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Category Archives: Software
Zoom-Meeting: Passwords within minutes crackable
[German]Heavy story- the video service Zoom boasts of 'increased security', but makes beginner's mistakes. For example, passwords with 6 digits were assigned by default for private meetings, which could be easily cracked by brute force.
Skype for Business: Support ends in 12 montths
On July 31, 2021, the support of Skype for Business will expire as planned by Microsoft – as announced in 2019. From September 1, 2019 Microsoft will direct all new Office 365 customers to the teams. Microsoft is confident that … Continue reading
Microsoft Edge 84.0.522.49 released
[German]Microsoft issued a security advisory on July 30, 2020, which indicates the new security update for the Chromium Edge Browser to version 84.0.522.49. Addendum: And on 31.07.2020 there was a tweet with references to Edge crashes.
Windows Defender flags CCleaner as PUP – Part 1
[German]Microsoft's Defender integrated into Windows marks Piriform's CCleaner software as a potentially unwanted program (PUP, Potential Unwanted Program or Potential Unwanted App, PUA).
WordPress Plugin wpDiscuz with critical vulnerability
[German]There is a critical vulnerability in WordPress plugin wpDiscuz in versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.4, as WordFence reports here. The vulnerability in the plugin, which provides a comment function, allows to take over a WordPress installation. This is fixed in version … 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 ...
Thunderbird 68.11.0 released
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.11.0 on July 28 , 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which corrects a bug.
Firefox 79.0.0 and 78.1.0 esr released
[German]Mozilla's developers have released the version 79.0. of the Firefox browser (as well as the 78.1.0 esr) on 29 July 2020. These are maintenance updates that fix both vulnerabilities and bugs.
Chrome 84.0.4147.105 released
[German]Google's developers have released Chrome Browser version 84.0.4147.105 as of July 27, 2020. This version closes vulnerabilities in the desktop and Android versions of Google Browser.
Microsoft Security Advisories and other Patches (July 2020)
[German]Microsoft has published some security advisories about vulnerabilities and released further updates around 14 July 2020. I would like to add this information to the blog post.
Sharepoint RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-1147 – Details now public, patch immediately
[German]A brief note for administrators in enterprises, who are responsible for Sharepoint installations. The details regarding an RCE vulnerability have now become public. It is important to patch the affected installations quickly.