Category Archives: Software

Exchange Server Security Updates (October 10, 2023)

[German]Microsoft released security updates for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 on October 10. These security updates close vulnerabilities in this software. The updates should be installed on the systems promptly to close the vulnerabilities in question.

Posted in Security, Software, Update | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Exploit for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 authentication bypass published (October 2023)

[German]I'll post a short information for Sharepoint administrators here in the blog. Microsoft has already published an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-29357) in June 2023. So the vulnerability can be closed via update. Now a security researcher has made public an … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

New Microsoft Teams 2.0 Client released for macOS and Windows

[German]After a preview phase that started in spring 2023, Microsoft has now released its Teams 2.0 client for macOS and Windows in general. The promise: This new client is supposed to use fewer resources and also be faster than the … Continue reading

Posted in Software | Tagged | Leave a comment

Microsoft Teams 1.6.00.26474: Links can no longer be opened

[German]A quick question for the administrators and users of Microsoft Teams. Do you have the problem that no more links can be opened from MS Teams when version 1.6.00.26474 of this software is installed. An administrator just pointed out the … Continue reading

Posted in issue, Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Lancom (R&S) Firewalls (UF-xxx) no longer get signature updates from Oct. 1st till 4th 2023

[German]German blog reader Uwe Kernchen has just pointed out to me an issues that users and administrators of Lancom firewalls (also offered by Rhode & Schwarz) have hade. Since October 1, 2023, the UF-xxx firewalls no longer receive signature updates. … Continue reading

Posted in devices, Security, Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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 ...


Warning about vulnerabilities in Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)

[German]Another small addendum from the end of last week. There are several critical vulnerabilities in the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and open source mail server. CERT-Bund warns about these vulnerabilities, because attackers could execute arbitrary code via the SMTP service. … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Tor.exe: Microsoft Defender triggers an "Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MTB" alert

[German]A few hours ago, the Tor browser received a security update that closed a vulnerability. Now Microsoft Defender in the form of Windows Security triggers an alert when the Tor browser is called up and quarantines the tor.exe file. It … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Microsoft Teams 1.6.00.24078: New issues with Jabra Headset (Sept. 2023)

[German]Another note to administrators and users of Jabra headsets (e.g. Jabra Evolve 62 and 75) who use them in a corporate environment with Microsoft Teams. After there were already problems in connection with Microsoft Teams in December 2022 as well … Continue reading

Posted in devices, issue, Software | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

MoveIT vendor Progress Software reports serious vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server

[German]Progress Software, which has been hit hard by the MoveIT vulnerability, is facing the next trouble. There are further serious vulnerabilities in its WS_FTP Server software that could already being exploited in the wild. The products must be immediately provided … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

TrendMicro released critical patch for Apex One SP1 Build 12512

Trend Micro has released a new "Critical Patch" for its ApexOne product (thanks to the reader for pointing it out). The patch applies to Apex One Service Pack 1 (server and agent build 12512). The critical patch fixes several bugs … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software, Update | Tagged , , | Leave a comment