[German]AVAST has discovered a malware campaign (FakeCleaner) in which cybercriminals manipulated search results for a cracked CCleaner Pro in such a way that they acted as malware launchers. If users follow the links of these hits, they download malware onto the system that steals information (Trojan or information stealer). Of course, it could also happen that a search for "CCleaner" turns up such manipulated results.
[German]The European Parliament and the EU member states agreed on USB-C as a uniform charging cable standard within the European Union on June 7, 2022. This means that this standard can probably come in mid-2024. Smartphones and other small electrical devices will then have to have USB-C as a uniform charging port in order to be sold in the EU.
[German]On June 7, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016. Access issues are fixed again. Here is a brief overview.
[German]A small note to administrators and developers who are responsible for the use of Microsoft Teams and use a data export via Microsoft Graph from Microsoft Teams. You have noticed that this export will be charged in the future? Whether this will turn into a costly locking, I cannot judge. Here is some information I came across by accident.
[German]A 0-day vulnerability CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) in Windows has been known since the end of May 2022. Yesterday, a tip from a security researcher came to my attention, who has not yet found any active exploitation via manipulated Office documents. On the other hand, Proofpoint reports that they have just stopped a phishing campaign attacking customers at EU and US government agencies. State actors are suspected to be behind the action. An attack was also observed in the South Pacific, originating from servers in Palau. In the process, a digital certificate from a company was misused for signing. The CERT-UA also warns of attacks on government targets in Ukraine. Time for a brief stocktake around the exploitation of Follina.
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[German]On the Friday (June 3, 2022) before Pentecost, the news made the rounds on Twitter that there had been a cyberattack on Palermo's IT systems. It was speculated quite quickly that it was likely to be a ransomware attack. It seems that the administration of Palermo (Sicily, Italy) has now been completely shut down after a successful ransomware attack.
[German]Users of Microsoft's OneDrive client for Windows sometimes have problems with the software. The desktop app does not start or suddenly throws error messages. But there are various Microsoft pages that offer help and advice. There are also some third-party websites. There you may find the information you need.
[German]Cryptocurrency is in the focus of the public and people sometimes try to make a "quick mark". But where profits beckon, fraud and risk are not far behind. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just released a report that some 46,000 investors have reported a record $1 billion as a loss due to cryptocurrency investment fraud since the start of coverage in 2021.
[German]Another small addendum (almost a warning) to owners of Microsoft accounts. It seems that there was a bug in the account management that caused the account in question to be locked when its owner tried to read in so-called Reward Points. Then the stress started for some people, because they connected their digital life to the Microsoft account and couldn't access their mails or their files stored on OneDrive anymore. Skyping or other applications like Office 365 as well as Windows 8.1/10/11 may also be affected. However, the bug has already been fixed by Microsoft on June 3, 2022 – but affected users can run after Microsoft to get the account back.
[German]There are numerous reports from owners of a Canon all-in-one printer that the device is unusable for printing, scanning, faxing, because it constantly restarts and can no longer be operated. Various Canon PIXMA and MAXIFY models are affected. After my reporting, Canon has confirmed the problem in a support post. The remedy is a manual firmware update of the Canon all-in-one multifunction device.
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