[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 78.9.1 on April 8, 2021. It is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the email client, which fixes various bugs and vulnerabilities.
[German]Just a short information for WSUS admins. The sync problem in WSUS that I reported on 7.4.2021 (see WSUS/MECM: No sync since April, 7, 2021) has been fixed. Readers had already reported in comments that the synchronization works again. The confirmation about the cause, it was indeed Visual Studio, and that it was fixed is now available from the product team (is added in the linked article).
[German]In Part 1 I had analyzed the information Lösung Malware-Angriff Smartphones released by the company Gigaset on April 8, 2021 with regard to the automatic deletion of the malware infection of various Android devices. This works, according to previous feedback, for some people, but it is not really reliable. Now, Gigaset has additionally published instructions on how to clean the devices manually. Here's a look at that issue, as well as a listing of issues that aren't addressed at all in the Gigaset information.
[German]Smartphone vendor Gigaset published a document names Lösung Malware-Angriff Smartphones on April 8, 2021, that should help to cleas Android phones infected by malware since April 1, 2021. In the following text, I will compile and comment the information given from Gigaset and supplement it with my own findings, enriched with the many questions that remain unanswered here. After that, every owner of Gigaset devices should decide how to proceed.
[German]Short note or question to the administrators of a Windows Server Update Service (WSUS): Does the synchronization work for you? There are reports, that sync (at MECM) is failing since yesterday.
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[German]Microsoft sent a short Microsoft Security Advisory Notification around last night, again pointing out the March 2021 updated servicing stack update Microsoft Security Advisory Notification.
[German]Let me summarize in advance some findings that security analysts from Malwarebytes have documented regarding the malware attack on Gigaset Android smartphones. I've blogged about that within my German blog, but I'm publishing here a translated version for my English readers. The infection took place from a combination of an infected update server in conjunction with the Auto Installers com.redstone.ota.ui (also referred to as Android/PUP.Riskware.Autoins.Redstone) installed in the firmware of the Gigaset Android smartphones.
[German]On April 6, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. Here's a brief overview.
[German]New data leak – in an underground forum, the user data of 500 million LinkedIn users is being offered for sale. A hacker has probably extracted them from the social network belonging to Microsoft and has already published two million user records as proof that the data is real.
[German]A quick update for all those affected by the malware infection of Gigaset Android devices via update server. I had on April 5, 2021 a phone conversation with German vendor Gigaset where they informed me about a few preliminary details of this case.
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