Windows 10: HP fixes KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

[German]It seems that HP has just released the 'HP Software Component 4.1.4.3079'. The update is intended to remove the KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED blue screen that some users got after the May 2020 patchday. Also, vulnerability in Realtek High Definition Audio Driver has been fixed.

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New Malware steals Discord Passwords

[German]Small information for blog readers who use Discord service. Cyber criminals modify the AnarchyGrabber malware so that it can be used to harvest passwords in Discord. A new feature can also infect other friends of the victim.

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Refreshed Windows 10 V2004 ISOs released on MSDN/MVS

[German]Microsoft has released refreshed ISO install images for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004) for MSDN subscribers (MVS) on May 21, 2020. The general release of the spring feature update is expected this week.

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Windows DNS Server Denial of Service vulnerability

[German]Another addendum from last week. Microsoft has issued a security advisory regarding a DNS Server Denial of Service vulnerability in Windows.

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EasyJet-Hack: Bigger as admitted

[German]The British low-cost airline EasyJet and its customers were victims of a cyber attack in which e-mail addresses, names and some credit card data were stolen. Now more details come out, as I have added in the article British airline EasyJet hacked, customer data leaked. Between October 17, 2019 and March 4, 2020 the entire travel data of the customers was accessed.

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

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Thunderbird 68.8.1 released

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.8.1 on May 22, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which fixes some bugs.

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Windows 10 V190x: Update KB4556799 causes LTE issues

[German]Here is another addendum about issues caused by Windows 10 Update KB4556799. The update was released on May 12, 2020, and appears to cause problems with LTE connections for some users, as Microsoft has acknowledged.

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Compromised SilkTide Cookie-Consent logo – Part 3

[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

[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

[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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