Citrix Security Updates (June 2021)

Posted on 2021-06-10 by guenni

Update[German]A brief note for administrators who deal with Citrix products. The manufacturer has released several security bulletins including security updates for its products on June 8 and 9, 2021. There is a Citrix Hypervisor Security Update, Citrix Cloud Connector Security Update, and Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance Security Update, respectively. Here's a brief overview of the security bulletins in question.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (June 8, 2021)

Posted on 2021-06-10 by guenni

[German]On June 8, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Was Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Update KB2565063 forgotten in WSUS?

Posted on 2021-06-10 by guenni

Windows Update[German]A brief question for the administrators among the blog readers who manage updates with WSUS. Has the current version of the update KB2565063 (Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package) been deployed on WSUS? Or did Microsoft simply forget about it or does not roll out security updates anymore?

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VLC 3.0.15 released

Posted on 2021-06-10 by guenni

Sicherheit[German]The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.15 for Linux, macOS and Windows on June 8, 2021. It is only a minimal maintenance update, which should fix bugs.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (June 8, 2021)

Posted on 2021-06-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On June 8, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2008 R2 with ESU support. Here is some information about the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for this operating system.

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

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (June 8, 2021)

Posted on 2021-06-09 by guenni

Windows[German]As of June 8, 2021, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information on the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for these operating systems.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (June 8, 2021)

Posted on 2021-06-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On June 8, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version 21H1). Here are some details about the respective patchday security updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (June 8, 2021)

Posted on 2021-06-09 by guenni

[German]On June 8, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – have been released. Below is a compact overview of these updates.

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Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 21.005.20048

Posted on 2021-06-09 by guenni

[German]Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC to version 21.005.20048 on June 8, 2021. The release notes include download addresses for the Windows and macOS installers, as well as notes on what bug has been fixed. Security bulletin APSB21-37 states that the update of the product should fix several critical and important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation can lead to the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (via)

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Ironside: Police trick criminals with ANOM Crypto-Devices and Messenger app

Posted on 2021-06-09 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]It is the stuff of a detective story. Among criminals, cell phones with encrypted communication using the messenger service ANOM were very popular. What the criminals didn't know was that the American FBI had taken over ANOM and was able to listen in on the criminals' conversations and communications. Now there were worldwide arrests as part of Operation Ironside.

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