Malwarebytes also successfully hacked by the SolarWinds attackers

Posted on 2021-01-20 by guenni

[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

Posted on 2021-01-19 by guenni

[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

Posted on 2021-01-19 by guenni

[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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Windows 10: Bug allows BSOD by entering a path in a browser

Posted on 2021-01-18 by guenni

[German]There is a bug in Windows 10 that can trigger a Blue Screen of Dead (BSOD) after entering certain path entries (e.g. in the browser). Security researcher Jonas Lykkegaard also reported this bug publicly in October 2020.

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Windows 10: Upgrade Error 0x80244019

Posted on 2021-01-17 by guenni

[German]When upgrading from Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, some users receive error 80244019. The question is what is blocking the upgrade.

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

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Windows reports an AcLayers.dll error

Posted on 2021-01-16 by guenni

[German]Some Windows users run into the problem that when they start programs, an error message appears stating that AcLayers.dll is not intended to run on Windows or contains an error. Here is a brief look at this issue.

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Fix for broken Windows 10 'Reset PC' feature

Posted on 2021-01-15 by guenni

[English]Microsoft has now finally officially confirmed that the bug in the Reset PC function under Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 has been fixed. The bug has been known since February 2020 and was first addressed by Microsoft in October 2020 with a workaround.

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Tor Browser 10.0.8 released

Posted on 2021-01-15 by guenni

Sicherheit[German]The developers of the Tor Bundle have released Tor Browser 10.0.8 as a package for Linux, macOS and Windows on January 12, 2021. The update updates Firefox to version 78.6.1esr (closes a vulnerability) and NoScript to 11.1.7. On macOS, bug 40262: Browser tabs crashing on the new Macbooks with the M1 chip [tor-browser] has been fixed. Tor Browser 10.0.8 is available for free via the download page for various platforms.

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Issues with Microsoft 365 (Jan. 15, 2021)?

Posted on 2021-01-15 by guenni

[German]Currently, there is are issues with Microsoft 365 that affects services such as Exchange Online. It is possible that this disruption is limited to North America. The status messages do not give much away.

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Windows 10: Vulnerability allows to destroy NTFS media content

Posted on 2021-01-15 by guenni

[German]There is a previously unpatched vulnerability in the implementation of the NTFS file system used by Windows 10. Via this vulnerability, it is possible for attackers to destroy the contents of an NTFS volume used under Windows 10. It is enough to place an appropriately crafted file on an NTFS volume to trigger the flaw. A security researcher has now pointed this out for the umpteenth time.

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