Windows 10/11 mini-survey shows: Microsoft missed terrible the user needs (2021)

Posted on 2021-11-29 by guenni

Windows[German]It is sometimes hotly debated, whether Microsoft is developing Windows 10 and especially Windows 11 past the need. Susan Bradley conducted a mini-poll on SurveyMonkey weeks ago on the topic of "how satisfied are you with Windows 10/11 and the updates, the feature updates and the features offered". The evaluation from the end of September has only just come to my attention. First of all, the results are a severe slap in the face for Microsoft's marketing, which has been developing products that are not in line with the market's needs for years.

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Cynos Android malware infects more than 9 million Huawei smartphones

Posted on 2021-11-29 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has temporarily removed 190 Android apps from its app store. The reason: Russian security vendor Dr. Web had discovered that these apps were infected with the Cynos Android malware while analyzing apps in the Huawei app store.

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Azure Confidential Computing with AMD VMs

Posted on 2021-11-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released an initial preview of Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 (confidential virtual machines with AMD SEV-SNP VM isolation) powered by third-generation AMD EPYC™ processors with SEV-SNP.

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Astra Group has developed a software stack with an Exchange Server replacement for Russia

Posted on 2021-11-28 by guenni

Mail[German]The russian Astra Group has developed a replacement for Microsoft's Exchange Server that fully implements its functionality. The product is scheduled to hit the Russian market at the end of the first quarter of 2022. The company intends to fully replace Microsoft with a range of "Astra" solutions, from operating systems to cloud services.

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Cyber attack on IKEA's mail system, Trojan distributed?

Posted on 2021-11-27 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]IKEA has experienced a cyber attack on its email system, the company said in an internal email alert to employees. Attackers are attempting a reply-chain email attack on IKEA employees' inboxes by replying to legitimate emails from the company but attaching links or attachments with the goal of installing malware on recipients' devices.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...

0patch fixes LPE vulnerability (CVE-2021-24084) in Mobile Device Management Service

Posted on 2021-11-27 by guenni

Windows[German]There is an unpatched Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-24084) in Windows Mobile Device Management Service. The vulnerability has been known since 2020, but has not yet been patched by Microsoft. ACROS Security has therefore developed a free 0patch solution to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Nextcloud files competition complaint against Microsoft over OneDrive and Teams in Windows 11

Posted on 2021-11-27 by guenni

Paragraph[German]Stuttgart-based software company Nextcloud has filed a competition complaint against Microsoft with the German Federal Cartel Office. The accusation is that Microsoft has a dominant market position and is exploiting it. It is about the integration of OneDrive and Microsoft Teams in Windows 11. In the meantime, a competition complaint has also been submitted to the EU Commission by 30 EU organizations because of the same accusations.

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Did Adobe blocked my Twitter account via an DMCA complaint after a critical report about issues?

Posted on 2021-11-27 by guenni

[German]So now it's happened: Twitter has suspended my account because Adobe filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) complaint against a tweet of mine about bugs in the Adobe Acrobat DC installer. I has see this coming, since it hit a blog reader two days earlier and I alerted Adobe's social media teams about this false case via Twitter. Stupidity? Ignorance? Or simply keeping unwelcome coverage off the Internet?

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SentinelLabs finds three vulnerabilities in Oracle VirtualBox

Posted on 2021-11-27 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Security researchers from SentinelLabs have taken a closer look at Oracle's virtualization solution Virtualbox, which runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. They found three vulnerabilities in the virtualization tool. A vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox allows program takeover and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by attackers. However, an update for Virtualbox is now available.

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Printjack: Security researchers warn against attacks on printers

Posted on 2021-11-27 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Printers are widespread, even if the paperless office is the goal. Printers are networked, but rarely protected against attacks. People don't think the devices are really worth protecting. But in times of IoT and under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), this can lead to significant problems and nasty surprises. Researchers from Italy have tackled the issue and found three attack possibilities at once, labeled Printjack, that can lead to security problems and GDPR violations for printers.

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