German BKA takes down illegal Darknet "Hydra Market"

Posted on 2022-04-05 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Law enforcement agencies are increasingly successful in uncovering illegal activities on the darknet and also in stopping them. The German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt, BKA) in Wiesbaden has now struck another blow against cybercriminals. Investigators were able to dismantle the "Hydra Market", which operates illegally on the Darknet, and seize the infrastructure or shut down the marketplace. This is according to a report from the BKA dated April 5, 2022.

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Windows Server 2019: Update KB5011551 causes password loop

Posted on 2022-04-05 by guenni

Windows[German]A brief information for administrators who running Windows Server 2019 as domain controllers. A blog reader informed me that update KB5011551 prevents passwords from being changed. This is the preview update released on March 22, 2022, which probably not every administrator will install on their machines. It seems, that this preview update is forcing DCs in password loops. Here is a brief overview of what I know so far.

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Citrix ADV Virtual Appliance 13.0.85 is breaking Gateway-Service

Posted on 2022-04-05 by guenni

Short information for administrators of Citrix systems. Citrix ADV Virtual Appliance 13.0.85 seems to cause problems with Citrix Gateway Services. After importing the VPX and configuring the ADC, the Citrix Gateway login page (ICA proxy) may not be accessible.

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Windows 7: Firefox 100 and beyond required Update KB4474419

Posted on 2022-04-04 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Brief information for blog readers who are still running Windows 7 SP1 and use Firefox as browser. In a few weeks, the change to version 100.x is due, and in order to install the browser then, it is mandatory to have the Windows 7 update KB4474419 installed. Here's a brief overview of why this is required.

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Windows 11 upgrade block due to Internet Explorer 11 issue

Posted on 2022-04-04 by guenni

Windows[German]Here is a short addendum from last week. Microsoft has released an information for Windows 10 users on March 31, 2022, regarding issues upgrading to Windows 11. The issue is that Internet Explorer 11 causes problems after the upgrade if the browser is set as default. Then information saved after the upgrade cannot be accessed. The upgrade to Windows 11 was therefore blocked, till the issue has been fixed.

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

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Patch for Sonic Firewall vulnerability CVE-2022-22274 – not for all products

Posted on 2022-04-04 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Another small addendum from the end of March 2022. There is a vulnerability (CVE-2022-22274) in SonicOS, the operating system for Sonic firewalls, which allows DoS attacks. The manufacturer has now also developed and released an update to close the vulnerability. However, it looks like this update is not offered for all products.

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Microsoft finally offers update downloads via https

Posted on 2022-04-04 by guenni

Update[German]After years, Microsoft decided to change something. As of April 1, 2022 (not an April Fool's joke), Microsoft seems to have finally adjusted its download offer for updates so that they are consistently offered via the https protocol instead of the unencrypted http protocol. This should avoid that browsers refuse to download an update via http. Here's a brief overview of this topic.

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Only 3 months left until retirement of Internet Explorer

Posted on 2022-04-03 by guenni

[German]In a post on 29 March 2022, Microsoft has pointed out that Internet Explorer on Windows will only run for three more months. Then support will ends and IE calls are be redirected to Microsoft Chromium Edge. However, this is only available for certain versions of Windows.

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Was there a cyber attack at American Express? Worldwide service outage on April 1, 2022

Posted on 2022-04-02 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Here's a quick information about an information a reader has send me in a private Facebook message. American Express seems to be having service issues since April 1, 2022 – a 2FA login doesn't really work, transactions get stuck. And there's a suspicion that it's related to a cyber attack. It seems clear, at least, that there was a major, worldwide, technical outage on Friday that lasted until today.

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Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged in connection with hacking for this group

Posted on 2022-04-02 by guenni

Paragraph[German]The London Police have now announced that two teenagers aged 16 and 17 from the UK will be charged with involvement in activities of the Lapsus$ hacking group. The identities of members of the hacking group had become known a few days ago. Seven youths were briefly detained but then released. Now two of the suspects are in custody.

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