Tag Archives: Security

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 security patch

Posted on 2018-08-21 by guenni

If someone still uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, they should install a security update. Microsoft has just issued an update notification.

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Windows 10 and the OneDrive vulnerabilities – Part 3

Posted on 2018-08-20 by guenni

[German]In Part 1 and Part 2 of my article series I described the vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s OneDrive client (addressing the location of program files in the unprotected profile folder and the use of outdated open source libraries with known vulnerabilities). … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 and the OneDrive vulnerabilities – Part 2

Posted on 2018-08-20 by guenni

[German]In part 1 of my article series about vulnerabilities in OneDrive client I mentioned, the location of the program files in the unprotected profile folder. But Microsoft developers have made further mistakes, such as using outdated open source libraries with … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 and the OneDrive vulnerabilities – Part 1

Posted on 2018-08-20 by guenni

[German]This article is about the OneDrive client that Microsoft delivers with Windows 10. The way, how Microsoft’s developers has implemented this client, leaves several vulnerabilities. Here are a few details about an investigation.

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Firefox Addon Stylish is back ….

Posted on 2018-08-17 by guenni

[German]Dead ones live longer. The Stylish addon, with which you can give websites their own style, is back for Firefox. Great development, here’s some background information you need to know. 

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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification (August 14, 2018)

Posted on 2018-08-16 by guenni

On August 14, 2018, Microsoft published two more Security Advisory Notifications dealing with the newly discovered vulnerabilities (L1TF). Addendum:  Security Advisory from August 15, 2018 added.

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Microsoft Patchday: Other Updates (August 14, 2018)

Posted on 2018-08-15 by guenni

[German]On August 14, 2018 (patchday) Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. This blog post contains details of selected patches that are not included in the remaining articles linked at the end of this blog post. 

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (August 14, 2018)

Posted on 2018-08-15 by guenni

[German]On August 14, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.

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Foreshadow (L1TF) Intel CPU vulnerabilities

Posted on 2018-08-15 by guenni

[German]Since a few hours details about the next vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs from the Next Generation Spectre series are public. Details on the Foreshadow (aka L1 Terminal Fault) vulnerability and the other L1 Terminal Fault variants were published on Usenix … Continue reading →

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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (August 14, 2018)

Posted on 2018-08-15 by guenni

[German]On August 14, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about the updates.

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