Tag Archives: Security

US Treasury and US NTIA hacked

[German]According to a report, the U.S. Treasury Department and another U.S. agency responsible for Internet and telecommunications have fallen victim to a sophisticated cyber attack. Suspected government hackers were able to pull documents. Addendum: It seems, that a backdoor in … Continue reading

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IoT Inspector and the 7,339 vulnerabilities under the Christmas tree

[German]Security experts from IoT-Inspector have tracked down a total of 7,339 dangerous vulnerabilities in popular gifts such as connected children's toys, smart speakers or hobby drones. In terms of security, that's likely to be the collective horror under the Christmas … Continue reading

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Adrozek malware campaign targets popular browsers

[German]The Microsoft 365 security team points out a malware campaign called Adrozek. The malware targets popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, etc. and tries to manipulate the browser in such a way that advertisements are played during … Continue reading

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Gaming platform Steam with serious vulnerabilities

[German]The gaming platform Steam have had serious vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Check Point have discovered that attackers can exploit the bugs found to repeatedly crash a player's session. Taking over a victim's computer or infecting all other computers connected to … Continue reading

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Exploit for Kerberos authentication vulnerability CVE-2020-17049

[German]A security researcher from NetSPI, who discovered the Kerberos authentication vulnerability CVE-2020-17049, has now published the details as well as an exploit. Anyone running an affected environment on Windows Server should react and patch now at the latest.

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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 ...


Sophos fixes SQL injection vulnerability in Cyberoam OS

[German]Note for people running Sophos firewalls or similar with Cyberoam OS. Sophos has deployed a hotfix for its Cyberoam firewalls and routers to address an SQL injection vulnerability.

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Microsoft Update and Security Advisories Dez. 8, & 10, 2020

[German]Microsoft has published some notes about security updates and revisions on December 8 and again on December 10, 2020. I am posting them here on the blog without comment.

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Microsoft patches new Windows Kerberos vulnerability CVE-2020-16996 with Dec 2020 updates

[German]With the December 2020 updates, Microsoft is making another attempt to use a layered approach to address the new Kerberos vulnerability CVE-2020-16996 in Active Directory Domain Controllers (DCs). This is stated in a support article published on December 8, 2020.

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NSA warns about CVE-2020-4006 in VMware products, urgently patching required

[German]A few days ago VMware released security updates for the CVE-2020-4006 vulnerability in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager and Identity Manager Connector. Now there is an NSA warning that the vulnerability is being exploited by Russian hackers.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (December 8, 2020)

[German]On December 8, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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