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Category Archives: Security
eBay scans your client’s ports during visit of their site
[German]It seems that eBay performs a port scan on the clients of its visitors as soon as they access the website ebay.com in their browser. Here are a few information I collected so far.
New Malware steals Discord Passwords
[German]Small information for blog readers who use Discord service. Cyber criminals modify the AnarchyGrabber malware so that it can be used to harvest passwords in Discord. A new feature can also infect other friends of the victim.
Windows DNS Server Denial of Service vulnerability
[German]Another addendum from last week. Microsoft has issued a security advisory regarding a DNS Server Denial of Service vulnerability in Windows.
EasyJet-Hack: Bigger as admitted
[German]The British low-cost airline EasyJet and its customers were victims of a cyber attack in which e-mail addresses, names and some credit card data were stolen. Now more details come out, as I have added in the article British airline … Continue reading
Compromised SilkTide Cookie-Consent logo – Part 3
[German]The compromised Amazon AWS S3 Buckets, which I addressed in the blog post Warning: Infected Cookie Consent logo delivers Ransomware seems delivering constantly new payloads via compromised files.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Compromised SilkTide Cookie-Consent Logo – Part 2
[German]In the blog post Warning: Infected Cookie Consent logo delivers Ransomware I reported a few days ago about a logo file for a Cookie Consent solution on Amazon AWS that has been replaced by a malware script. Meanwhile I found … Continue reading
Security update Chromium Edge 83.0.478.37
[German]Microsoft released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser on 21 May 2020. The update to version 83.0.478.37 fixes an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability that is considered moderate.
City of Weiz (Austria): Computers infected with ransomware?
[German]The group behind the ransomware NetWalker claim to have infiltrated the computer networks of the city of Weiz in Austria. Currently I only have two sources, but no confirmation from the city, on this subject.
BIAS Bluetooth vulnerability
[German]Security researchers found again a Bluetooth vulnerability: Smartphones, laptops, IoT devices etc. are vulnerable to a new BIAS Bluetooth attack. This would allow an attacker to access any Bluetooth Classic device without knowing a key. In the meantime, however, firmware … Continue reading
Windows 10: (Intel Microcode-)Updates (May 20, 2020)
[German]On May 20, 2020, Microsoft has updated another batch of microcode updates for Windows 10 version 1507 to 1909 (but these are probably old updates that were already updated in February 2020 as well).