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Category Archives: Software
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
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
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 ...
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
7-Zip vulnerability CVE-2022-29072 *doesn't* allows system privileges
[German]A vulnerability CVE-2022-29072 (heap overflow) exists in the 7-Zip application up to version 21.07, which allows privilege escalation on Windows. This could allow an attacker to gain system privileges and then compromise the system at will. Here is some information … Continue reading
Microsoft Edge 100.0.1185.44 Emergency Patch
[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version Edge 100.0.1185.44 as of April 15, 2022. This is an emergency update that closes the CVE-2022-1364 vulnerability (see also this page and the blog post Chrome 100.0.4896.127 fixes 0-day vulnerability CVE-2022-1364). … Continue reading
Comments on NGINX vulnerabilities in LDAP reference implementation (April 2022).
[German]On April 9, 2022, 0-day exploit exploiting vulnerabilities in LPAP NGINX implementation became known. Spontaneously the question came up if you have to react now if you use NGINX in your environment. A blog reader sent me a note the … Continue reading