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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 12, 2021)
[German]On January 12, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, and so on. Here is a concise overview of these updates.A list of updates can be found on this Microsoft page. Details about … Continue reading
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Thunderbird 78.6.1 closes critical vulnerability
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 78.6.1 on January 12, 2021. This is a maintenance update for the main 78 version of the email client that fixes security vulnerabilities.
Vendor Ubiquiti hacked, users should change passwords
[German]A note to users, the products of the US manufacturer Ubiquiti Networks. The latter has fallen victim to a cyberattack, although the scope is still unclear. Over the weekend, their cloud offering was briefly disrupted and Ubiquiti enforces a cloud … Continue reading
Kaspersky: SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor resembles Russian ATP malware
[German]A code analysis of the SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor by security researchers from Kaspersky fuels the suspicion that the originators are to be found in Russia. The code resembles malware attributed to Russian ATP groups in some parts.
Email-based TA551 attack campaign
[German]Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks warn of a current email-based attack campaign TA551, which now also targets German-, Italian- and Japanese-speaking victims. Malware-infested email attachments are old hat – but I'm posting the warning here.
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 ...
Edge 87.0.664.75 released
[German]Microsoft has published a security advisory on January 7, 2021, regarding another security update for the Edge browser. Microsoft had to close three vulnerabilities that were unpatched in Edge 86.0.664.57. Here is some brief information about it.
NSA security advisory on obsolete TLS configurations
[German]Information for administrators in server environments. Communication with (web) servers should be performed with current TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 encryption. Fallback to older TLS 1.0/1.1 or SSL standards should be removed. The US National Security Agency (NSA) has issued … Continue reading
News from the SolarWinds hack; JetBrains software as a gateway?
[German]It is currently being investigated whether the SolarWinds hack could have been carried out via the TeamCity software of the Eastern European company JetBrains. In addition, it became known that the SOLARBURST hackers had access to e-mail accounts of the … Continue reading
0patch fixes a Local Privilege Escalation 0-day in Sysinternals PsExec
[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for a Local Privilege Escalation 0-day vulnerability in the SysInternals tool PsExec for its 0patch agent. PsExec is used by administrators to perform tasks with system privileges.
FortiGuard: Vulnerabilities in FortiWeb (Jan. 2021)
[German]FortiGuard Labhas released a security alert covering several vulnerabilities, ranging from SQL injection to buffer ofverflow bugs. The vulnerabilities are found in FortiWeb Web Application Firewalls and are of medium severity.