Tag Archives: Security

Windows 10: Microsoft 365 apps will receive updates till 2028

Posted on 2025-07-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has now announced deadlines from which the supply of security updates for Microsoft 365 apps under Windows 10 will end after October 14, 2025, but surprisingly even provides feature updates. There will be a staggered phase-out of these feature … Continue reading →

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GerriScary: Supply chain vulnerability in Google OSS review system

Posted on 2025-07-13 by guenni

Security researchers from Tenable have discovered a vulnerability called GerriScary in Google's open source code review system Gerrit. The vulnerability allowed malicious code to be injected into at least 18 central Google projects, including ChromiumOS (CVE-2025-1568), Chromium, Dart and Bazel. … Continue reading →

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Four suspects arrested in the UK over Co-op, Marks & Spencer and Harrods hack

Posted on 2025-07-12 by guenni

[German]The UK has a problem with young cyber criminals. British police have arrested four people between the ages of 17 and 20, one of whom is a woman. Those arrested are suspected of carrying out the hack on the British … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (July 8, 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-10 by guenni

[German]On July 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. This month, serious vulnerabilities in Office were … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows Server Updates (July 8, 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-09 by guenni

[German]On July 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates along with some details for these Windows Server versions … Continue reading →

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...

Patchday: Windows 10/11 Updates (July 8,  2025)

Posted on 2025-07-09 by guenni

[German]On July 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 8, 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on July 8, 2025. The security updates fixes 128 vulnerabilities (CVEs), one were classified as 0-day.  The following is a compact overview of the updates released on … Continue reading →

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Ingram Micro has suffered a ransomware attack

Posted on 2025-07-07 by guenni

[German]Short addendum from this week: Ingram Micro had to admit after technical problems a few days ago that business operations were affected by a ransomware infection. I had noticed it, but didn't realize that Ingram Micro also offers IT components … Continue reading →

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Microsoft blocks virus scanners from kernel access – just a marketing gag?

Posted on 2025-07-06 by guenni

[German]At the end of June 2025, there were reports (at least that's how I interpreted them) that virus scanners would "soon" no longer be allowed to use the Windows kernel mode. According to Microsoft, the CrowdStrike case, which paralyzed millions … Continue reading →

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Critical vulnerability CVE-2025-32463 in sudo jeopardizes Linux systems

Posted on 2025-07-02 by guenni

[German]The sudo command in Linux allows local privilege escalation due to a vulnerability CVE-2025-32463 classified as critical. The background is an improper handling of /etc/nsswitch.conf, so that root privileges are obtained. Advertising

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