[German]There has been a security incident at Logitech. Logitech partners recently received a fraudulent email warning of the risk of an attack on a MetaMask wallet, but the message containing a phishing link. Logitech has now confirmed that an incident occurred a third party service provider.
[German]Did suspected Chinese hackers gain access to internal descriptions of zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server before they were exploited last weekend? Microsoft is investigating whether there was a leak in internal systems where such information is stored.
[German]A brief update from this week. Microsoft has uncovered and publicly disclosed a campaign by the Russian cyber group Secret Blizzard. The state-sponsored group is using a man-in-the-middle position (AiTM) to deploy custom malware called ApolloShadow at embassies in Moscow for espionage purposes.
[German]I have reported several times on sudden Microsoft account suspensions. Suddenly, out of the blue, access to your Microsoft account is blocked. Everything connected to the account falls into digital nirvana. Now it has happened to a LibreOffice developer whose Microsoft account was suspended. The account has since been restored.
[German]There is another project that Microsoft is throwing onto the "scrap heap of history." We're talking about Windows 11 SE, which was supposed to score points in educational institutions as a "budget version" and Chromebook killer with a Surface laptop, but ended up failing. Continue reading
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[German]How does Microsoft Defender actually compare to third-party ICES solutions for protecting Microsoft Office 365? ICES solutions can be integrated into Microsoft Defender for Office 365. I recently came across an overview from Microsoft with a comparison.
[German]I mentioned this before in my blog: Microsoft often ships the cURL library with outdated versions that have security vulnerabilities. Software packages also come with ancient libcurl files. How can I check whether there are any legacy issues lurking on my systems?
[German]It has been rumored for some time, now it is confirmed. The security provider Palo Alto Networks is taking over the Israeli security provider CyberArc. The deal amounts to the sum of 25 billion US dollars, with shares being purchased.
[German]10 years ago, Microsoft officially released Windows 10 version 1507. A free (forced) upgrade from Windows 7 and 8.x was included. Looking back, I can see a succession of disasters. The beginning of Microsoft's decline as a serious company; and today there are even warnings about Microsoft and Windows 11.
[German]VMware by Broadcom has informed its partners that the current partner program will end. The successor partner program can only be entered by invitation from Broadcom. It now looks as if smaller and medium-sized partners will fall by the wayside. Here is a brief overview of what is known and where Broadcom wants to go in the future.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
