[German]Are you using an older CheckPoint VPN Client and/or a CheckPoint Endpoint Security Client before version E81.20? Since a certificate expires at the turn of the year, the CheckPoint software in question will no longer work after Jan. 1, 2021. Especially silly: anti-bot, forensics and firewall blade may stop working without being reported. An update has been available since August 2019.
[German]In many Zyxel products (firewalls) there is a vulnerability CVE-2020-29583 in the form of an undocumented user. The manufacturer has since released firmware updates to fix the vulnerability.
[German]The cruise company Aida Crusies has canceled all New Year's Eve trips on its cruise ships. The reason are mysterious IT outages that lead to restrictions on board the cruise ships. The company is keeping a low profile, prosecutors are investigating cybercrime, and there are suspicions that the cruise line may have been the victim of computer sabotage.
[German]Are the GUI components for drivers (e.g. for Intel Graphics or Waves MaxxAudio settings) suddenly missing after Windows 10 setup? A crude bug causes the driver GUI components originally installed as a UWP app during setup from the Microsoft Store to be removed during the OOBE phase. Here's some information on this issue, which was detected in Windows 10 version 1809 but affects all Windows 10 builds up to Windows 10 version 2004 – it's only fixed in Windows 10 20H2.
[German]The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the FBI has already published a warning about Chinese spyware activities against German and other foreign companies that maintain business relations in China.
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[German]A British app developer made a big mistake by running a Microsoft Azure Blob unprotected in the cloud. As a result, over 500,000 confidential documents, some with medical data, could be accessed publicly and without any access control.
[German]The social e-commerce app 21 Buttons has just had a major privacy incident. Security researchers found a cloud storage used by the app that was publicly accessible and contained personal and financial data of 21 Buttons users.
[German]A brief information for Citrix NetScaler administrators. Now also CERT-Bund warns about worldwide UDP:443 (EDT) accesses to Citrix Netscaler gateways. Citrix has published a workaround.
[German]A small note for my blog reader. It's such apparent certainties that make us feel 'well secured and taken care of' security-wise. All you need is Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and good security software and everything is secured. As of December 17, 2020, the title 'Multifactor Authentication' by Roger A. Grimes (published by Wiley) is out. Since I frequently writes about security topics here on the blog, I received a copy of the book in advance and read it crosswise a week ago.
[German] HP announced recently the end of lifetime Free HP Instant Ink subscription for customers. The Free Instant Ink offer was dedicated to customers with low print volume. After a lot of protest from customers, the program will continue at least for existing customers, but will end for new customers.
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