[German]January 2023 was the scheduled end of support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 / R2 as part of the Extended Security Update program (ESU). February 2023 is the first month where there should actually be no more security updates. But Microsoft notes in KB4522133 that certain operating systems will receive another year of support with security updates if ESU is booked or Azure is used. Continue reading
[German]It is well known that Microsoft closes user accounts if they have not been used for a long time. It is also well known that phishers try to lure victims with "account closure" mails to sites for harvesting credentials. However, what becomes toxic is a combination where Microsoft itself warns about closing an account due to inactivity, but sends these mails to the wrong senders. These are probably only a few cases, but it should cause those affected to either delete the mail without comment as a "phishing attempt" or to wonder about Microsoft.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 102.7.1 on February 1, 2023. It is a bug-fix update, which is supposed to fix some problems. In addition, a vulnerability that was rated as high has been closed. Just updated the client on my end.
[German]Mozilla developers have released versions 109.0 .1 of the Firefox browser on January 31, 2023. It is a bugfix update that is supposed to fix some minor issues.
[German]Microsoft has surprisingly released an unscheduled out-of-band update for .NET Framework on January 31, 2023. This should fix problems with XPS documents, which were caused by security updates from December 2022 in .NET Framework – I had reported in the blog. The update must be installed separately. The workarounds issued in December 2022 should then no longer be necessary.
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[German]NAS manufacturer QNAP has issued a security warning for its QNAP products. There is a critical vulnerability CVE-2022-27596 in the QTS 5.0.1 and QuTS hero h5.0.1 software that allows malicious code injection into the firmware. The critical vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3 score of 9.8. Firmware updates are now available to close the vulnerability. An update should be installed immediately. Pver 29,000 devices are vulnearable.
[German]Users have been complaining about problems with remote desktop connections (RDP) under Windows 11 22H2 for months. In deed, first reports about that issue has been public sice December 2021. Last week, Microsoft released a preview update for Windows 11 22H2, which is supposed to fix confirmed RDP problems.
[German]Warning to users of KeePass Password Safe for managing passwords and credentials. The Cyber Emergency Response Team from Belgium (CERT.be) published a warning about KeePass on January 27, 2023. In the default setup, write access to the XML configuration file is possible. This leads to r vulnerability CVE-2023-24055, which could open the way for an attacker to obtain the plaintext passwords by adding an export trigger (Unauthenticated RCE, Information disclosure). However, there are lesser known ways to harden the setup somewhat – whether it is useful is another story. Here is an overview of this topic.
[German]Trouble for customers of the online mail-order pharmacy DocMorris. The mail-order company had already restricted payment options days ago due to invoice fraud and requires payment in advance. Now it is reported that 20,000 user accounts at DocMorris were hacked via a credential stuffing attack. DocMorris has blocked these accounts.
[German]The Sysinternals team updated the RDCMan (remote desktop session management), Sysmon (host monitoring tool) and ZoomIt (allows screen magnification and annotations) tools for Windows at the end of January 2023. These are bug fixes in the tools mentioned here.
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