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Microsoft Security Updates Summary October 2017
[German]Microsoft has released a couple of security updates for Windows, Office etc. on October 10, 2017. Here a short overview about those updates.
WannaCry infection stops Mercedes Benz production?
[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.
Tails 3.2 released: BlueBorne-Fix and Linux Kernel 4.12
[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.
Tor Browser 7.0.6 released
[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.
Oracle closes security vulnerability in Apache Struts 2
[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
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 ...
Google Chrome 61.0.3163.100 fixes vulnerabilities
Google will release Chrome 61.0.3163.100 during automatic update, to fix several vulnerabilities found in this browser.
Security: Firmware update for D-Link DIR-850L router
[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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Tagged D-Link DIR-850L, Firmware, Router, Security, Update
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CCleaner has been infected with malware
[German]Piriform's cleaning tool for Windows, CCleaner, now belonging to Czech Anti Virus vendor AVAST, has been compromised and served malware for a month.
Windows Vista: Unofficial September 2017 updates
[German]This blog post describes a list of (unofficial) security updates from September 12, 2017, useable for Windows Vista. But the update installation has to be done manually.
More Microsoft Updates (September 12, 2017)
[German]On patchday (September 12, 2017) Microsoft released further updates for. NET-Framework, Windows Server, Flash etc. Here are some details about selected patches.