Tag Archives: Security

LastPass customer data accessed after cloud storage service hack (Nov. 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-01 by guenni

[German]LastPass informed its customers a few hours ago that "unusual activity" was recently detected in a third-party cloud storage service. This cloud storage service is currently used by both LastPass and its subsidiary GoTo. However, those who use the LastPass … Continue reading →

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Anchor Eufy Door Bell security cameras with vulnerabilities, data transferred to the cloud, Homebase 2 also has vulnerabilities

Posted on 2022-11-30 by guenni

[German]Anker Eufy Door Bell security cameras are also sold in Germany. A security researcher has now found several security vulnerabilities in the firmware of the Eufy cameras. These transfer user images and facial recognition data to the cloud without the … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Irish DPC fines Meta/Facebook €265 million after data privacy incident

Posted on 2022-11-29 by guenni

[German]The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a 265 million fine on Meta, Facebook's parent company. This follows a data protection incident in which millions of Facebook users' data was pulled from the company's systems via tools until September … Continue reading →

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Dell, HP, Lenovo uses outdated OpenSSL versionen in UEFI

Posted on 2022-11-29 by guenni

[German]A firmware analysis by security vendor Binarly has revealed that devices from Dell, HP and Lenovo use outdated versions of the OpenSSL encryption library in their UEFI implementations. This poses a risk, as encryption could be broken and the update … Continue reading →

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Hackers penetrate energy systems via outdated Boa web server of IoT components

Posted on 2022-11-27 by guenni

[German]Many vendors use outdated software components in their IoT components. Microsoft has now presented a case in which a web server that was discontinued in 2005 was misused to penetrate the systems of Indian power grid via vulnerabilities. The background … Continue reading →

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WhatsApp leak: Nearly 500 million user data offered in underground forum (Nov. 2022)

Posted on 2022-11-25 by guenni

[German]On November 16, 2022, an unknown person offered a huge data set with approximately 487 million WhatsApp user data in an underground forum. The data set allegedly contains WhatsApp user data from 84 countries. The leak contains also mobile phone … Continue reading →

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DDoS attack on EU parliament after resolution condemning Russia as supporting terror

Posted on 2022-11-24 by guenni

Yesterday, the European Parliament approved a resolution labeling Russia as supporting terrorism. Hours later, the EU Parliament's websites were attacked by cyberattacks. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, confirmed the cyberattack on Twitter. IT experts tried to repel … Continue reading →

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Global Cyber Risk at Elevated Level

Posted on 2022-11-22 by guenni

Security provider Trend Micro (TM) has now presented its Cyber Risk Index (CRI) for the first half of 2022. According to TM, the global cyber risk is at an elevated level. Many companies surveyed said they had experienced security incidents … Continue reading →

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OpenLiteSpeed vulnerabilities put web server at risk

Posted on 2022-11-20 by guenni

[German]A few days ago, security researchers from Palo Alto Networks pointed out that three OpenLiteSpeed security vulnerabilities threaten the security of the web servers in question. The OpenLiteSpeed web servers are among the sixth most popular web servers in the … Continue reading →

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Hive ransomware gang looted 100 million from 1,300 victims (including Media Markt)

Posted on 2022-11-19 by guenni

[German]German Electronics retailer Media Markt was the victim of a Hive ransomware attack in 2021. I had heard something about a $240 million ransom demand at the time. Now the FBI has put the damage caused by the Hive gang … Continue reading →

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