Edge 88.0.705.50 released

Edge[German]Microsoft has released the update to Edge 88.0.705.50 on January 21, 2021. It is a new version with some changes (FTP and Flash are omitted), numerous innovations but also various security fixes. Here is some information about it.

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UK Windows 10 school laptops shipped with Gamarue malware

[German]The British Ministry of Education has delivered several thousand Windows notebooks to schoolchildren, some of which may have been infected with malware ex works. The malware 'phoned' Russian servers diligently on affected devices.

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Chrome 88.0.4324.96: MSI install fails with error 1722 on fresh systems

[German]The Chrome browser version 88.0.4324.96 released as of January 19, 2020 in the desktop version for Linux, macOS and Windows has an issue. This browser cannot be installed in the MSI variant on fresh systems without an older Chrome version.

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Windows Secure Boot (DBX) Update KB4535680 offered on BIOS Systems

[German]Microsoft has released the Windows security update KB4535680 for Secure Boot (DBX). The update will be offered via Windows Update. Some users with BIOS boards are also receiving this update. Here are a few remarks about that topics.

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Oracle Weblogic RCE vulnerability CVE-2021-2109

[German]There is a serious remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2021-2109 in Oracle WebLogic Server that allows the server to be taken over. Oracle released a patch to close the vulnerability in January 2021.

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

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VLC Player 3.0.12 and 3.0.12.1 for Mac M1

Sicherheit[German]The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.12 for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is only a maintenance update, which should fix bugs and security gaps. For Macs with M2 chip, however, there is the version 3.0.12.1 of the VLC Player for the first time.

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Chrome 88.0.4324.96 fixes 36 vulnerabilities

[German]Google's developers have updated the Chrome browser to version 88.0.4324.96 in the desktop version for Linux, macOS and Windows as of January 19, 2020. This security update fixes 36 vulnerabilities in the older browser versions.

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Malwarebytes also successfully hacked by the SolarWinds attackers

[German]Security vendor Malwarebytes has now also announced that its Office 365 and Azure systems have been hacked by the same attacker responsible for the SolarWinds attacks. However, the attack is not via the Sunburst backdoor in the SolarWinds Orion software, but via a different malware. For example, the attackers had access to emails from Malwarebyte. Symantec also reports a new malware that uses 7-Zip to infect some victims' systems. The same attackers are probably behind this malware.

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IOBit forum hacked, spreaded DeroHE ransomware

[German]The forum of Windows tool developer IOBit was hacked over the weekend. The aim of the hack was to distribute the DeroHE ransomware to forum visitors.

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OpenWRT Forum hacked: user data stolen

[German]The OpenWRT forum of the community behind the open-source project for a router firmware has been hacked during last weekend. User data was stolen in this hack. This has just been announced by the OpenWRT forum operator.

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