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Windows Defender reports osk.exe as malware
[German]A curious story that German blog reader Paul B. just told me about. Windows Defender triggers a false alarm on a Windows native file reporting a Trojan Win32.AccessibilityEscalation.
MS Office 365 pay attention to phishing mails (Sept. 2018)
[German]Just a brief warning to users of Microsoft Office 365: You are probably once again in the focus of a phishing campaign. This campaign takes advantage of the license changes for Office 365 that will take effect on October 2, … Continue reading
Chrome extension for Mega hacked
[German]If you use the MEGA Chrome extension for the file sharing cloud service Mega , you may have a problem. The extension has been hacked to steal credentials.
Issues with Avast v18.6.2349 in Windows
[German]Users of Avast antivirus solutions seem to have been experiencing issues on Windows since late August 2018. This is probably due to an update to version 18.6.2349, which was released for Avast on August 28/29, 2018.
Security: TPM vulnerable; and dump mode for Intel ME
[German]Currently, two security issues are on the agenda. Meanwhile, an approach is known to get full access to the Intel Management Engine (Intel ME). And two attack methods on TPM chips from computers have become known.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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New Microsoft Office vulnerabilities?
[German]It seems that all versions of Microsoft Office contains vulnerabilities caused by embedded objects that can be used to execute (remote) code on a local machine. Here is an overview of the topic – as information for admins in business/corporate … Continue reading
Updates KB4343205 and KB4343900 blocks Single sign-on
[German]Just a brief addendum to the August 14, 2018 patchday: Updates KB4343205 and KB4343900 blocks Single sign-on (SSO) and causes trouble even with terminal servers.
Will Microsoft pull July/August 2018 Microcode updates?
[German]Does Microsoft withdraw or replace Intel Microcode updates for Windows released in July/August 2018? Here are a few things I've compiled with the request for feedback, maybe there is an explanation.
Windows 0-day ALPC vulnerability in task scheduler
[German]Windows has an unpatched zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability, which allows unprivileged users to extend rights to the SYSTEM level. Here is some information about the facts. Addendum: There seems to be a workaround to mitigate the vulnerability. And there is a … Continue reading
SMBv1 FAQ and Windows networks
[German]For security reasons, Microsoft would like to retire the SMBv1 network protocol in Windows and recommends not to use it. In this article I have collected some information on this topic.