ProtonMail issues IP of a French activist to police

Posted on 2021-09-07 by guenni

[German]Swiss-based email service ProtonMail offers end-to-end encryption of mails before they are sent to ProtonMail's server. ProtonMail is operated by Proton Technologies AG, which is based in Plan-les-Ouates (Canton of Geneva). Its servers are located in two locations in Switzerland, outside EU and US jurisdiction. As a result, ProtonMail is (supposedly) considered a "secure email service and haven of privacy." Now ProtonMail has again releaed the IP address of a French activist to the police.

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Google is working to fix a bug in clock apps alarm function

Posted on 2021-09-07 by guenni

[German]There is a bug in Android that causes the clock app to no longer reliably execute alarms. Entered wake-up times are then simply no longer signaled by the app, and the user misses the appointments. Now Google has promised to fix this bug.

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Turn off Defender in Windows with symbolic links

Posted on 2021-09-07 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Symbolic links allow to disable Defender as antivirus protection under Windows without disabling features like Tamper Protection. The approach simply lets Defender run into the woods during scanning, because the virus scanner is redirected to other folders. I came across some advice to this effect some time ago, which I'd like to discuss briefly.

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Bluetooth risks: Braktooth vulnerability and tracking via head phones

Posted on 2021-09-06 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Riskante Technik Bluetooth: So haben Sicherheitsforscher bei verschiedenen Bluetooth-Chip-Sets, die in Geräten wie Notebooks, Lautsprechern oder IoT-Geräten verwendet werden, gleich 16 verschiedene Sicherheitslücken entdeckt. Die Schwachstellen firmieren unter dem Namen Braktooth. Und in Oslo ist es gelungen, durch umherfahren mit einem Fahrrad, Nutzer, die Bluetooth-Kopfhörer verwenden, über einen Bluetooth-Empfänger zu tracken. Hier eine Zusammenfassung der betreffenden Sicherheitsinformationen.

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Microsoft Azure: API changes kills applications and PowerShell scripts

Posted on 2021-09-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft wants to make changes to the Azure API. This will impact applications and PowerShell scripts that rely on this API. The date for the API change is July 1, 2022, might want to keep that in mind if you are responsible for Azure.

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

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Cisco fixes critical authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2021-34746

Posted on 2021-09-05 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]A vulnerability (CVE-2021-34746) was recently found in the TACACS+ authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco's Enterprise NFV Infrastructure software. This is a solution designed to virtualize network services for easier management of virtual network functions (VNFs). The CVE-2021-34746 vulnerability has already been exploited in attacks.

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ISO download for Windows 10 21H2 available for Insiders

Posted on 2021-09-05 by guenni

Windows[German] for people who want to install the Windows 10 Fall Update 2021 (version 21H2) fresh on a machine. Microsoft has made build 19044.1202 available for Windows Insiders in the Microsoft ISO Preview download portal. ISO-Preview Download-Portal bereitgestellt. The colleagues from deskmodder.de have published the direct download links on this page. Note, however, that it is still a preview of Windows 10 21H2.

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Microsoft license comparisons

Posted on 2021-09-05 by guenni

Are you still looking through Microsoft's licensing for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 and know which licenses you bought? Someone enlisted Glenton Davis, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, to compare the licensing offered to Microsoft in these areas.

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Windows 11: Microsoft breaks start menu/taskbar with teams promo

Posted on 2021-09-04 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows Insiders who are testing Windows 11 as a preview version got an unpleasant surprise a few hours ago. Neither the Start menu nor the taskbar worked. Microsoft hurried up with a "we are investigating this" message and there is a workaround. And in a beta, things can go wrong. But the background is interesting: A promo for Teams seems to have been the reason for the failure of these shell components.

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HomeOffice and Smart-Home as a gateway for hacks into corporate networks

Posted on 2021-09-04 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]In times of the coronavirus pandemic, more people are working in their home offices but accessing company computers remotely. On the other hand, more and more IoT devices are finding their place in the home environment as part of smart home. Poorly secured IoT devices in the smart home are becoming increasingly interesting for cyber criminals. After all, a home network can be infiltrated via these IoT devices. If a user in this network uses a home office to remotely accesses the company network, there is an opportunity to infiltrate this network as well via vulnerabilities or poorly secured access points.

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