Epson disables printers for customers due to payment issues through no fault of their own

Posted on 2022-03-23 by guenni

[Geman]Epson also has customers who has a Readyprint subscription. Then these customers get new ink cartridges when the existing cartridges run out of ink. Now there seems to be trouble because the payment service provider Epson uses can't actually process the customers' debits. Since Epson is missing payments, the manufacturer deactivates the printers via remote connection. The customer then can no longer print. The blame clearly lies with Epson and its payment service providers.

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Anonymous leaks 10 GByte Nestle data after hack

Posted on 2022-03-23 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The hacker collective Anonymous has made good on its threat to attack major companies that it believes have not withdrawn from Russia. Now the hacker collective claims to have leaked 10 Gbytes of data from food giant Nestle. Here is some information about it.

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Authentication service OKTA hacked by Lapsus$?

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Extremely unpleasant story if the whole thing turns out to be true. According to a report, the provider OKTA is investigating a possible hack. Okta is a provider of authentication services in the cloud, so a successful hack could have far-reaching consequences. According to reports, the Lapsus$ gang is claiming the hack.

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Vulnerability CVE-2022-22988 in Western Digital EdgeRover desktop application allows admin privileges (macOS, Windows)

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]I'm posting this briefly here on the blog because people in the readership may be using Western Digital's EdgeRover desktop application on macOS or Windows. The vulnerability CVE-2022-22988 in older versions of the app allows attackers to gain elevated privileges under the operating systems mentioned. The manufacturer has provided an update to close the vulnerability.

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Facestealer Trojan from Google Play Store app 'Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools' steals Facebook credentials

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from Pradeo have discovered an Android app Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools in the Google Play Store. It is infected with the well-known Facestealer Trojan and 100,000 people have downloaded the app onto their devices. The Trojan steals Facebook credentials in a fairly trivial way.

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

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Lapsus$ allegedly publishes source code of Microsoft Azure, Bing and Cortana

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The hacker group Lapsuss$ claims to have hacked the repositories with the source codes of the Microsoft products Azure, Bing, Bing Maps and Cortana and to have extracted source code. Hours ago, it was said that Microsoft was investigating whether the Azure source code repository had been hacked. Now the hacker group Lapsus$ has published the first evidence of this hack.

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0patch fixes again vulnerability CVE-2021-34484 in Windows 10/Server 2019

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

Windows[German]The ACROS Security team around founder Mitja Kolsek has just developed a micro-patch to close a User Profile Service Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-34484) of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. It is the third micro-patch, as Microsoft security updates do not close the vulnerability. The micro-patch is available free of charge for all customers with the 0patch agent until Microsoft closes this vulnerability. Here is some information about it.

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Windows 11: Insider build 22000.588 shows watermarks on unsupported systems

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

Windows[German]Another small addendum from last week. Users who install Windows 11 with a trick on hardware that does not support the minimum requirements get a corresponding notice as a watermark on the desktop in Insider build 22000.588. Even those who hid this watermark in previous builds via a registry hack will now see it again.

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Firefox installer assigns a unique identifier to the browser

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Did you know that Firefox registers a unique installer ID in the browser? When someone downloads the Firefox installer from the Mozilla web pages and then installs the Firefox browser, a unique identifier is generated during this process and sent to Mozilla when the browser is first launched. This identifier, called dltoken, is confirmed in a Mozilla bug report. Addendum: Statement from Mozilla added.

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Major Apple iCloud outage: Calendar, iMessages, iTunes, TV (March 21, 2022)

Posted on 2022-03-21 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]Apple is currently (March 21, 2022, 18:00 CET) experiencing a major disruption of its cloud services,  that is probably affecting the entire world. Many Apple services from the cloud such as iCloud Calendar, iCloud Mail, iTunes Store, Apple Music, Radio are currently unavailable. However, it looks like Apple is already working on fixing the disruption as the number of disruption reports are decreasing.

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