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Category Archives: Security
European Union: Which lobby organizations are behind the plans for chat control?
[German]The European Union (EU) is planning to surveillance of chats of EU citizens without any reason. There is widespread opposition from civil liberties movements and warning from experts. Though deliberations on chat control were recently removed from the agenda of … Continue reading
Firefox 118 and 115.3 ESR released
[German]As of September 26, 2023, the Mozilla developers have released the new Firefox 118 as well as the Firefox 115.3 ESR maintenance update. Some vulnerabilities were closed with the updates. Here is a brief overview of the updates in question, … Continue reading
iOS 17.0.1, iPadOS 17.0.1, watchOS 10.0.1 and macOS security updates (Sept. 21, 2023).
[German]Apple has released updates to iOS 17.0.1, iPadOS 17.0.1, watchOS 10.0.1 and macOS as of September 21, 2023. These are unscheduled security updates that were due shortly after the release of iOS/iPadOS 17 and watchOS 10 and are intended to … Continue reading
Trend Micro: Update closes exploited critical vulnerability CVE-2023-41179
[German]Short notice for users and administrators of Trend Micro security products Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security on Windows. There is a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-41179) in the products that is already being exploited in the wild. However, the manufacturer offers … Continue reading
CISA warns of attacks against Microsoft Word and Adobe vulnerabilities
[German]US cybersecurity agency CISA is currently warning of attacks that target the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Adobe products that were patched in September 2023. For the September 2023 patchday, Microsoft had indeed released security updates for various products that … 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 ...
Data leak: Microsoft AI researchers lose 38 TBytes of internal data via GitHub/Azure cloud storage
[German]Next data leak and security incident at Microsoft: Security researchers at Wiz have stumbled upon 38 terabytes of private internal data stored on an Azure Cloud Store instance via a public Microsoft AI GitHub repository. Access was enabled by a … Continue reading
New cars as a privacy night mare; Mozilla investigates situation in the U.S.
[German]New cars, purchased in the US, are a privacy nightmare. Vendors reserves with the privacy consent the permission to collect any data on the cars. It is not enough to use cameras, sensors or telematics systems, as well as the … Continue reading
Warning about Steam fake accounts and scam methods
[German]Brief warning for users of the Steam platform. A reader has alerted me about a campaign causing a wave of scams that is currently running and operates with fake accounts. Inquiries from supposed friends offer participation in a sweepstakes. If … Continue reading
Edge 117.0.2045.31 and 109.0.1518.140 released (Sept. 15, 2023)
[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 117.0.2045.31 as of September 15, 2023 (thanks to readers for the tips). This branch brings some new features to Edge for Business. At the same time, Edge 109.0.1518.140 … Continue reading
Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (September 12, 2023)
[German]On September 12, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. With the April 2023 patchday, support for Office 2013 ended – but vulnerabilities were still closed … Continue reading