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Category Archives: Software
Amazon's Alexa hacked, numerous vulnerabilities
[German]Security researcher from Check Point Research finds vulnerabilities in certain Amazon Alexa subdomains. The Researchers demonstrate how hackers could remove/install skills on a victim's Alexa account, access voice histories, and personal information These were immediately reported to Amazon and have … Continue reading
Adobe Reader/Acrobat: Security updates available (August 11, 2020)
[German]Another addendum from this week. Adobe released a security update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat and other Adobe products such as Lightroom on August 11, 2020. These updates close some, partly critical, security holes. Here is some information.
Microsoft Edge 84.0.522.59 released
[German]Microsoft has published a security advisory on August 11, 2020, which refers to the new ,ritish security update for the Chromium Edge Browser to version 84.0.522.59.
Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 11, 2020)
[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates.
Google Chrome 84.0.4147.125 released
[German]Microsoft has released a new security update for the Google Chrome on August 10, 2020, which raises the browser to version 84.0.4147.125. Google has published this blog post about 84.0.4147.125.
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 ...
Google Chrome: Bug enables data theft
[German]In all Chromium browsers (Google Chrome, Edge, Opera) there is a fat bug CVE-2020-6519, which introduces a vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection and steal data from website visitors.
Millions of IoT devices easily hackable
[German]Unpleasant, but not surprising, findings from the Def Con 2020: the vast majority of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are open like a hole and easily hackable. Only idiots, naive people, and hasaders use such devices with (unsecured) access from … Continue reading
Hundreds of US apps with government tracking capabilities
[German]A new report reveals an unpleasant discovery. Apparently hundreds of apps are contaminated with frameworks that allow for government monitoring. It involves the US company Anomaly Six, which has ties to the military and intelligence community. The US contractor obtains … Continue reading
TeamViewer: Patch closes vulnerability CVE-2020-13699 on PC
[German]There was a vulnerability in older versions of the TeamViewer remote access software. This allowed third parties to establish a connection to the respective PC unnoticed. The vulnerability has been fixed by a patch.
CCleaner v5.70 fixes Firefox bug
[German]Piriform has released CCleaner version 5.70 with a bug fix after the CCleaner version 5.69 cleaning tool had a fat problem with deleted Firefox extensions.