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Microsoft Februar 2022 Patch day review
[German]February 8, 2022 was Microsoft's patchday, where a number of security updates for various products were made available. I had reported about these updates in the blog. At first glance, there was little trouble with the February 2022 updates. But … Continue reading
More Lexmark device vulnerabilities (wrap-up Feb. 2022)
[German]In late January 2022, a critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44738 in the PostScript interpreter of various Lexmark printers became public. The manufacturer warns about this vulnerability, which allows remote code execution, and provides a firmware update to close it. But there are … Continue reading
Edge 98.0.1108.50
[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version 98.0.1108.50 as of February 10, 2022. I was informed by Microsoft via email that the vulnerability CVE-2022-23264 has been closed. The release notes for Microsoft Edge can be found on this … Continue reading
Microsoft probably secretly fixes vulnerability in Defender under Windows
[German]Microsoft Defender attracted attention some time ago due to a vulnerability in Windows that allowed malware to query the folders left out by the antivirus. It now looks like Microsoft has quietly corrected this vulnerability, because administrator privileges are now … Continue reading
QNAP Update QTS 5.0.0.1932 build 20220129 closes SAMBA vulnerability CVE-2021-44142
[German]Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP has provided firmware updates for its NAS systems that are supposed to fix the SMB root vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) in SAMBA. Here are some notes on updating QTS 5.0.0 to close the vulnerability, published by manufacturer QNAP in … 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 ...
Emsisoft releases decryptor for Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware
[German]Security vendor Emsisoft has released a decryptor for victims of the Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware. With it, files encrypted by this ransomware can be restored. The decryptor became possible after a member from the "developer circles" posted the master … Continue reading
Cyber attack on Vodafone Portugal affects all services
[German]Telecommunications provider Vodafone Portugal suffered a serious cyberattack on Monday, February 7, 2022. This was likely designed to cause maximum destruction, according to the company, and severely affected Vodafone services such as LTE and 5G mobile, TV cable network, SMS, … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Revisions (Feb. 8, 2022)
[German]Microsoft emailed admins about various revisions to its security advisories as of Feb. 8. The talk about a Remote Desktop Services remote code execution vulnerability, a Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure vulnerability, a Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation … Continue reading
Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (February 8, 2022)
[German]On February 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. RCE vulnerabilities are closed again. Here you can find an overview of the available updates.
Firefox 97 and 91.6 ESR
[German]Mozilla Mozilla developers released versions 97.0 and 95.6esr of the Firefox browser on February 8, January 2022. Firefox 97 is a new development branch, while the ESR version is a bug-fix update to fix bugs.