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Over 20,000 HPE Proliant servers with outdated iLO accessible via the Internet
[German]Advisory for administrators of HPE Proliant servers running outdated or unpatched HPEs Integrated Lights-out versions. The Internet Storm Center (SANS ISC) warned this week that more than 20,000 HPE Proliant servers were accessible via the Internet. Wouldn't be such a … Continue reading
Thunderbird 91.5.1
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.5.1 on January 24, 2022. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch that makes fixes. Here is a brief overview..
PDF printing issues with Adobe Reader under Windows (Jan. 2022)
[German]It seems that the Adobe Reader DC is causing printin^g issues in Windows since January 2022. I received reports that there have been issues with printing PDF documents since about 2 weeks. It is not an isolated case, because the … Continue reading
Vulnerabilities in McAfee Agent allows privilege escalation and code execution as Windows SYSTEM
[German]McAfee Agent for Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a serious vulnerability, allowing program code to execute with Windows SYSTEM privileges. The vendor has since corrected the CVE-2022-0166 vulnerability, which was introduced into products such as McAfee Endpoint … Continue reading
WordPress: Backdoors in AccessPress Themes and Plugins
[German]WordPress users beware, there are again massive vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes due to a supply chain attack on the provider AccessPress. In dozens of plugins and themes of this provider hackers have built backdoors to hack the sites … 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 ...
Edge 97.0.1072.69
[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version Edge 97.0.1072.69 as of January 20, 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). This is a security update that addresses security vulnerabilities. Microsoft lists the release notes for Microsoft … Continue reading
SonicWall Gen7 Firewall Inaccessible/ Reboot Loop (Jan. 20, 2022)
[German]Currently, it seems like the SonicWall Gen7 Firewalls have been causing an issue since January 20, 2022. There are reports that access is no longer possible or the Gen7 firewall falls into a reboot loop. There is already a support … Continue reading
Chrome 97.0.4692.99 released, fixes 26 vulnerabilities
[German]Google has released an update to Google Chrome 97.0.4692.99 for Windows, Mac and Linux (and version 97.0.4664.98 for Android) as of January 19, 2022. It's an update that closes 26 vulnerabilities. Here's a quick overview.
Firefox 96.0.1 released
[German]On January 14, 2022, Mozilla developers released version 96.0.1 as a maintenance update of the Firefox browser to correct a bug. According to the release notes, there is a bug fix: Addresses proxy rule exceptions not working on Windows systems … Continue reading
Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 21.011.20039, Install error and open Bugs
[German]On January 11, 2022 there was a security update for Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC to version 21.011.20039. Furthermore, the last few days some users have contacted me to report open bugs. Here's an overview about that topics.