Tag Archives: Security

Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012 Updates ( April 13, 2021)

[German]On April 13, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (April 13, 2021)

[German]On April 13, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about each update.

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Exchange Server Security Update KB5001779 (April 13, 2021)

[German]As expected, Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 on April 13, 2021 (Patchday). These are intended to close vulnerabilities found that were reported by security companies. Prompt installation is recommended … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 13, 2021)

[German]On April 13, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for Microsoft Exchange – have been released. Below is a compact overview of these updates.

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Why you should quit WhatsApp

If you observe Facebook's WhatsApp from a view or a data protection activist or a security expert, you should have dropped that messenger (I dumped that thing in 2018 due to GDPR reasons). During the past WhatsApp has a steady … Continue reading

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

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PSA: Watch your Exchange Patch status – 0 day vulnerabilities found, is the next Exchange disaster in sight?

[German]Ok, I think I got your attention with the headline. From what I heard, next Tuesday there will be some updates for Exchange Server. Why? Because three Exchange exploits were presented at the hacker conference Pwd2Own (6-8.4-2021). Maybe it would … Continue reading

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Malware infection of Gigaset Android devices: Analyses and options for action (April 8/9. 2021) – Part 2

[German]In Part 1 I had analyzed the information Lösung Malware-Angriff Smartphones released by the company Gigaset on April 8, 2021 with regard to the automatic deletion of the malware infection of various Android devices. This works, according to previous feedback, … Continue reading

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Malware infection of Gigaset Android devices: Analyses and options for action (April 8/9. 2021) – Part 1

[German]Smartphone vendor Gigaset published a document names Lösung Malware-Angriff Smartphones on April 8, 2021, that should help to cleas Android phones infected by malware since April 1, 2021. In the following text, I will compile and comment the information given … Continue reading

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Preliminary analysis of Gigaset malware attack through auto-installer in firmware

[German]Let me summarize in advance some findings that security analysts from Malwarebytes have documented regarding the malware attack on Gigaset Android smartphones. I've blogged about that within my German blog, but I'm publishing here a translated version for my English … Continue reading

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Data leak: 500 million LinkedIn user data for sale in underground forum

[German]New data leak – in an underground forum, the user data of 500 million LinkedIn users is being offered for sale. A hacker has probably extracted them from the social network belonging to Microsoft and has already published two million … Continue reading

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