Windows 10: Issues with Huawei E3372xx surf sticks

Posted on 2017-12-22 by guenni

[German]Since upgrading to Windows 10 Case Creators Update, users facing an issue. LTE surf sticks like the Huawei E3372 or the Huawei E3372h-153, the Huawei E5573 etc. don't work anymore.

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – III

Posted on 2017-12-21 by guenni

[German]In parts 1 and 2 of the article series, I picked up a hint from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). In part 3 I sketch another solution and publish a Q & A list of Karl on the topic.

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – II

Posted on 2017-12-20 by guenni

[German]In part 1 of the article series I had published a note from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). Part 2 deals with the e-mail correspondence between Karl and Microsoft.

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Security Update to Google Chrome 63.0.3239.108

Posted on 2017-12-19 by guenni

Google's Chrome developers has released a security update for this browser that changes the version to 63.0.3239.108. Here are a few details about this update.

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – I

Posted on 2017-12-19 by guenni

[German]Blog reader Karl (al Qamar) informed me a while ago about a problem with securiy updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (Redistributables). Here are his findings about the issues.

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

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Windows 10 Hello bypassed by printout

Posted on 2017-12-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's Windows Hello authentication technology for Windows 10 isn't foolproof. Two German security researcher has been able to successful bypass Windows Hello with a printout of an image.

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Windows 10: Update Error 0x80248014

Posted on 2017-12-18 by guenni

[German]Windows users sometimes running into error code 0x80248014 during an update. This can also occur during updating apps from the store, or when updating the virus scanners of Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials.

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Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

Posted on 2017-12-17 by guenni

[German]Here's a security information for administrators using Palo Alto Networks firewalls with PAN-OS . In PAN-OS there are several critical bugs, which enables attackers to gain remote root access to the firewalls.

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Vulnerability: Fortinet’s FortiClient leaks VPN client credentials

Posted on 2017-12-16 by guenni

[German]The NextGeneration Endpoint Protection solution from Fortinet, FortiClient, contains also a VPN client. This client exposes credentials, but an update is available. I don't know, if blog readers are using FortiClient, but I'm publishing the information as public service announcement here within my blog.

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Security update for iCloud for Windows

Posted on 2017-12-15 by guenni

A serious vulnerability in Apple's HTML rendering engine WebKit also affects the iCloud client for Windows. Apple has now released a security update of the iCloud client to fix these vulnerabilities.

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