[German]Just a short security note. Security researchers have found an approach to trick and evade/circumvent the protection or detection of attacks on the theft of credentials.
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Microsoft Defender ATP Credential-Theft bypassing?
Ransomware Ryuk: Prosegur, TECNOL, t-system (USA) …
[German]Who's next? Last week the security company Prosegur was a victim, of Ryuk. Now the Ransomware Ryuk has hit the Spanish company TECNOL and is currently paralyzing t-systems and a clinics in Texas.
Attention: WinBtrfs v1.5 corrupts BTRFS volume
WinBtrfs is a Windows driver for the Linux file system Btrfs of the next generation. I had mentioned the driver in the blog post Windows driver WinBtrfs v1.5 for Linux file system released published recently. Now I've been informed that version 1.5 crashes the file system (see the linked blog post).
PowerToys 0.14.0 released
[German]Microsoft has released the first version 0.14.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users. The PowerToys known from Windows 9x are Open Source and available free of charge.
Windows 7 Extended Security Update (ESU) program available
[German]Microsoft's Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program is now available since December 2, 2019. Enterprise users can use this program to purchase extended security updates from the end of support (14.1.2020) until early 2023. Here is another short summary of what you should know.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Desktop Browser/Operating System Market Share 11.2019
[German]November is over, and it's time to have another look at the operating system and browser share on the desktop. How its about Windows 7 on the desktop two months before the end of support? And what's about Windows 10?
VeraCrypt 1.24-Hotfix1
Just a brief information for users of the encryption software VeryCrypt, which has been bumming around with me for some days already: Already on October 27, 2019, the developers of the encryption software VeraCrypt released an update to 1.24-Hotfix1.
Vulnerabilities in Rich Communication Service (RCS)
[German]Security researchers from Berlin found vulnerabilities in the SMS successor Rich Communication Service (RCS). The good news is, that this mobile protocol service is not widely used yet. What is bad is that all messages, video and voice sent via RCS can be intercepted or manipulated.
Candy Crush-Soda: Operator earns 2 billion US-$
It must have been worth it. The game Candy Crush Soda Saga has generated over $2 billion in revenue for the app since its release in 2014, according to a report by analysts at Sensor Tower Store Intelligence. With 410 million downloads distributed across Android and iOS devices, Candy Crush Soda Saga is quite popular.. (via)
Privacy-Tool PrivateWin10 V0.60
[German]David Xanatos has updates his open source tool WinTen (Private Win10), with which you can control the privacy and firewall settings of Windows 10. Now we are at version 0.60.