Pegasus spyware detected on French phones, Zeus app detects Pegasus

Posted on 2021-09-27 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Today another short article on the Pegasus surveillance software from the Israeli NSO Group. After the discovery of this spy software on smartphones of politicians and activists in the summer of 2021, the Trojan was recently found on phones of French politicians as well. The days I have also received information that Softorina has released the Zeus app for Windows. This allows iPhones to be scanned for the Pegasus spyware.

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Exchange Server September 2021 CU comes Sept. 28 with Microsoft Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service

Posted on 2021-09-27 by guenni

Update[German]A brief article about Microsoft Exchange Server (On-Premises). The release of the Cumulative Update (CU) for Microsoft Exchange Server for September 2021 has been postponed to September 28, 2021. There are supposed to be some new features with the cumulative update. In addition, Microsoft has recently published a document on the update of Exchange Server on the Internet.

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The true cost of cybersecurity incidents

Posted on 2021-09-27 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]IT security ist costly, which is often not understood by the management. If a security incident then occurs, the level of concern is high and repairing the damage costs considerable sums. Security provider Palo Alto Networks does the math and shows the true costs of cybersecurity incidents. I received the informationlast week, and I'm posting it on the blog.

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Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.0.1

Posted on 2021-09-27 by guenni

Microsoft has just released Microsoft.Data.SqlClient version 3.0.1. The update fixes several issues that are important to users.

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Microsoft Edge 94.0.992.31

Posted on 2021-09-26 by guenni

Edge[German]Following the Chrome update (to version 94.0.4606.61), Microsoft has also updated the Edge browser to version 94.0.992.31 as of September 24, 2021 via Windows Update. The security update fixes the vulnerability CVE-2021-37973, which has already been fixed in Google Chrome. The release notes available on this page don't give too much information. MSPU has published some details here.

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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 ...

How effective is Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature?

Posted on 2021-09-26 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Apple has integrated the "App Tracking Transparency" (ATT) feature since iOS 14.5. This is supposed to give users the choice regarding the transparency of tracking by third-party apps. The whole thing sounds like an important step in protecting user privacy. The loaded question that arises: How effective is this ATT measure on the bottom line. Someone took a look after 5 months.

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Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-22005 in VMware vCenter

Posted on 2021-09-25 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]VMware has published information on a total of 19 vulnerabilities in the products VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server) and VMware Cloud Foundation (Cloud Foundation) [VMW2021a] as of September 21, 2021. Some of these are critical vulnerabilities – specifically, the CVE-2021-22005 vulnerability was rated "critical" with a score of 9.8. VMware has released corresponding security updates.

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Microsoft tries to register autodiscover domains

Posted on 2021-09-25 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]After a design error in the Autodiscover protocol used by Microsoft Exchange became public, Microsoft is now rushing to register all Autodiscover domains. This is because clients may leak access data from Exchange accounts to such Autodiscover domains via the Autodiscover protocol, if the actual domain is not accessible. Here is some information about the issue.

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Chrome 94.0.4606.61 fixes 0-day

Posted on 2021-09-25 by guenni

[German]Google has surprisingly released the stable version of Google Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac and Linux on September 24, 2021. It is a security update that closes a 0-day vulnerability. Here is a brief overview of what problem has been fixed.

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Firefox 92.0.1 released

Posted on 2021-09-25 by guenni

Mozilla[German]On September 23, 2021, Mozilla developers released version 92.0.1 as a maintenance update of the Firefox browser. According to the release notes, there are only two bug fixes. It fixes an issue where audio playback didn't work on some Linux systems (bug 1730499). And the problem with the button to close the search bar on different operating systems (bug 1728368) has been fixed. The new Firefox can be updated via update in the browser or downloaded from this website for various platforms (the variant is to be selected via the displayed list boxes). (via)

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