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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 10, 2022)
[German]On May 10, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday. The … Continue reading
Agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO affected by ransomware
[German]Small addendum from last week regarding ransomware infection. The US corporation AGCO, which manufactures agricultural machinery, has been affected by a ransomware infection that has a global impact. This affects sine production sites world wide. Some production lines for the … Continue reading
Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be discontinued as of October 2022
[German]It was already announced September 2021 that the Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be deactivated. The cutoff date for this disablement to begin is October 1, 2022. As of May 3, 2022, Microsoft has now reiterated this cutoff date, … Continue reading
Apple, Google, Microsoft support new initiative of the FIDO Alliance for "Passwordless Sign-Ins
[German]Yesterday, May 5, was "World Password Day" – and from this point of view, the announcement of the FIDO Alliance to make the Internet more secure and usable for everyone is only logical. The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide … Continue reading
TLStorm 2.0: 5 critical vulnerabilities in network switches from Aruba and Avaya
[German]Network switches from Aruba and Avaya are vulnerable to RCE attacks due to 5 vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Armis, a company specializing in networked devices, who discovered the vulnerabilities call them "TLStorm 2.0" – because there was already the TLStorm … Continue reading
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 ...
10-year-old vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG put millions of users at risk
[German]Security researchers at Sentinel One have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG's security products that have been around for 10 years and put millions of users at risk. The vulnerabilities are in Avast's anti-rootkit driver (which is also … Continue reading
Trend Micro Apex One triggers false positive with Microsoft Edge 101.0.1210.32
[German]A quick note for administrators and users who use the Trend Micro Apex One product and at the same time use Microsoft Edge as a browser under Windows. I have now received numerous reports on the blog that Trend Micro … Continue reading
Car rental company Sixt victim of a cyber attack
The car rental company Sixt has become a victim of a cyber attack over the weekend. Already on Friday, April 29, 2022, the cyberattack kicked the provider's systems into overdrive. As n-tv reports here, there were massive restrictions on the … Continue reading
Microsoft Defender for Business available
[German]Microsoft has announced the general availability of Defender for Business as of May 2, 2022. It is a standalone endpoint antivirus protection solution for small and medium-sized businesses. So, the solution goes beyond the Windows-integrated Defender in functionality, providing malware, … Continue reading
OLG court ruling: German BSI was allowed to warn against Kaspersky antivirus software
[German]On April 28, 2022, the Higher Administrative Court in Münster dismissed the appeal by the German-based branch of the company from the Russian Kaspersky Group against the BSI's warning, not to use Kaspersky Antivirus. This upheld a former ruling by … Continue reading