Tag Archives: Security

Patchday: Updates für Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (Dezember 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. But these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2008 … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information on the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for these operating systems.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office December 2021 updates (14.12.2021) causes Access issues

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. An RCE vulnerability in Excel is closed again. For Microsoft Access, however, an update … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version) were released. Here are some details about each of the Patchday security … Continue reading →

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Edge 96.0.1054.57 fixes CVE-2021-4102

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[English]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser to version 96.0.1054.57 as of December 14, 2021. The release notes refer to the fix for the vulnerability CVE-2021-4102 mentioned by the Chromium team. This is already being exploited. The browser should be updated … Continue reading →

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

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office etc. – as well as for other products (but not for Exchange) – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on Patchday.

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log4j FAQ and Repository

Posted on 2021-12-14 by guenni

[German]Since the weekend a vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 contained in the JAVA library log4j keeps the IT scene in suspense. The log4j library is extremely widespread and is used in many products. In addition, the vulnerability is extremely easy to exploit remotely … Continue reading →

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Vendor Kronos/UKG victim of a ransomware attack, cloud service disruption for weeks

Posted on 2021-12-14 by guenni

[German]I had already seen it briefly on Twitter yesterday, the provider of software solutions "from the cloud" (accounting, workforce scheduling, time tracking, etc.), the company Kronos, has become a victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend (Dec. 11, 2021). … Continue reading →

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Chrome 96.0.4664.110: Patches critical vulnerability used in the wild

Posted on 2021-12-14 by guenni

[German]Google has released an update to Google Chrome 96.0.4664.110 for Windows, Mac and Linux (and version 96.0.4664.104 for Android) as of December 13, 2021. It is a security update that closes a critical and exploited vulnerability. Here's a quick overview.

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VMware products threatened by log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

Posted on 2021-12-14 by guenni

[German]The critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 in the JAVA library log4j, which became known a few days ago, threatens millions of software products. For many server products, users can do little. However, I would like to recommend a closer look to administrators … Continue reading →

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