HP computers: Six firmware vulnerabilities unpatched for a year

Posted on 2022-09-13 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]There are six serious vulnerabilities in the firmware of HP systems for the business sector (notebooks, desktops, etc.) that have not been fixed by updates for a year. There are still no firmware updates for some HP enterprise systems, although they have been publicly known for a month. That's according to the security team at Binarly, which discussed some of these vulnerabilities in HP EliteBooks at the Black Hat 2022 conference.

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Windows Server 2016: Fix for RDP issues in KB5015808 and later

Posted on 2022-09-13 by guenni

Windows[German]Security update KB5015808, released in July 2022, causes RDP issues on Windows Server 1609. Here in the blog I had reported about the problems in the RDS infrastructure – while Microsoft is silent about it so far. But unofficially, there seems to be a fix that rolls back the affected part of the patch via Known Issues Rollback (KIR). Below I document this issue – maybe it will help those affected.

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SharkBot Trojan in the Play Store – "Antivirus apps" risk

Posted on 2022-09-12 by guenni

[German]The SharkBot banking Trojan has reappeared in the Google Play Store, disguised as an antivirus and cleaner app. Security researchers from CyberNews write: Android users should think twice before downloading free apps to clean their phones and "protect" them from viruses – because many of them contain data trackers and some even appear to include links to potentially malicious domains.

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Lazarus hacker attacks utilities via Log4j vulnerability, $30 million ransomware seized

Posted on 2022-09-12 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The state sponsored Lazarus hacking group, based in North Korea, has repeatedly attracted attention for ransomware attacks and espionage. Now Cisco Talos has uncovered an attack campaign that targeted utility companies in North America. In addition, US law enforcement has managed to seize $30 million in cryptocurrency from an attack on Axie, where hackers had captured $600 million.

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Intune Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Update from iOS 15 to iOS 16 may fail …

Posted on 2022-09-11 by guenni

[German]Brief note for administrators who use Microsoft Endpoint Manager to manage mobile devices. Microsoft has just announced that iOS/iPadOS 15 devices that are logged in with a user registry cannot be successfully updated to iOS 16.

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

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Windows Update Error 0x80072F8F

Posted on 2022-09-11 by guenni

Windows[German]Some Windows users (from Windows 7 up to Windows 11, and also Windows Server pendants) facing the situation, that no longer receive automatic updates. When they investigate the problem, they get the update error 0x80072F8F. In the blog post I try to collect some hints, what may causes this behavior. The post is a translation from my German blog post, dated from June 2014 – but it's still valid.

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Microsofts Windows Container Runtime Support ends September 2022

Posted on 2022-09-11 by guenni

Brief note for administrators using Mirantis Container Runtime (formerly Docker EE) on Windows: Microsoft has discontinued support because it is transitioning to Mirantis Inc. As a result, the corresponding containers will soon be removed from Microsoft's download.

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Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 2022.002.20212

Posted on 2022-09-10 by guenni

Adobe has released an update of Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC to version 2022.002.20212 (Windows) and (Mac) as of September 9, 2022. This update fixes some bugs according to this description. The download links are provided on the Release Notes page for the Windows and Mac versions.  (via)

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Microsoft Edge 105.0.1343.33

Posted on 2022-09-10 by guenni

EdgeMicrosoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 105.0.1343.33 as of September 8, 2022. The release notes only state various fixes and performance improvements without further details. 

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HP: New printer lockouts; Euroconsumer settlement reaches compensation for consumers

Posted on 2022-09-10 by guenni

Paragraph[German]Manufacturer HP manages to annoy consumers again and again with its lockouts of printers when using third-party ink or toner. It has now even blocked its own printer cartridges for use. Now the consumer protection organization Euroconsumers has reached a settlement with HP over "dynamic security." HP will pay compensation of up to 1.3 million euros.

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