[German]Security researchers from Forescout and JFrog have just made public the vulnerabilities in the NicheStack TCP/IP library grouped under the term INFRA:HALT. They had come across it while analyzing the library. This NicheStack TCP/IP library is used in products (industrial controllers and IOT industrial devices) from more than 200 vendors. More than 6,400 vulnerable devices are currently accessible online.
[German]A short information tidbit about Microsoft's Cloud PC and issues during setting up Windows 365. The cloud service is only available since a few days (see Windows 365 released) and Microsoft has already had to suspend the provisioning of the free trial versions because the demand exceeded the available resources. But there are already first experiences that setting up Windows 365 at the Cloud PC ends with the error "failed provisioning".
[German]Does Copilot, the AI solution launched by Microsoft on GitHub for embedding code snippets (e.g., in Visual Studio code), violate fair use and the rights of code developers? The nonprofit Free Software Foundation has just raised some questions about the fairness, legitimacy and legality of the AI-driven coding assistant CoPilot.
[German]The Swiss-based ProtonMail e-mail service 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 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."
[German]The NSA (National Security Agency) and CISAgov have published Kubernetes configurations and recommendations for securing Kubernetes environments against cyber attacks. Understanding the options for building and maintaining a secure Kubernetes cluster is key to protecting your data and resources.
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[German]Brief information for administrators in corporate environments who use Microsoft Endpoint Manager for device management. Microsoft has released update 2107 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch) as of August 2, 2021. Update 2107 brings numerous minor new features such as an application deployment and uninstallation.
[German]On August 3, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft will release non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. Among other things, crashes in Outlook and performance issues are lifted. Here's a brief overview.
[German]The French national security agency Anssi confirmed that the Pegasus spy program of the Israeli NSO group was found on journalists' smartphones. This is the first time that the findings of the Pegasus project have been confirmed by an independent and official authority.
[German]Google has released Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131 for Windows, Mac and Linux on August 2, 2021. It is an update to version 92 that brings new features, but also fixes 10 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once.
[German]Starting in August 2021, Microsoft will block potentially unwanted apps (PUA) by default in Windows 10 21H1 (also Windows 11). The feature was already included in Defender, but will now be set to On by default, according to this post. The whole thing can be customized in the Settings page via App & Browser Controls under Potentially Unwanted Apps are blocked. Some information can be found at the colleagues of Bleeping Computer.
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