Banking Trojan Mekotio Returns to Latin America

Posted on 2021-11-21 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Banking Trojan Mekotio returns in Latin AmericaCheck Point reports that the sophisticated banking Trojan Mekotio has returned in Latin America. In July this year, Spanish police had caught 16 suspects for money laundering related to the malware. Now the malware is attacking Spanish-speaking countries. The originator of the new version seems to be a Brazilian criminal gang, according to Check Point. I'm surprised, since Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, not Spanish. Anyway, Check Point already blocked over 100 attacks.

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Windows 10: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities in Update Assistant; and CVE Revisions

Posted on 2021-11-21 by guenni

Windows[German]Short addendum from this week. Microsoft has issued a security warning for November 16, 2021. It states that the Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege has security vulnerabilities. Specifically, it is about two vulnerabilities CVE-2021-42297 and CVE-2021-43211. In addition, there were some update revisions to vulnerabilities in Excel, etc.

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Acronis changes user unintentionally settings again(Sept. 2021)

Posted on 2021-11-21 by guenni

Amazon[German]Question for people who use Acronis True Image (ATI) for backup. A blog reader pointed out a recurring problem with ATI to me back in late September 2021. The software seems to again forget or automatically change settings that the user has made. I am interested to know if there were or still are more people affected. Here is a summary of the facts.

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Facebook's outage and identity management dependencies

Posted on 2021-11-21 by guenni

[German]On October 4, 2021, there was a worldwide, six-hour IT outage at the U.S. company Facebook. What many users didn't have on their radar: The outage showed the dependencies many users and businesses have on Facebook identity management. Here's some information about it.

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Windows 1.0 released on November 20, 1985

Posted on 2021-11-20 by guenni

Microsoft introduced its first Windows with version number 1.0 on November 20, 1985. I didn't really notice the event at that time. And I won't tell you the hardware requirements at that time, because I don't want to bring tears into anyone's eyes. Windows 1.0

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

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Edge 96.0.1054.29

Posted on 2021-11-20 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft has released a security advisory for the Edge browser as of November 19, 2021, updating the browser to version 96.0.1054.29. The update also addressed security vulnerabilities reported to the Chromium team. Continue reading →

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Server error: Tesla vehicles could not be opened remotely

Posted on 2021-11-20 by guenni

[German]On November 19, 2021 owners of a Tesla electric car have smaller problems. The unlocking of the vehicles via smartphone app probably no longer works worldwide due to server errors. Vehicle owners will then have to resort to either Bluetooth or an (NFC) key to open the vehicles.

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Serious BIOS errors affect Intel CPUs

Posted on 2021-11-20 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Another addendum from this week. Intel has released a security advisory saying that its processors are affected by BIOS flaws. Potential vulnerabilities in the BIOS for some Intel processors could allow privilege escalation. Intel issues firmware updates via the board manufacturers to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

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Google Chrome 96: Issues with Twitter, Discord, Video and more

Posted on 2021-11-20 by guenni

[German]The Google Chrome browser released on November 15, 2021 (see Chrome 96.0.4664.45) is causing user complaints. Users are noticing issues with Twitter and Discord websites, as well as video playback. Chrome developers have since acknowledged this as a Chrome 96 bug.
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ProxyNoShell: Mandiant warns of new attack methods on Exchange servers (Nov. 2021)

Posted on 2021-11-20 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Cyber attackers have been using three known vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Exchange Servers for months, for which updates have been available for months. Despite this, there are around 30,000 Microsoft Exchange Servers accessible via the Internet that are vulnerable to attack via these vulnerabilities. Security researchers have now issued a warning because cyber criminals have changed their tactics to attack systems and install hard-to-detect WebShells there by exploiting three vulnerabilities in on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers, grouped under the name ProxyShell.

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