Category Archives: Security

After CISA report on Storm-0558 hack, Microsoft provides customers with enhanced cloud logging

[German]At the suggestion of the U.S. National Security Agency (CISA), Microsoft will provide its customers with enhanced cloud logging capabilities at no additional cost. This is intended to improve cyber defenses and incident response and is in response to the … Continue reading

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Outlook 2016: Links broken after update from July 11, 2023 (KB5002427) – Security warning appears when clicking links

[German]The security update KB5002427 for Outlook 2016 from July 11, 2023 (as well as the Click-2-Run updates of Office from the same date) cause an unpleasant bug. If the user wants to open links in Outlook 2016, the program displays … Continue reading

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Google Chrome 115.0.5790.98/99 security updates

[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 115 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on July 18, 2023. They are security updates that will be rolled out in the coming weeks and should fix 20 … Continue reading

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Critical RCE Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix Gateway

[German]Brief warning to administrators of Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix Gateway. The vendor has issued a security advisory warning of a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the products. The vendor has released updates for the affected products, which administrators … Continue reading

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Follow-up to the Storm-0558 cloud hack: Microsoft is still in the dark

[German]A suspected China-based hacking group, dubbed Storm-0558 by Microsoft, was able to gain access to email accounts of about 25 organizations in the Microsoft cloud. In a follow-up late last week, Microsoft followed up with a "comprehensive" text with some … Continue reading

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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 exposes data of registered Virustotal customers

[German]The web service virustotal.com (founded by the Spanish company Hispasec Sistemas, taken over by Google), which has been operated by Google since 2012, is popular among security researchers and companies for checking suspicious files for malware. However, there are warnings … Continue reading

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Azure Virtual Desktop: Private Link available

[German]A small addendum for administrators of Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop: Redmond announced last week that so-called "private links" are now generally available in Azure Virtual Desktop. This should increase the security of connections to Azure Virtual Desktop instances. This is … Continue reading

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Azure Hack? Strange Azure AD IP 20.119.0.42:443 "safe-hse.com" alerted on June 13, 2023

[German]On June 13, 2023, a blog reader received a message from Defender for Endpoint (ATP). He was notified that there was an outbound connection to IP 20.119.0.42:443 associated with a hacking group "Storm-0900". Later another reader mentioned such an alert. … Continue reading

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Exchange Online: Client Credential Flow for SMTP AUTH available (July 2023)

[German]Quick addendum from this week: Microsoft's Exchange team has already announced the availability of Client Credential Flow (CCF) for SMTP AUTH in Exchange Online on July 10, 2023. Client Credential Flow (CCF) for SMTP AUTH enables applications to use modern … Continue reading

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WordPress plugin All-In-One Security (AIOS) 5.1.9 with severe vulnerability

[German]WordPress users who are still using the plugin All-In-One Security (AIOS) in version 5.1.9 should react immediately. UpdraftPlus, the maintainer, has issued a security alert because the plugin was storing user login passwords in plain text in the database.

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