Interpol arrests 2,000 cyber fraudsters in Operation "First Light 2022"

Posted on 2022-06-16 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Internet fraud through social engineering has now reached massive proportions and is having a negative impact on some societies. As a result, Interpol and national police agencies have been cracking down on Internet fraudsters in an international operation called "First Light 2022." In the process, thousands of social engineering fraudsters were identified and arrested. The operation was carried out in 76 countries and included the seizure of criminal assets.

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Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 22.001.20142

Posted on 2022-06-16 by guenni

Adobe has released an update to Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC to version 22.001.20142 (Windows) and (Mac) as of June 14. This update fixes some bugs according to this description. Download links are provided on the relevant Release Notes page for the Windows and Mac versions. (via)

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-16 by guenni

Update[German]On June 14, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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June 2022 patch day review: Windows update issues, Intel vulnerability, documentation fails

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]The security updates released on June 14, 2022, closes numerous vulnerabilities. But there are also issues, for example with VMs and when using ESET security solutions. I've noticed also that Microsoft is becoming more and more sparse with details in its KB articles – you have to hunt down the information. Also, vulnerabilities have been quietly patched in Microsoft Azure after pressure from security researchers. Below is a summary of miscellaneous information, observations, and notices of issues for the June 2022 patch day.

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Microsoft patches Follina vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190) in Windows with June 2022 updates

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]The security updates for Windows released on June 14, 2022, also closed the vulnerability in the ms-msdt: protocol that allowed the misuse of the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Utility. The vulnerability known as Follina, CVE-2022-30190, is already being exploited in attacks. Microsoft does not write anything about this fix in the support articles for the individual updates. Therefore, I summarize the relevant information in the following post.

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

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and 2012/R2.

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]On June 14 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various problems. In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]On June 14, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were released. In the process, the vulnerability in MSDT called Follina was also closed. Here are some details about the respective security updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Update[German]On June 14, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Among other things, the Follina vulnerability in Windows was patched. The security updates also eliminate 55 vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Microsoft Defender: New Feature "Hacked Device Isolation" & new "Sandboxing" Problem

Posted on 2022-06-14 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Microsoft Defender is in use at many companies. I read the other day that Microsoft Defender can now be used to isolate unmanaged Windows devices that have been hacked. Further, I got a report from a user about issues with Defender cauing issues like Word no longer starts. I summarize the two topics in this collective post.

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