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Category Archives: Security
Lapsus$ Hacker (GTA6) send to hospital indefinitely by court
[German]In 2022, a number of spectacular hacks of Nvidia, Ubisoft, Samsung, Microsoft and other tech companies made headlines. At some point, information emerged that seven teenagers were probably behind the group known as LAPSUS$. Subsequently, arrests were made in the … Continue reading
BlueBrixx victim of a Cyber attack (Dec. 21, 2023)
[German]Bad news that reached me a few hours ago via a blog reader (thanks for that). On December 21, 2023, the company BB Services GmbH informed its customers that it had been the victim of a cyberattack. The company is … Continue reading
Microsoft declares Windows "Mixed Reality" – and also Defender Application Guard for Edge as deprecated
[German]The list of discontinued Windows features that will be removed in future is getting longer and longer every day. After Cortana and the WebDAV client were already discontinued in November 2023, Microsoft also declared the speech recognition introduced in Windows … Continue reading
Google Chrome 120.0.6099.129/130
[German]Google has released updates of the Google Chrome browser in the Stable Channel for Mac, Linux and Windows to version 120.0.6099.129/130 on December 20, 2023. Version 120.0.6099.129/130 for Mac and Windows was released in the Extended Stable Channel. The Android … Continue reading
Fallen Kingdom: Darknet "Kingdom Market" seized by BKA and ZIT (Dec. 2023)
[German]Ppartial success of the investigation by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT). Their investigators have succeeded in shutting down the illegal marketplace "Kingdom Market" on the Darknet. However, the operators have probably … 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 ...
FBI/law enforcement shut down ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware group (Dec. 2023)
[German]A small addendum from yesterday – the US FBI, together with other law enforcement agencies, has paralyzed the operations of the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware group, according to the US Department of Justice. There had already been speculation for days that something … Continue reading
Thunderbird 115.6.0
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.6.0 on December 19, 2023. It is an update that is intended to fix some bugs and vulnerabilities. Thanks to the readers for their comments.
Firefox 121.0
[German]On December 19, 2023, the Mozilla developers released the Firefox update Firefox 121.0. It is a new development branch that also contains security fixes.
3CX warning: Disable SQL database integrations (Dec. 15, 2023)
[German]Warning to customers of the telephone system provider 3CX who have integrated an SQL database into the software for CRM purposes. The manufacturer recommends temporarily deactivating this SQL database integration. Although there are no details of what is wrong, the … Continue reading
Microsoft Office updates (December 12, 2023)
[German]On December 12, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016 and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates.
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Tagged Office, Patchday 12.2023, Security, Update
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