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Tag Archives: Security
Microsoft Edge 101.0.1210.32
[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version Edge 101.0.1210.32 as of April 28, 2022. It is a maintenance update that fixes the two vulnerabilities CVE-2022-29146 and CVE-2022-29147 (see also the release notes page for the new version). No … Continue reading
Stop: Domain name scam from chinanameregistry
[German]I'll add this topic here in the blog, maybe some potential victim soul will read this before the money flows. For years I have been receiving emails from a Chinese organization named chinanameregistry. They write, a company is trying to … Continue reading
Chats show: LAPSUS$ had probably also hacked T-Mobile several times
[German]The hacker group, which is allegedly made up of teenagers (at least some teenagers were arrested in the UK in this regard), has probably also hacked T-Mobile in the USA several times. The group had access to T-Mobile's Atlas system … Continue reading
Cloud security, the challenges in 2022
[German]At the moment, it feels like every company is moving its IT to the cloud or is more or less forced to do so by the providers. You often read that the whole thing will be easier and more secure … Continue reading
Zscaler study: 400% increase in retail and wholesale phishing attacks
[English]Security provider Zscaler has produced a study on phishing attacks. The annual ThreatLabz report sees phishing-as-a-service as the reason for the rise in attacks across industries worldwide. Retail and wholesale was the hardest-hit industry, with phishing attacks up more than … 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 ...
Jupyter notebook are attacked with ransomware
[German]Cybercriminals are attacking systems with ransomware via the popular open source software Jupyter Notebook. Team Nautilus, Aqua Security's research unit specializing in the cloud-native technology stack, discovered this new attack method. Aqua Security is the largest provider of pure cloud … Continue reading
Android: Vulnerabilities in Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC)
[German]Security researchers from Check Point Research have also encountered vulnerabilities in the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC). The vulnerabilities endanger the privacy of Android users because attackers can access user data. This affects devices with both MediaTek and Qualcomm CPUs.
Exchange Server CUs (April 20, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released quarterly Exchange Cumulative Updates (CU) for April 20, 2022. The cumulative updates (CUs), which will now only be offered semi-annually, are available for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. These CUs include fixes for customer-reported issues, … Continue reading
ESET finds 3 critical vulnerabilities in UEFI of Lenovo consumer notebooks
[German]Users of Lenovo notebooks should react. Security vendor ESET has just announced that it has discovered three vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-3970, CVE-2021-3971, CVE-2021-3972) in the UEFI of Lenovo consumer notebooks that are rated as highly problematic from a security perspective. The exploit … Continue reading
Free Decryptor for Yanlouwang Ransomware
[German]Security vendor Kaspersky has discovered a vulnerability in the encryption of the Yanlouwang ransomware. As a result of this vulnerability, the encryption of files can be cracked under certain circumstances. Anyway, a free decryptor for Yanlouwang ransomware is available. However, … Continue reading