Ireland's IDPC systematically protects Google, Facebook & Co. against GDPR proceedings

Posted on 2021-09-14 by guenni

[German]It is a scandal of the first order that has been known for a long time. The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) systematically blocks and delays proceedings against US giants such as Google, Facebook, etc. for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The whole thing has been publicly named several times by data protection activists and other European data protectors. But the EU Commission stands idly by and watches this goings-on. Now the Irish Councile for Civil Liberties (Irish data protection activists) has presented a report that once again proves the systematic sabotage of data protection by the Irish data protection authority IDPC.

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Motorcycle vibrations can damage cameras on iPhone

Posted on 2021-09-13 by guenni

[German]Motorcyclists should think twice before buying modern smartphones with image stabilizers and mounting them as a navigator on the machine. iPhones in particular seem to have a problem with vibrations on the machines, as this can permanently damage the camera components for image stabilizer and auto-focus.

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Microsoft study shows effects remote work on collaboration of information workers

Posted on 2021-09-13 by guenni

[German]The new studyquantifies effects of remote working from home office among 61,000 Microsoft employees. The study concludes that Microsoft's Corona-related company-wide shift to remote work from the home office has impacted communication and collaboration between different business units within the company, jeopardizing employee productivity and long-term innovation.

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Vulnerability CVE-2021-3773 in OpenVPN-Clients (Linux, FreeBSD)

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]A privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2021-3773 exists in the Linux and FreeBSD OpenVPN clients. The issue occurs in the OpenVPN use of Netfilter for NAT on Linux and FreeBSD 13, OpenVPN, and natd. A detailed technical report can be found on this web site.

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Windows Server 2022 Security Baseline

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released the final version of the Security Baseline package for Windows Server 2022. The announcement can be found in this Techcommunity blog post. The blog post describes the new features in the baseline in the areas of Edge, Script Scanning and Restrict Driver Installations.

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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 ...

Acronis True Image renamed to Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

Another brief note for users of the Acronis backup software True Image. It will soon no longer exist, because Acronis marketing has decided that a new name is needed. The software is now called Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office. The background to this is that additional features such as a cryptomining blocker, virus protection and anti-malware have been integrated.

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Windows 11 News (Sept. 2021)

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

Windows[German]It's not even a month until Microsoft will release its Windows 11 to users on October 5, 2021 (Windows 11: Rollout is the starting October 5, 2021). The days have accumulated some news that I would like to briefly summarize in a blog post. For example, Microsoft is trying to make Windows 11 palatable to people with "this thing runs faster", despite the hefty hardware requirements. And it has become clear why older CPUs are not supported. Here's an overview of what I've come across.

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Ransomware in the cloud: Detecting attacks

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

[German]According to Yahoo! Finance, around 65,000 ransomware attacks are expected this year in the US alone. It doesn't seem to matter what region, country or industry it happens in. Security vendor Vectra provided me with some thoughts on how to spot ransomware and attackers in the cloud.

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Why you may not be able to decommission on-premises Exchange even with cloud solutions

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

[German]If I understand correctly, many companies are moving towards the cloud. The hope is that once the on-premises Exchange functions are moved to the cloud in Exchange Online, the on-premises solutions will be gone. The other day I came across an interesting article whose message was simply "you will continue to rely on on-premises Exchange".

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eBook: Azure defenses for ransomware attacks

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Microsoft has published an eBook that provides key native Azure capabilities and defenses for ransomware attacks, as well as guidance on how to proactively use these capabilities to protect your assets in the Azure cloud. This eBook can be obtained for free from Microsoft.

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