[German]It is the absolute disaster for the partly CIA-owned security company FireEye. Suspected state hackers have penetrated their internal networks to search for customer data, but have also stolen their Red Team tools.
[German]Security researchers from vpnMentor have uncovered an extensive click farm that was used for scams on Instagram. The click-farm operates through several 10,000 fake accounts on Instagram. The scam affects users worldwide.
[German]As of December 7, 2020, Microsoft has updated the Chromium-based Edge Browser to version 87.0.664.57. This is a maintenance update, which according to the release notes fixes bugs, but also closes vulnerabilities. According to ADV200002 the Edge is based on the Chromium version 87.0.4280.88 and closes the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-16037, CVE-2020-16038, CVE-2020-16039, CVE-2020-16040, CVE-2020-16041, CVE-2020-16042. he browser should update automatically.
[German]On December 8, 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. These updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.
[German]On December 8, 2020 Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates. Continue reading
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The developers have just released WordPress 5.6 'with a new default canvas theme'. In addition, new blocks for the Gutenberg Editor should be available. There is more support for PHP 8 and the Rest API offers authentication with application passwords. The announcement can be found on this website and here. The update to WordPress 5.6 has been done here.
[German]On December 8, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates. Continue reading
[German]On December 8, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates. Continue reading
[German]A security researcher has found a serious security vulnerability in Microsoft teams. This allows remote code execution (RCE) without user interaction (zero-click) on all platforms supported by teams. The vulnerability could be exploited by a worm to spread via a team network connection. Of particular interest is the classification by Microsoft.
[German]Adobe has released an update for the Flash Player on December 8, 2020, which raises it to version 32.0.0.465. This is the last update of the Flash Player. Here is some information about this update. Continue reading
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