[German]A few days ago I've reported about a key logger within HP's Conexant audio drivers for several devices. HP claimed this key logger has been left accidentally within the driver and offered quickly an update to 'remove' the key logger. But what would you think, if the key logger hasn't removed? Addendum: A 2nd update has changed the situation again.
Nvidia has published a Security Bulletin on May 9, 2017, informing users about several vulnerabilities in it's GPU graphics drivers.
[German]A massive ransomware campaign started May 12, 2017, infected worldwide thousands of Windows systems. Hospitals, banks, companies are out of order, because their systems are affected and critical data are encrypted. Here a short overview, what is known so far.
[German]It's a nasty surprise, what Thorsten Schröder, from Swiss modzero AG, discovered in Conexant's audio drivers shipped with some HP notebooks. The driver is logging all key strokes and writes it into a public log file – a security night mare.
How many times has Windows 10 been activated till now? During Build 2017 Microsoft has published new numbers. Here are a few details and thoughts.
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[German]Microsoft has released a couple of cumulative updates for supported Windows 10 versions. Here is an overview.
[German]Microsoft has released a couple of (security-) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 (and the corresponding Server versions on May 9, 2017. Here is an overview.
[German]Microsoft has acted quickly to a critical vulnerability in Windows, reported yesterday (see Windows has a critical wormable vulnerability). This night a security advisory has been released, patches will be available.
[German]Sometimes Microsoft offers Windows updates, that are quoted as 'dynamic updates'. Here are a few details, what are dynamic updates are for.
[German]It's a bit cryptic, what Google security experts Natalie Silvanovich and Tavis Ormandy from project Zero just revealed. They claim, they has discovered the 'worst Windows remote code exec in recent memory'. Update: Microsoft issued a fix for this vulnerability in Malware Protection Engine.
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