[German]Interpol, together with the Nigerian police, was able to arrest the head of a BEC (Business Email Compromise) gang. The gang had been targeted by investigators for numerous email scams, and security researchers from Palo Alto Networks and other firms helped Interpol to uncover the group.
Google has been working for some time (see this tweet) to better integrate a Google Lens visual search tool into its browser. Now, Google is introducing the ability to evaluate via images using Google Lens via context menu in the desktop Chrome browser. Users can directly translate text within an image, identify an object in an image, or determine the original source of an image via Google Image Search in the browser. I became aware of this via this article on Techcrunch, which describes the details.
[German]In April 2022, I had reported issues with Windows Defender on Windows 10 (20H2). From extreme RAM usage to startup problems with Word or effects like black screen after user login has been observed/reported. Some issues were supposedly fixed by a Defender signature update, but users continue to have issues. Now an administrator from France contacted me by mail. Based on my blog posts, he was able to trace the problem back to a collision between Defender and FMAPOService.
[German]Since May 24, 2022, the terminals for card payments with giro and EC cards have been disrupted in numerous stores and gas stations nationwide in Germany. Customers of almost all banks were affected – although I also encountered institutions such as Sparkasse and Commerzbank in addition to Visa. In the meantime, it has emerged that a software error in the H5000 card terminals from Verifone was the cause, and communication with the payment service provider was blocked.
[German]London-based Eskenzi PR intend also in 2022 to grant the European Cybersecurity Blogger Award. There are usually various categories and in past years people like Troy Hunt have been nominated and awarded. I just found out that the German edition (it's only one edition that may be nominated) of my IT blog here has been nominated in the category "The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog" and also in the category "The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog".
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[German]Vendor Zyxel has published a security advisory warning of several vulnerabilities in firewalls, access points and access point controllers. Attackers can execute their own code via the vulnerabilities, block 2FA login and disrupt the devices. However, updates are available for the affected components to close the vulnerabilities.
[German]Google has released updates to the 102.0.5005.61/62/63 Google Chrome browser for Windows and Mac on the desktop in the Stable Channel as of May 24, 2022 (Chrome 102 is also included in the Stable Channel for Windows and Mac). Furthermore, on Android, the update to version 102.0.5005.58/59 has been released.
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows Server 2022 as of May 24, 2022 (D-Week), in addition to preview updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows Server 2022.
[German]Microsoft has released optional, cumulative (preview) updates as of May 24, 2022 (D-Week). These are intended to correct various bugs in Windows 10 version 1809, Windows 11 and in the corresponding Windows Server versions. Below, I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10 and the Windows Server versions in question.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5014019 for Windows 11 as of April 25, 2022. The preview updates for Windows 10 and Windows Server are described in separate articles. The KB5014019 update was previously tested with Windows 11 Insiders. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.
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