[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.
[German]Microsoft has released new driver/firmware updates for the Microsoft Surface Book 2 as of April 2, 2021. The update package includes drivers, among others to improve the graphics output.
[German]So-called fleeceware apps are probably good business for criminal developers. AVAST has come across 204 of these apps for Android and iOS and puts the damage at over $400 million.
[German]VMware has fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability in data center security software with a patch. The security update should be installed as soon as possible.
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[German]A German blog reader just informed me, that German smartphone manufacturer Gigaset seems to be affected by a hack. At least one of the Android update servers is probably delivering malware. Here's the information I have so far.
[German]The German city of Dortmund is moving in the direction of open source. On March 25, 2021, the city council decided to use open source software in the administration in the future. In addition, software developed by the administration or commissioned for development is to be made available to the general public. This is an exciting story, as there are many calls for the administration to move away from dependence on proprietary software such as Microsoft 365 and towards open source.
[German]Hackers in China seem to have discovered a new business model. Tens of thousands of videos of hacked surveillance cameras are being sold online. Many of these videos are quite boring and show people just sitting in their houses or hotels. But the video clips sold online as "home video packages" may well contain more explosive material. A criminal network has probably been established that also secretly installs surveillance cameras in hotels to satisfy Chinese users' greed for "finding out what their neighbor is up to in their four walls."
[German]Microsoft has released the update to Edge 89.0.774.68 on April 1, 2021. It is a security update that fixes various vulnerabilities that have already been fixed in Google Chrome. Here is some information about it.
[German]The use of Microsoft Teams in schools of German state Hesse (Hessen) is being phased out for data protection reasons. This has just been announced by the Hessian data protection commissioner. Data protection-compliant substitute solutions are available for use for video conferencing in schools. So the authorization to use teams is coming to an end.
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