[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 99.0.4844.74 for Windows and Mac on the desktop as of March 15, 2022. There is also Chrome 98.0.4758.132 in the Extended Channel and the Android browser has been updated to version 99.0.4844.73. Thanks to the reader for the tip. Here's a quick overview.
[German]The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC) has just fined Meta (formerly Facebook) €17 million. This fine stems from several data protection breaches by Facebook in the past.
[German]Once again a topic, which I have to address again: Microsoft has started displaying ads for various of its own products in Windows Explorer. This affects Windows 11 users who are testing the current Windows Insider builds. That's what various US media are reporting, though it's probably some kind of A/B test, so not every Insider gets to see these ads.
[German]Since the release of Windows 11, there has been a compatibility problem with the virtualization software Virtualbox that prevented its use. Microsoft has now announced that this problem has been solved "externally". The developers, who now belong to Oracle, seem to have found the problem and corrected it. This means that Virtualbox can be used under Windows 11.
[German]Can antivirus products from the Russian based company Kaspersky be used in companies and government agencies without risk? After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this question has becomehot. After hesitating for some time, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has now issued a recommendation. In short, the BSI recommends replacing applications from the Kaspersky anti-virus software portfolio with alternative products.
[German]Mozilla Mozilla developers released versions 98.01 and ESR91.7.1 of the Firefox browser on March 14, 2022. This is a maintenance update which, according to the release notes this updates removes Yandex and Mail.ru as optional search providers from the drop-down search menu in Firefox. Thanks to deoroller for pointing this out. The new Firefox and the ESR variants can be downloaded from this website for various platforms (the variant is to be selected via the displayed list boxes).
[German]Security vendor Check Point has come across a new type of malware that enables a complete takeover of systems through a backdoor. In addition, the malware can take control of social media accounts from Facebook, Google and Sound Cloud. The malware was spread via games offered for download in the official Microsoft Store. And the tragic thing is that virus scanners like Microsoft Defender did not detect this malware.
[German]Apple has released an update to iOS and iPadOS 15.4 as well as macOS 12.3 on March 14, 2022. On the iPhone, Face ID is supported with the mouth-nose mask on. Here is brief overview of these updates.
[German]The manufacturer Zyxel seems to have a problem with Zyxel USG FLEX / ATP Series Firewalls. With a certain firmware, the Zyxel USG FLEX / ATP Series Firewall can no longer boot successfully and hangs. The manufacturer warns about the configuration and is working on a firmware update that fixes this problem.
[German]Veeam has issued a security alert warning of critical vulnerabilities in Veeam Backup & Replication. Attackers could use these vulnerabilities to take over systems running Linux or Windows. German blog reader der Seb posted the links to the relevant Veeam security alerts kb4288, kb4289 und kb4290 in this comment (thanks for that). The support posts in question have the updates to fix the vulnerabilities with download links as well as further notes on the vulnerabilities.
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