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Kisters AG victim of ransomware attack (Nov. 10/11, 2021)
[German]The medium-sized an German based company Kisters AG, which develops software solutions for sustainable resource management and now has numerous branches worldwide, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. Following the attack on November 10/11, 2021, all systems are now … Continue reading
0patch fixes LPE Vulnerability (CVE-2021-34484) in Windows User Profile Service
[German]There is an incompletely patched Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-34484) in the Windows User Profile Service. Although there has been an update for all Windows versions since August 2021, it does not fully patch the vulnerability. ACROS Security has therefore … Continue reading
CERT warning: Compromised Exchange servers are misused for email attacks (Nov. 2021)
[German]Security researcher, and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), and CERT-Bund have issued a warning. These organizations are currently (Nov. 2021) observing a significant increase in e-mail attacks. The two organizations assume that these e-mails are sent from compromised … Continue reading
14 Vulnerabilities in BusyBox
[German]Security researchers from JFrog and Claroty Team82 have found 14 vulnerabilities in the popular BusyBox tool. All vulnerabilities were confidentially reported to the developer of BusyBox and fixed in version 1.34.0, which was released on August 19. The vulnerabilities could … Continue reading
Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
[German]There is a vulnerability in the kernel of all popular Linux distributions that researchers from SentinelLabs made public a few days ago. A TIPC module in all common Linux distributions can be exploited by heap overflow attacks that can lead … 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 ...
Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (November 9, 2021)
[German]On November 9, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Especially for Microsoft Excel a security update is important because a vulnerability is exploited. … Continue reading
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Critical vulnerabilities in Siemens Nucleos RTOS
[German]Security researchers from Forescout have discovered 13 critical vulnerabilities in the Nucleos RTOS (Real Time OS) operating system, which is used by Siemens in industrial control systems and in medical devices. Some of the vulnerabilities have a CVSS score of … Continue reading
Patchday: Windows 11 Updates (November 9, 2021)
[German]On November 9, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various issues (including performance issues … Continue reading
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (9. November 2021)
[German]On November 9, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Exchange, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Microsoft warns that vulnerabilities in Exchange and Excel are being exploited. Below is a … Continue reading
Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (November 9, 2021)
[German]On November 9, 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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Tagged Patchday 11.2021, Security, Update, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
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