Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 20.013.20074

[German]Adobe has released an unscheduled update of Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 20.013.20074 for Windows and Mac on Dec. 9, 2020 for security reasons. This fixes vulnerabilities and some bugs in older Adobe Acrobat DC versions. Here is some information about the update.

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NSA warns about CVE-2020-4006 in VMware products, urgently patching required

[German]A few days ago VMware released security updates for the CVE-2020-4006 vulnerability in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager and Identity Manager Connector. Now there is an NSA warning that the vulnerability is being exploited by Russian hackers.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (December 8, 2020)

[German]On December 8, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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FireEye hacked, Red Team tools stolen

[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.

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Click farm for Instagram fraud uncovered

[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.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Edge 87.0.664.57

Edge[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.

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (12/08/2020)

Windows Update[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.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (12/08/2020)

Windows Update[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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WordPress 5.6

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.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (December 8, 2020)

[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

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