Forgot the time about blogging all day long – but it seem that whe have reached Christmas Eve for 2019 …
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Vulnerability in Citrix Apps put companies at risk
[German]A vulnerability exists in the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) – formerly NetScaler ADC – and in Citrix Gateway – formerly NetScaler Gateway – that could allow attackers to execute abitrary code.
Vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience App closed
[German]Vendor NVIDIA has closed a chess hole (DDOS or Privilege Escalation) in its NVIDIA GeForce Experience app with an update.
Microsoft Security Advisories Dez. 17, 2019
[German]Microsoft issued two security advisories on December 17, 2019, which warn of vulnerabilities in SharePoint Server and refer to LDAP Channel Binding and LDAP Signing.
Exchange 2016/2019 quarterly Updates
Microsoft released the quarterly update for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 a few days ago. These updates include fixes for issues reported by customers and all previously released security updates. Setup now requires .NET Framework 4.8. Microsoft released details on December 17, 2019 in the Techcommunity article: Released: December 2019 Quarterly Exchange Updates.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Issues with Lenovo USB-C Dock and Windows 10 V1903
[German]Do Lenovo Yoga X370 and X380 Series Thinkpads have connection issues with the USB-C Dock under Windows 10 version 1903? And if it occurs with the 1903 version, it should also apply to the 1909 version (November 2019 update).
Windows Server 2016: Security-Bug in Profile Security Settings
[German]German blog reader Martin Feuerstein pointed out a bug in the security permissions of the default user in Windows Server 2016. I am reporting the details here, maybe somebody else can confirm it.
Firefox Addons from AVG/AVAST back in store
[German]The antivirus addons from AVG and AVAST, which has been removed from Mozilla addon store early this months are back now. It seems that the vendor has resolved the issues with Mozilla.
CERT-Bund/BSI Warning about Emotet-Trojan/Ransomware
[German]In the last few days there have been a number of reports of cyber incidents in German institutions that are attributed to the emotet Trojan/Ransomware. The BSI warns of the danger, especially since spam mail is sent 'on behalf of the federal authorities' with this malware in its luggage.
Windows 10 forced upgrade to Windows 7? (Dec. 2019)
[German]Could there be some sort of automatic upgrade from Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 10 again? Actually, I don't think so, but I'd like to post a recent case with the information available to me here in the blog.