Compromised SilkTide Cookie-Consent logo – Part 3

Posted on 2020-05-23 by guenni

[German]The compromised Amazon AWS S3 Buckets, which I addressed in the blog post Warning: Infected Cookie Consent logo delivers Ransomware seems delivering constantly new payloads via compromised files.

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Microsoft releases GW-Basic as Open Source

Posted on 2020-05-23 by guenni

[German]A brief info: Microsoft has released the source code of the GW-Basic interpreter, which was delivered in the early days on IBM PCs, as open source in the environment of the BUILD 2020 developer conference.

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Compromised SilkTide Cookie-Consent Logo – Part 2

Posted on 2020-05-23 by guenni

[German]In the blog post Warning: Infected Cookie Consent logo delivers Ransomware I reported a few days ago about a logo file for a Cookie Consent solution on Amazon AWS that has been replaced by a malware script. Meanwhile I found out that it is not the Osano Cookie Consent Manager but another, now discontinued, solution from SilkTide that has been compromised. Here is a supplement to my previous findings, which I have divided into two articles.

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Windows 10: Audio-/ Install issues with KB4556799

Posted on 2020-05-22 by guenni

[German]Another small addendum to the Windows 10 Update KB4556799. The update was released on May 12, 2020, but seems to cause installation errors for some users. Other users run into audio issues after installation. Here is a short overview.

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Security update Chromium Edge 83.0.478.37

Posted on 2020-05-22 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser on 21 May 2020. The update to version 83.0.478.37 fixes an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability that is considered moderate.

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

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City of Weiz (Austria): Computers infected with ransomware?

Posted on 2020-05-22 by guenni

[German]The group behind the ransomware NetWalker claim to have infiltrated the computer networks of the city of Weiz in Austria. Currently I only have two sources, but no confirmation from the city, on this subject.

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BIAS Bluetooth vulnerability

Posted on 2020-05-22 by guenni

[German]Security researchers found again a Bluetooth vulnerability: Smartphones, laptops, IoT devices etc. are vulnerable to a new BIAS Bluetooth attack. This would allow an attacker to access any Bluetooth Classic device without knowing a key. In the meantime, however, firmware updates from various Bluetooth chip manufacturers have been released to close the vulnerabilities.

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Windows 10 Build 19624 available as ARM64 VHDX

Posted on 2020-05-22 by guenni

[German]On May 22, 2020, Microsoft released also Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19624 (20H2 development branch) as a ARM64 VHDX download. The announcement has been made in the Windows Blog, where you may find further details.

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Windows 10: Insider Preview Build 19631

Posted on 2020-05-22 by guenni

[German]On May 22, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19631 (20H2 development branch) for insiders in the Fast Ring. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where references to this build can be found.

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Windows: Explained straight and easy …

Posted on 2020-05-21 by guenni

Today we have Bank holliday (Father's Day) here in Germany. Therefor I like to present an easy to understand explanation, how Windows works. We already know Windows and his Start menu, the windows and double-click ooperation.

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