[German]Short note for users and administrators of PhoneMondo. The developer, the German Scavix Software GmbH & Co. KG has been started inform customers that the company was victim of a cyber attack. The attackers were able to access a database of a test environment for the PhoneMondo cloud telephony software.
[German]The source code of the Rockstar Games game GTA San Andreas is allegedly being offered for download on the Internet. First hints seem to have appeared on the internet since yesterday (see e.g. the article Rockstar reportedly faces another major leak as fans await GTA 6 release). It has been hailed as the "biggest leak" for Rockstar Games and there may be some people clamoring for the files. But the latest reports say it's fake and the leak contains ransomware.
[German]A short information for administrators of Windows Server systems. In December 2024 Microsoft has released patches for LDAP vulnerabilities, that that allows attackers to run an DoS attack on Active Directory. Now a Poor of Concept has been released, that shows, that these vulnerabilities allows an attacker to crash any unpatched Windows Server.
[German]Tenable has published a support article pointing out a problem with its Nessus security solution caused by plugin updates. After the update, the Nessus agents are offline. Administrators must intervene manually to install an update and bring the Nessus agents back online.
[German]ESET says, currently 32 million systems with Windows 10 are still in use in Germany. The security company warns of a worst-case scenario, as support for Windows 10 will expire in October 2025. A "switchover" is being propagated. I am of the opinion that Windows 10 users can look forward to October 2025 in a very relaxed manner.
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[German]It's the beginning of 2025 and Statcounter's figures for operating system distribution on the desktop are available for the end of December 2024. What about Microsoft Windows share on the desktop? Windows 10 will no longer be supported after October 2025. With this in mind, how is Windows 11 share on the desktop?
[German]Microsoft has introduced the so-called Checkpoint Cumulative Updates for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025. In September 2024, there were probably first reports of problems, users failed with the error "Operation is not supported". Microsoft has now updated a support article that describes the procedure for successfully installing .msu updates manually on systems with this error.
[German]A little tip for people who may need to document BIOS settings for Lenovo devices. Lenovo offers a BIOS simulator that allows you to retrieve all settings via the Internet and document them with a screenshot.
[German]Email security for Security Operations Center (SOC) teams. What is hidden behind terms such as DKIM, SPF and DMARC, which are used to secure email communication?
I wish this to all blog readers and, above all, good health and optimism in these times.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
