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Category Archives: Security
The mess with Facebook’s ‘malware protection’
[German]Just a brief view of Facebook's approach of securing users with malware protection. The 'Malware protection' attempt of the social network causes some Facebook users a lot of trouble and prevents them from logging in.
New Intel Spectre V2 microcode updates (02/20/2018)
[German]Intel released another batch of microcode updates (to OEMs) to close the Spectre V2 vulnerability for 6th, 7th and 8th generation Intel CPUs.
Avoid uTorrent desktop and Web client
[German]I don't know if anyone else is using Bittorrent via the uTorrent client or their web client. For security reasons, you should not use the these clients any more.
Security-Risk: Avoid 7-Zip
[German]Many users are knowing 7-Zip as a tool for unpacking archive files. The software is free of charge and is also available in a portable version for Windows. In addition, 7-Zip is also used in various products. Funny world? Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Windows 10: Zero character bug allowed Anti-Malware bypass
[German]Windows 10 had a bug, that allowed malware to trick Windows 10's Anti-Malware Scan Interface (AMSI) by including a null character. The character simply caused the code not to be scanned. The bug was fixed on February 2018 patchday.
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 ...
Microsoft Security Update Releases (February 16, 2018)
Microsoft has released on February 16, 2018, revised security information about Advisory CVE-2018-0810 and CVE-2018-0831.
Microsoft delivers updates via HTTP & more security obscurity
[German]Microsoft currently fails to deliver updates in a secure way. In a Security by obscurity style, Microsoft offers update downloads via insecure http protocol. This also applies to downloads from the Microsoft Update Catalog. And Microsoft Update Catalog strikes, if … Continue reading
Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1 (February 13, 2018)
[German]Microsoft has released several security updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 (and corresponding Server versions). Here an overview about these updates.
Posted in Security, Update, Windows
Tagged KB4074587, KB4074594, KB4074597, KB4074598, SecurityUpdate, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
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Microsoft Patchday Summary (February 13, 2018)
[German]Microsoft released a series of security updates for Windows and other products on February 13, 2018. Here is a brief overview of critical and non-critical security updates, a list of all 50 CVEs and details to an updated Microsoft Security … Continue reading
Microsoft won’t fix Skype vulnerability in updater
[German]Skype has a vulnerability in the update process that allows an attacker to gain system-level access to the system. Microsoft won't fix this error.