[German]With the December 2020 updates, Microsoft is making another attempt to use a layered approach to address the new Kerberos vulnerability CVE-2020-16996 in Active Directory Domain Controllers (DCs). This is stated in a support article published on December 8, 2020.
[German]Microsoft released version 0.27.1 of PowerToys a few hours ago as a bug-fix update for Windows 10 users. This should improve the stability and quality of the tools. These tools are free and offer additional features for Windows 10.
[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.
[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.
[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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[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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