[German]A security researcher discovered a list of IP addresses that a hacker published in order to steal VPN access data from over 49,000 Fortinet VPN devices. The accesses are vulnerable to attack via a vulnerability that has long been closed. The list of vulnerable targets includes domains of major banks and government organizations from around the world.
[German]Microsoft has updated in Nov. 2020 Update KB4023057 for Windows 10 Update Service components for older Windows 10 versions. The update is intended to improve the transition to the Windows 10 October 2020 update (version 20H2).
[German]Hoster GoDaddy has now admitted to having been the victim of a cyber attack. The attackers managed to deceive GoDaddy employees who were active for Go Daddy as a domain name registrar. The fraudsters redirected email and web traffic for several crypto-money trading platforms to their own sites last week.
[German]During the last days I became aware of several security incidents and issues, which I would like to summarize in a short blog post. For example, the Android Messenger app allowed users to eavesdrop on each other. In addition, security researchers found an unsecured database with 100,000 data of Facebook users, which uncovered a huge credit card fraud and phishing campaign targeting Facebook users.
[German]VMware has just released updates to close a critical vulnerability in its ESXi virtualization platform. VMware Workstation and Player have also been upgraded for Windows 10 version 20H2. Here is a summary of the two topics.
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[German]Since Friday, November 20, the Black Friday week is already running at Amazon (see). And on November 27th is Black-Friday, when numerous merchants offer their best online and store discounts. Consumers who take part in the year-end spurt of online shopping should internalize a few tips to keep the bargain hunt on the net safe. Because the cyber criminals are prepared and would like to clear in this time likewise.
[German]A brief note for administrators of Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019: Microsoft has created a pitfall in its requirements documentation and in the update packages for an Exchange Server installation. There UCMA 4.0 is required and linked. But USMA version 4.0 is not compatible with newer .NET versions and Windows Server 2016/2019, UCMA 6.0 is required on these platforms. Here is some information about this.
[German]In a news post Microsoft introduces new commitments, intended to defend customers' data. It's because of European GDPR rules don't allow a transfer of user data to countries not bound by the GDPR rules. Or in other words: It's Microsoft attempt, to increase the protection of data transferred to the USA for its European customers. Microsoft promises to take legal action to defend itself against demands for disclosure by the US government or the US judiciary. A brief overview of what is at stake.
[German]Good news for users of Windows 7 SP1 who use the Google browser Chrome. Google wants to support the browser with security updates until January 2022.
[German]Microsoft has also released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20262.1010 for Windows Insider in the Developer Channel on November 20, 2020. This build will be distributed as an update (KB4594431), as I read on Twitter and in the announcement on the Windows blog. This update contains nothing new and is intended to test the service pipeline.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
