[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.
[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.
[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.
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.
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 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.
[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.
[German]Users of HP machines should respond because their machines have the HP Support Assistant preinstalled by default under Windows. This HP Support Assistant invokes the HP Performance Tune-up tool via Fusion. The process has a DLL hijacking vulnerability that can be abused for privilege elevation. A security update is available.
[German]Small addendum from the Apple event on September 7, 2022, where not only new iPhones and smartwatches were presented. Apple also announced the availability of iOS 16 for iPhones on September 12, 2022. In addition, WatchOS for Apple's smartwatches will also be released on this day.
[German]Microsoft wants to retire Internet Explorer as a browser, because the code is too bad and there are too many security issues. But Windows users can't really get rid of it. Because without Internet Explorer, you can't even play videos in PowerPoint.
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