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Category Archives: Security
Does Windows 10 V1803 Home/Pro still get updates?
[German]Strange story told to me by a blog reader. Although Windows 10 version 1803 was dropped from support on November 12, 20918 for Home and Pro, he still get cumulative updates. Addendum: Got feedback from several users, that Windows 10 … Continue reading
Microsoft Office, the Cloud, Licenses and Security
[German]Companies using Office 365.com as a cloud solution may run into security issues if they have booked the 'wrong' license plan. This is because Microsoft keeps log files for a different period of time (90 days to 1 year) depending … Continue reading
Vulnerability in ‘Intel x86 Root of Trust’
[German]All Intel CPUs released in the past five years contain an unfixable flaw, that affects the 'Intel x86 Root of Trust'. Intel tried to patch to lessen the damage of exploits. But security researcher say that's not enough to protect … Continue reading
Security round up (03/06/2020)
[German]At the end of the week a collection of security topics that have come to my attention over the last days and for which I do not want to create a separate blog post.
Security Updates: Chrome 80.0.3987.132 / Edge 80.0.361.66
[German]Google has released a security update for the Chrome 80.0.3987.132 on 3 March 2020. Microsoft's developers followed on March 4, 2020 and released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser. This updates the browser to version 80.0.361.66.
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 ...
Windows 7: Securing with the 0patch solution – Part 2
[German]In Part 1, I described how I was able to install the February 2020 security update on Windows 7 SP1 using an ESU license and the ByPassESU solution. Part 2 now deals with securing a Windows 7 SP1 system after … Continue reading
Windows 7: Forcing February 2020 Security Updates – Part 1
[German]Still using Windows 7 and interested installing the security updates from February 2020, although support for the operating system in January 2020 has fallen out of support? In this blog post I will outline an overview of several options.
Sophos RED50: Bug that bricks UTMs found and fixed
[German]Good news for administrators using Sophos RED50 devices. The bug in the Sophos UTM version 9.603 software which caused the firmware of the device to crash, leaving it bricked, has been found and fixed via firmware update.
Sophos acquired by Thoma Bravo
[German]UK security vendor Sophos has been (finally) acquired by US private equity investor group Thomas Bravo for the price of $3.9 billion. That has been announced recently.
Ouch: Let's encrypt withdraws 3 million certificates
[German]A brief message at the end of the day here in German: Let's encrypt had found a bug in the process of issuing certificates. So they now have to withdraw 3 million issued TLS certificates.