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Category Archives: Software
SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: January 2020
The SharePoint team has published the SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: January 2020 for the new year with information on product development.
Fail: Avira pushes Free Security Suite over Antivirus of paying customers
[German]Antivirus vendor Avira has begun to install its Avira Free Security suite on systems of paying customers with Avira Antivirus Pro (or updated the Free Antivirus product to the Free Security Suite). Here is some information what I know so … Continue reading
Windows 7 antivirus protection in 2020
[German]In this blog post I like to give a short overview for Windows 7 users who continue to use the operating system and are looking for antivirus software.
Thunderbird: Project moves to MZLA
[German]A brief information about Thunderbird. The project and the developers move away from the Mozilla Foundation to the MZLA Technologies Corporation. Blog reader Ralf mentioned it in this comment. Was planned in the past and has now been announced in … Continue reading
EFF: Ring Doorbell app shares user data with third parties
[German]The app for Amazon's Ring Camera (Ring Doorbell) shares user data, which makes the owners identifiable, with third party companies such as Facebook & Co., as the Electronic Frontier Foundation has found out.
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 ...
Fortinet closes two vulnerabilities (SSH, Database) in its SIEM
[German]The security vendor Fortinet has released patches that fix the vulnerabilities CVE-2019-17659 and CVE-2019-16153 in their own SIEM product FortiSIEM. The patches are each intended to close a backdoor in SSH and in the product's database that has been torn … Continue reading
Undermined privacy: How Apps spy on us legally
[German]It is actually known to informed people: Apps on smartphones are data sink holes collecting data – and data brokers are busy to get in touch with this collected data.
Issues with Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2185?
[German]A brief question to users of Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2185: Have you experienced issues updating definition (pattern) files since the patch was installed?
Thunderbird 68.4.2 released
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have now released version 68.4.2. This is a maintenance update (no security fixes) for the 68 main version of the email client.
Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability
[German]Microsoft just released a security advisory informing about a Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability. CVE-2019-1486has undergone a major revision increment.