[German]The US National Security Agency (NSA) and other US and foreign organizations have issued a security alert. Cyber groups such as Salt Typhoon, which are supported by the Chinese government, are attacking networks worldwide in the areas of telecommunications, government, transportation, hospitality, and military infrastructure.
[German]In light of the large number of harmful Android apps, Google is taking drastic measures for the future. All developers of Android apps must identify themselves to Google if they want their apps to continue running on certified Android devices.
[German]Preview update KB5062660 for Windows 11 24H2 released at the end of July 2025 contained a bug that flooded event management with CertificateServicesClient entries (ID 57). This bug has been "addressed" with the preview update KB5064081 released on August 29, 2025.
[German]Microsoft has also released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5064081 for Windows 11 24H2 on August 29, 2025. This update updates various AI components. I have briefly added this information to the post Windows 10/11: Preview Updates August 26,/29, 2025.
[German]Brief information for users of the Fennec browser on Android. Ralf has just pointed out to me that version 142 from the FDroid store is causing problems – so it should not be updated for the time being.
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[German]Microsoft is adapting Word so that this application will automatically create documents in the cloud instead of locally in the future. It has already been implemented in Insider Previews. For Microsoft, this is an opportunity to use data for AI training and sell more cloud storage. From a GDPR perspective, this is actually a no-go for European users.
[German]Brief information for users of SonicWall 100 Series Secure Access Gateways. As a reader informed me in an email this week, SonicWall appears to be planning to discontinue support for SonicWall SMA100 Series models soon. According to a statement from a SonicWall partner, support is set to end on October 31, 2025. The Secure Mobile Access (SMA) series provides comprehensive security for remote access to corporate resources hosted on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid data centers.
[German]The developers of the Vivaldi browser have published a statement in which they speak out against AI agents that scour the internet for users. In doing so, they are positioning themselves against the trend among AI developers to enrich browsers with AI agents.
[German]Microsoft warns of the financially motivated group Storm-0501, which continuously targets cloud instances (Azure) with attacks. If successful, data is extracted, the originals are encrypted, and backups are destroyed. A ransom is then demanded.
[German]Does anyone reading this blog use the CrushFTP program for file transfers? The CVE-2025-54309 vulnerability has been known and fixed since July 2025. Now I've come across a report that hackers are exploiting this vulnerability.
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