Category Archives: Security

CISA warns admins: Patch the SIGRed Windows DNS Server vulnerability

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

[German]The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all US authorities to patch the wormable SIGRed vulnerability in Windows DNS Server within 24 hours. 

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Microsoft Edge 84.0.522.40 released

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft issued a security advisory on July 16, 2020, which indicates the new security update for the Chromium Edge Browser to version 84.0.522.40.

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Thunderbird 78.0 released

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 78.0.0 on July 15, 2020. It is a new main version of the e-mail client, which also corrects some errors.

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European Court cancels EU-US “Privacy Shield”

Posted on 2020-07-16 by guenni

[German]It is a bang – the data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" concluded between the USA and the EU has just been overturned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This now affects all cloud services hosted in the USA.

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Twitter accounts hacked (July 15, 2020)

Posted on 2020-07-16 by guenni

[German]Hackers managed to trick Twitter employees on Wednesday and take over tens of thousands of high-profile Twitter accounts (Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber and Apple) via their dashboard or an internal tool. This was then used … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (July 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-07-16 by guenni

[German]On July 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Chrome 84.0.4147.89 released

Posted on 2020-07-15 by guenni

[German]Google's developers have updated the Chrome Browser to version 84.0.4147.89 as of July 14 , 2020. This version closes vulnerabiltieis in the desktop version of Google Browser. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support has also been removed.

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Patchday: Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Updates (07/14/2020)

Posted on 2020-07-15 by guenni

[German]On July 14, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (July 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-07-15 by guenni

[German]On 14 July 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. These updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.

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Critical update for SigRed Bug in Windows DNS Server

Posted on 2020-07-15 by guenni

[German]There has been a bug in the code of the Windows DNS server for 17 years that leads to a critical vulnerability. The worm exploitable vulnerability could be exploited to gain domain administrator privileges and compromise the entire underlying corporate … Continue reading →

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