[German]In this blog post I summarize some security information that has come to my attention in the last few hours. These are topics, for which I do not want to publish separate individual contributions in the blog. It is about a critical RCE bug in the Linux OpenBSD SMTP server. And there are details about the Exchange exploit CVE-2020-0688, which was patched recently.
[German]Security researchers at ESET have discovered a vulnerability in Broadcom and Cypress WLAN chips that could compromise the WPA2 encryption of millions of devices (routers). Here is some information on the subject.
[German]Microsoft has released the cumulative update KB4535996 in the Insider Preview Release Preview Ring for Windows 10 V190x on February 26, 2020. Addendum: The update has been released to all users, see Windows 10 Version 190x: Update KB4535996 (Feb. 27, 2020).
[German]Microsoft released on Feb. 25, 2020 the Insider Preview Build 19041.84 of Windows 10 Version 2004 – the upcoming Windows 10 feature update – for WSUS.
[German]The graphic processing program Gimp has a strange behaviour, that could cause serious privacy issues. If a user 'cuts out' an image section, to remove sensitive parts, these pixels are not deleted in the saved graphics file. Instead the pixels are only hidden by a transparency mask in an alpha channel. This can lead to the fact that supposedly removed (confidential) image contents can be restored, removing the alpha channel.
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[German]German BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) has written down some security requirement for new smartphones. Consequence: You cannot buy Android devices anymore. Also Windows 10 devices might be kicked, if such gadged are available. And App? Will facing also trouble.
[German]Security experts at SophosLabs have discovered a new cyber attack using spyware. The malware has been christened Cloud Snooper, implants a rootkit and communicates across firewalls. The spyware was found in the Amazon cloud on a Linux server. The malware can also infect Windows systems.
[German]Microsoft has released another batch of microcode updates for Windows 10 version 1507 to 1909 on February 25, 2020 (it seems, it's old updates). In addition, a reader informed me, that he received another USB 2.0 microphone bug fix update via WSUS on February 26, 2020. Here is some information about these updates.
[German]Microsoft has released this night an ISO install image of the upcoming Windows 10 version 2004. It is still an insider preview – but it could be the final version for the release.
[German]Microsoft has begun with the rollout of the Chromium-based Edge Browser via Windows Update. Currently it only affects Windows Insider in the Release Preview Ring. The browser will be rolled out on more machines in the coming weeks.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
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