Category Archives: Security

Microsoft Office Security Updates (October 10, 2017)

Posted on 2017-10-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a bunch of Security Updates (October 10, 2017) for Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016, and for SharePoint Server. Here are a few details.

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Security Updates for Windows 7/8.1 (October 2017)

Posted on 2017-10-11 by guenni

[German]On October 10, 2017 Microsoft released several security updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 (and also for the corresponding server versions. Here's an overview.

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Windows 10 Updates (Oktober 10, 2017)

Posted on 2017-10-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released cumulative updates for serveral Windows 10 Builds on Oktober 10, 2017. Here are some details about these updates.

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Microsoft Security Updates Summary October 2017

Posted on 2017-10-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of security updates for Windows, Office etc. on October 10, 2017. Here a short overview about those updates.

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WannaCry infection stops Mercedes Benz production?

Posted on 2017-09-30 by guenni

[German]Strange story that's going around right now. In German factories of car maker Mercedes Benz (Daimler AG) production computers are supposed to be infected with WannaCry ransomware. Also vendor Festo is claimed to be infected with WannaCry.

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

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Tails 3.2 released: BlueBorne-Fix and Linux Kernel 4.12

Posted on 2017-09-30 by guenni

[German]The developers of the Linux distribution Tails has released the new version 3.2. Apart from minor improvements there are several security fixes. The maintainers of the distribution strongly recommend to upgrade to this version.

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Tor Browser 7.0.6 released

Posted on 2017-09-29 by guenni

[German]The Tor project has released Tor browser 7.0.6 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X on September 26, 2017. An Update is recommended.

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Oracle closes security vulnerability in Apache Struts 2

Posted on 2017-09-28 by guenni

[German]Oracle has just closed critical vulnerabilities in its Apache Struts 2 framework. A vulneraby CVE-2017-9805 in Struts version 2.5 – 2.5.12 had become known a few weeks ago. Version 2.5.13 doesn't contain this vulnerability. Oracle has released this document dealing … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome 61.0.3163.100 fixes vulnerabilities

Posted on 2017-09-27 by guenni

Google will release Chrome 61.0.3163.100 during automatic update, to fix several vulnerabilities found in this browser.

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Security: Firmware update for D-Link DIR-850L router

Posted on 2017-09-24 by guenni

[German]A few days ago, security researchers reported serious vulnerabilities in the D-Link DIR-850L router. Now D-Link has provided firmware updates to close the vulnerabilities.

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