Category Archives: Security

Microsoft Security Update Releases (CVE-2018-8202)

A short information about the weekend: Microsoft has corrected the security descriptor for the CVE-2018-8202 vulnerability. Here is the information.

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Microsoft Security Update Releases

A short information: Microsoft has revised Microsoft Security Update Releases for CVE-2018-8308. Here are the details.

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Intel Microcode Updates KB4100347, KB4090007 (July 2018)

[German]Microsoft has released two Intel Microcode updates KB4100347 and KB4090007 on July 24, 2018. One update is for Windows 10 V1803, the other for Windows 10 V1709. 

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Critical vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite (CSP)

[German]On July 18, 2018, Cisco released 25 security updates, including a critical patch for the Cisco Policy Suite that removes an undocumented password for the root account. Here is some information for administrators using the Cisco Policy Suite (CSP) in … Continue reading

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Updated Microsoft Security Advisory Information

Microsoft revised some security information (Microsoft Security Advisory Notification) on July 19, 2018. There were also revisions to the descriptions of the security updates. Here is an overview of what has changed. 

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

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Security flaws in MDOP/MBAM July 2018 Update KB4340040

[German]Last week, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) July 2018 Service Release was published. Today I like to take a brief look at the MDOP/MBAM update KB4340040 under security aspects.

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Java SE Version 8 Update 181 released

[German]Oracle released the update to version 181 for Java SE 8 on July 17, 2018. This is a security update that closes security holes (see also Oracle Security Advisory Juli 2018).

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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification revisions

As of July 16, 2018, Microsoft has released revisions to its security alerts that were released on previous patchdays. Here are a few details I know so far.

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Chrome’s 67 Site Isolation as Spectre mitigation

[German]Google's Chrome developershave activated site isolation on 99% of the systems using version 67 of the browser. This feature also serves as protection against spectre attacks.

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.Net Framework: Update KB4340558 drops error 0x80092004?

[German]Last night Microsoft released the .NET Framework update KB4340558 for Windows. As it looks, this update is buggy and cannot be installed. The installation ends (on some systems) 0x80092004. Addendum: Microsoft has published workarounds – see addendum below.

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