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Category Archives: Software
Sophos Intercept X Install or Update ends with HTTP Error 403 (May 6, 2022)
[German]Brief information for administrators of a Sophos Intercept X endpoint solution. The vendor seems to be informing its customers about a serious problem. After a fresh installation of Sophos Intercept X Endpoint for Windows or an update, sus.sophosupd.com is no … Continue reading
10-year-old vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG put millions of users at risk
[German]Security researchers at Sentinel One have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG's security products that have been around for 10 years and put millions of users at risk. The vulnerabilities are in Avast's anti-rootkit driver (which is also … Continue reading
Thunderbird Version 91.9.0
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.9.0 as of May 3, 2022. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch. Thanks to Tom for pointing this out.
Firefox 100.0 and 91.9ESR released
[German]Mozilla developers have released versions 100.0 and 91.9esr of the Firefox browser on May 3, 2022. This is a new development branch which, according to the Security Advisory, fixes critical vulnerabilities. Thanks to 1St1 for the tip.
Microsoft 365: Switch to monthly app updates for May 2022 planned
[German]Microsoft plans in May 2022 to switch systems with Microsoft 365 currently in semi-annual enterprise channel to the monthly enterprise channel. This means that the Office apps will then be updated every month. Administrators, who do not want this must … 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 ...
Jupyter notebook are attacked with ransomware
[German]Cybercriminals are attacking systems with ransomware via the popular open source software Jupyter Notebook. Team Nautilus, Aqua Security's research unit specializing in the cloud-native technology stack, discovered this new attack method. Aqua Security is the largest provider of pure cloud … Continue reading
Exchange Server CUs (April 20, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released quarterly Exchange Cumulative Updates (CU) for April 20, 2022. The cumulative updates (CUs), which will now only be offered semi-annually, are available for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. These CUs include fixes for customer-reported issues, … Continue reading
VirtualBox 6.1.34 released
[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.1.34 as of April 19, 2022 (while the changelog claims the release was on March 22, 2022, that's probably a typo). It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs of previous … Continue reading
VLC 3.0.17.4 released
[German]Due to a bug in the UPNP function, the developers of the VLC Player had to add version 3.0.17.4. There is no changelog yet. The update is not yet offered in the VLC player. But the download is already available … Continue reading
Thunderbird Version 91.8.1
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client released Thunderbird 91.8.0 (see Firefox 99.0 and 91.8.0esr released) on April 5, 2022, and then released 91.8.1 as a bug fix update on April 18, 2022. These are maintenance updates for the 91 … Continue reading