Category Archives: Security

DNSMessenger Trojan is using DNS queries for its orders

Posted on 2017-03-06 by guenni

[German]Security researchers has discovered a new file less malware that comes as a PowerShell script and uses DNS queries to receive its orders.

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Another unpatched Edge and IE vulnerability

Posted on 2017-02-26 by guenni

Google's project zero has gone public with another unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2017-0037) in Microsoft's browsers Edge and Internet Explorer.

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Warning: SHA1 has been hacked successfully

Posted on 2017-02-24 by guenni

Google announced that Cryptographic hash function SHA-1 has been successfully hacked. It was possible to create two distinct PDF documents with the same SHA-1 hash code.

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Windows 10: Support for RTM build till May 2017

Posted on 2017-02-21 by guenni

Are you using Windows 10 Build 10240 (the RTM version from July 29, 2015), because your machine fails to install feature upgrade to Anniversary Update (Version 1607). Microsoft has extended support until May 2017. And there is also a trick, … Continue reading →

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Firefox Focus – ‘Privacy gate’, a 2nd view

Posted on 2017-02-19 by guenni

Here is a second view on the Mozilla iOS Firefox Focus app and the data tracking / privacy issue raised last week. Firefox Focus is advertised as a "privacy browers", but comes with a tracking framework. Data are send to … Continue reading →

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

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Windows: Zero-Day vulnerability in gdi.dll

Posted on 2017-02-18 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from Google's Projekt Zero has published another zero day vulnerability in Windows that hasn't been patched

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What’s happened with Microsoft’s February patchday?

Posted on 2017-02-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has stopped the release of all updates on February 2017 patchday (02/14/2017). There are now speculations, about the reason for that decision. Was a compromised Windows Update severs the reason for that?

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Firefox privacy settings – what to know

Posted on 2017-02-14 by guenni

Firefox browser is still popular and well used on desktop systems (Windows, Mac OS, Linux). And the browser provides a lot settings to customize it's behavior. One aspect is the question "how to customize Firefox privacy settings"?

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Firefox Focus: The ‘Privacy Browser’ with build in user tracking

Posted on 2017-02-12 by guenni

[German]Mozilla Foundation started last November shipping Firefox Focus as a privacy browser for iOS devices. But behind the scenes, this iOS app comes with a third-party tracking framework, that sends user tracking data to a big data collecting company. And: … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s obscure ‘Self Service for Mobile’ Office activation

Posted on 2017-02-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft requires a product activation after installing. Users of Microsoft Office currently are facing trouble during telephone activation. After dealing with this issue, I came across another obscure behavior, Microsoft's 'Self Service for Mobile' solution to activate Microsoft Office via … Continue reading →

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