infections
[German]For six months, security specialists rolled out a kind of vaccine (EmoCrash) against the ransomware Emotet for authorities and operators of critical infrastructures. EmoCrash takes advantage of a bug in Emotet to protect systems from infection. It was not until … Continue reading
Windows Domain Controller suddenly generate EventID 5829 warnings (August 11, 2020)
[German]Administrators of Active Directory (AD) domain controllers may notice EventID 5829 warnings in the Event Viewer since August 2020 Patchday (August 11, 2020). This is intentional, Microsoft is addressing a problem with a vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) in Netlogon connections. Admins have … Continue reading
Addendum: Microsoft Security Update Releases (Aug. 11, 2020)
[German]Another addendum from this week as a follow-up to Patchday. Microsoft has issued a document 'Microsoft Security Update Releases' with two warnings about patched vulnerabilities. The message was required due to a revision of the CVEs.
Microsoft Dynamics 365: Vulnerability CVE-2020-1182
[German]A short addendum to the patchday August 11, 2020, where Microsoft has also released an update for Microsoft Dynamics 365. This will fix the remote execution vulnerability CVE-2020-1182.
Microsoft Defender blocks Citrix services as Trojan
[German]Currently, there is a problem that Microsoft Defender detects Citrix services as Trojans after an update and deactivates these services. But there is a workaround, which is described in a support article.