Facebook clickbait: Scammers use Google Cloud Run to trick users

Posted on 2023-06-09 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Online criminals are constantly thinking of ways to trap victims via social media platforms. The main goal is to get users to click on malicious links. In doing so, they often lurk in the background and use sophisticated tactics to deceive their victims. Malwarebytes' threat intelligence team has discovered a new scam on Facebook that uses clickbaiting and lures users into a money trap with sophisticated tricks. What makes it special is that the scam is built on Google Cloud Run infrastructure.

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Barracuda says exchange your "Email Security Gateway Appliance (ESG)" immediately

Posted on 2023-06-09 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Another short topic, which has been a bit delayed due to holidays. The manufacturer Barracuda is asking administrators of its Email Security Gateway Appliance (ESG) to replace the devices immediately. The background is a vulnerability in the ESG models, which was supposed to be patched at the end of May 2023. However, this does not seem to be working and the manufacturer is calling for replacement.

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Outlook.com and OneDrive down – consequence of cyber attacks? (June 8, 2023)

Posted on 2023-06-08 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]Microsoft has been struggling with outages in its cloud services (Exchange Online, Outlook.com) for days. Now, as of June 8, 2023, Outlook.com and OneDrive services are down again (probably worldwide). May be technical in nature – but there is a nasty suspicion. A cyber group Anonymous Sudan claims to attack Microsoft and be responsible for the disruptions.

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Thunderbird 102.12.0

Posted on 2023-06-08 by guenni

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 102.12.0 on June 7, 2023. It is a bug fix update, which should eliminate bugs.2.0 freigegeben. Es ist ein Bug-Fix-Update, welches Fehler beseitigen soll.

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Windows Temp folder flooded with "computer name-yyyMMdd-hhmm.log" files

Posted on 2023-06-08 by guenni

Windows[German]Another problem in Windows: A German blog reader pointed out to me that besides the Aria-debug-xxx.log files I recently discussed, on some machines the TEMP folder is flooded with other log files. These are named according to the scheme computer-name-yyyMMdd-hhmm.log. According to my research, the Office Click-to-Run service is likely involved in generating these nonsensical log files.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft Office Updates (June 6, 2023)

Posted on 2023-06-07 by guenni

[German]As of June 6, 2023 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. There were three updates for Office 2016, Office 2013 is out of support in April 2023, but will probably still receive a patch for Visio. Here is a brief overview of the updates.

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Gigabyte firmware update for motherboards closes vulnerability (June 2023)

Posted on 2023-06-07 by guenni

Update[German]Owners of a computer with a motherboard from the manufacturer Gigabyte can now update the board's firmware. The update provided by the manufacturer is supposed to eliminate a serious vulnerability. The vulnerability, which is present in about 260 motherboard models, could allow attackers to inject malware into the system.

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Firefox 114.0 and 102.12.0 esr released

Posted on 2023-06-07 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla's developers have released the versions 114.0 and 102.12.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on June 6, 2023. The ESR versions are maintenance updates that are supposed to fix bugs. Firefox 114 is a new development branch. In both updates, vulnerabilities are fixed. Thanks to the reader for the tip.

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Google Chrome 114.0.5735.106/.110 closes 0-day

Posted on 2023-06-06 by guenni

Chrome[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome browser 114 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows as of June 5, 2023 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). They are security updates that fix a critical vulnerability (0-day).

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New products (VR glasses, MacBook, etc.) announced at Apple WWDC (June 5, 2023)

Posted on 2023-06-06 by guenni

[German]Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 5 to 9, 2023. Yesterday, June 5, 2023, there were already a number of new announcements – an expected VR data glasses, a new MacBook Air, iOS/iPadOS 17 and more. Here is a brief overview of these announcements.

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