Anchor Eufy Door Bell security cameras with vulnerabilities, data transferred to the cloud, Homebase 2 also has vulnerabilities

Posted on 2022-11-30 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Anker Eufy Door Bell security cameras are also sold in Germany. A security researcher has now found several security vulnerabilities in the firmware of the Eufy cameras. These transfer user images and facial recognition data to the cloud without the user's consent. The security researcher also claims to have accessed live camera images without any authentication. Eufy support has probably confirmed some of the issues. Furthermore, the Eufy Homebase 2 smart hub is vulnerable via three vulnerabilities and hackers could take over the device.

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Windows 11 22H2: Preview Update KB5020044 (Nov. 29, 2022)

Posted on 2022-11-30 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5020044 for Windows 11 version 22H2 on November 29, 2022. There are a number of new features and especially a long list of bug fixes. Below I give an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.

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Firefox 107.0.1

Posted on 2022-11-30 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla's developers have released version 107.0.1 of the Firefox browser on November 29, 2022. It is a maintenance update, which is supposed to fix some bugs according to the release notes.
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Edge 107.0.1418.62

Posted on 2022-11-29 by guenni

EdgeMicrosoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 107.0.1418.52 as of November 28, 2022. It is a security update that, according to the release notes, closes CVE-2022-4135 reported by the Chromium team. This is already being exploited in the wild.

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Irish DPC fines Meta/Facebook €265 million after data privacy incident

Posted on 2022-11-29 by guenni

[German]The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a 265 million fine on Meta, Facebook's parent company. This follows a data protection incident in which millions of Facebook users' data was pulled from the company's systems via tools until September 2019. The Irish Data Protection Authority then launched a formal investigation in April 2021.

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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 ...

Dell, HP, Lenovo uses outdated OpenSSL versionen in UEFI

Posted on 2022-11-29 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]A firmware analysis by security vendor Binarly has revealed that devices from Dell, HP and Lenovo use outdated versions of the OpenSSL encryption library in their UEFI implementations. This poses a risk, as encryption could be broken and the update supply chain compromised. The outdated OpenSSL versions gets onto these machines through an EFI Development Kit (EDK). Currently, however, there doesn't seem to be a solution for how device manufacturers can get a handle on the problem of using up to three outdated (some dating back to 2014) OpenSSL versions even in updated UEFI firmware.

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Windows 11 probably gets VPN status indicator in taskbar

Posted on 2022-11-28 by guenni

Windows[German]It looks like Microsoft is internally working on providing Windows users with an indicator that signals whether a VPN connection is in use. In any case, Windows 11 Insider build 25247 contains a feature that has not yet been officially released, which can provide the network icon with a corresponding overlay.

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Funny Google search AI – all plants are algae

Posted on 2022-11-28 by guenni

[German]Funny observation from a German blog reader in Google search. There seems to be "a shortage" in Google's search AI. Because all plants we are searching for, are quoted as algae in the search suggestions.

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Does iCloud for Windows breaks video downloads and shows other people's photos

Posted on 2022-11-28 by guenni

[German]There are isolated reports of users complaining that they are shown unknown photos and broken videos using Apple's iCloud for Windows. The assumption is that this content comes from other users' accounts. Affected users  use iCloud for Windows to download the videos or get photos from unknown sources displayed there.

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Hackers penetrate energy systems via outdated Boa web server of IoT components

Posted on 2022-11-27 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Many vendors use outdated software components in their IoT components. Microsoft has now presented a case in which a web server that was discontinued in 2005 was misused to penetrate the systems of Indian power grid via vulnerabilities. The background is that this obsolete software is still used in IoT components.

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