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Category Archives: Security
Cyber attack on TeamViewer in 2016, Chinese suspected
[German]German developers of remote service software TeamViewer has been victim of a cyber attack in 2016. The company has confirmed this to German magazine Spiegel. However, this hack was not made public by the company. Why not? Here are some … Continue reading
Security issues with Googles Titan Security Keys
Google employees internally use Titan Security Keys to store credentials. The Titan Security Keys has also been sold by Google to third party users. Unfortunately, Google had to admit a security issue in the Bluetooth part of some Titan Security … Continue reading
Windows 10 V1809: Retpoline is automatically active now
[German]Microsoft has automatically activated mitigation against Spectre V2 through Retpoline compiler technology in the kernel for Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 as of May 14, 2019..
Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (May 14, 2019)
[German]On May 14, 2019, Microsoft released several (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and further updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
Critical update for Windows XP up to Windows 7 (May 2019)
[German]On May 14, 2019, Microsoft released an urgend security update for older Windows versions up to Windows 7 that closes a critical vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 in Remote Desktop Services. The vulnerability is considered to be so critical that Windows XP and … 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 ...
WhatsApp vulnerability CVE-2019-3568; Update required
[German]The Messenger app WhatsApp has a critical vulnerability affecting both Android and iOS. The vulnerability is already being exploited (there is an exploit from an Israeli company selling it). Users should urgently update WhatsApp.
SharePoint Vulnerability CVE-2019-0604 exploited in the wild
[German]A brief note to administrators of SharePoint servers. A vulnerability CVE-2019-0604 is now being exploited 'in the wild' to attack unpatched SharePoint systems. Microsoft has released security updates in February 2019.
Huge data breach impacts 80 million US households
Ethical hackers from vpnmentor found an unprotected database on the net on a cloud server. The data base contains sensitive data from 80 million US households. And no one knows who owns the database.
Source Code of CARBANAK backdoor discovered
[German]The banking Trojan CARBANAK is well known for some malware attacks and digital raids in recent years. Now security researchers have discovered the source code on VirusTotal and
Chrome 74 released
[German]Google's developers have released the new version 74 of the Google Chrome browser on April 23, 2019. The new Chrome 74.0.3729.108 contains improvements and security fixes.