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Category Archives: Software
Unsecure Dali app reveals 5 million user records
[German]The telephone directory app Dali, very popular in Saudi Arabia and some Arab countries, is insecure and discloses the entire database of user data to third parties. Security researchers from VPN-Mentor pointed this out to me in an e-mail.
Thunderbird 60.5.2 pulled (March 5, 2019)
Mozilla's e-mail client Thunderbird 60.5.2 has been pulled, due to a major bug in Windows. Here are a few details, what went downhill and what 'has been pulled' mean.
Urgent Adobe ColdFusion security update
[German]Adobe ColdFusion users should update to the latest version immediately. Adobe has closed a critical vulnerability that is already being exploited with a security update.
Vulnerability in Amazon’s Ring doorbell
[German]IoT security experts from BullGuard and Dojo have uncovered a previously unknown vulnerability in the networked video doorbell of the Amazon subsidiary Ring: audio and/or video material was transmitted unencrypted to the ring app and was therefore vulnerable to external … Continue reading
Thunderbird 60.5.2 causes a MAPI error – a workaround
[German]Mozilla's developers released the e-mail client Thunderbird version 60.5.2 on February 25, 2019. This maintenance update should fix some bugs, but caused users to get a MAPI error when trying to send mail attachments. It is no longer possible to … 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 ...
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Security Bulletin Feb. 2019
Nvidia released a security update for the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver and issued a Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – February 2019. Within the Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – February 2019 Nvidia announded the releas of a … Continue reading
Hotfix for SCCM V1810 fixes update install issues
Microsoft has released a hotfix for Configuration Manager, version 1810, that fixes installation problems during update installation. Here are a brief overview.
Thunderbird 60.5.2 released
Mozilla's developers have released version 60.5.2 of the Thunderbird email client on February 25, 2019. This is a maintenance update which fixes some bugs. Here is some information about it.
7-Zip Version 19.00 released
[German]Another brief information for users of the free packing program 7-Zip. The developer Igor Pavlov has updated the Windows version of the program available for various platforms to version 19.00 as of February 21, 2019.
SYSMON v9.0 and AUTORUNS v13.94 release
Just a short note for Windows users and administrators. Mark Russinovich released the tools SYSMON v9.0 and AUTORUNS v13.94 from the Sysinternals suite on February 19, 2019.