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log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228: Patch your Minecraft
[German]Users who use the Minecraft game, which belongs to Microsoft, urgently need to update its client, which is written in JAVA. The background is that the log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 also makes Minecraft servers vulnerable via Minecraft clients. The developer of … Continue reading
Mirai Botnet Moobot targets Hikvision camera systems
[German]Security researchers from Fortinet warned as early as December 6, 2021 that the Mirai-based botnet Moobot attacks vulnerabilities in the web servers of Hikvision camera systems. All it takes is sending a crafted instruction to the web server to inject … Continue reading
Microsoft Vancouver leaking website credentials
[German]CyberNews security researchers discovered a Desktop Services Store (DS_STORE) file left on a publicly accessible web server that belongs to Microsoft Vancouver. By analyzing the file, the investigations team was able to learn about the files hosted on the Microsoft … Continue reading
Windows 7/Server 2008/R2 ESU support for the third year (2022)
[German]If you want to continue to have security updates for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2022, you need the ESU package for the third year. Microsoft is now releasing the relevant keys for … Continue reading
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will be retiring
Bitdefender previously offered a free antivirus package, Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, for Windows. Now the provider announces that Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will be retiring. According to the colleagues at deskmodder.de, this is the case as of Jan. 1, 2022. … 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 ...
Survey shows declining trust in IT vendors like Microsoft
[German]It has been a gut feeling of mine that Microsoft in particular is somehow on a downward spiral in terms of product quality and security. Constant bugs and problems after updates, and an increasing number of successful cyber attacks on … Continue reading
0-day CVE-2021-44228 in Java library log4j puts many projects at risk
[German]There is a critical unpatched vulnerability in the log4j Java library used for logging. This software is integrated in many other products. Thousands of services from Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Minecraft, etc. are vulnerable via this vulnerability. Meanwhile, the first attacks … Continue reading
Malware in Android apps (Example GriftHorse)
[German]Android Malware has become one of the most problematic security issue in 2020/2021. Actually, I could write about malware-infected apps almost every day. Today, I'd like to share a case from a few days ago about the so-called GriftHorse malware, … Continue reading
Volvo Cars Corporation was victim of cyberattack by Snatch ransomware group
[German]Car manufacturer Volvo, or Volvo Cars Corporation, currently owned by a Chinese holding company, has fallen victim to a successful ransomware cyberattack. My report a few days ago has been confirmed, the company is sounding the alarm as data from … Continue reading
Heavy attacks on 1.6 million WordPress sites (Dec. 9, 2021)
[German]Security vendor WordFence's Threat Intelligence team noticed a dramatic increase in vulnerability attacks on WordPress instances on December 9, 2021. In the past 36 hours, the Wordfence network has blocked over 13.7 million attacks against four different plugins and several … Continue reading