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Tag Archives: Security
Garmin Services (probably) after Ransomware attack down
[German]Following a global IT outage, the vendor of wearables and navigation solutions has temporarily taken its services and production offline. It is speculated that Garmin was the victim of a ransomware attack.
Distinct Data leaks (July 23, 2020)
[German]In the last few days there have been some serious data leaks bruought to my attention, where data became public. For example, 25 GBytes of user data have been leaked from ancestry.com (genealogy). Here's a brief overview of some of … Continue reading
Office 365: TLS 1.0/1.1 support ends on Oct. 15, 2020
[German]Microsoft is now getting serious and will discontinue support for insecure TLS protocols in Office 365 on October 15, 2020. The step had been announced for a long time, but was postponed again due to coronavirus. Maybe the information is … Continue reading
SIGRed-Patch KB4565524: Install fails in Windows Server 2008 R2
[German]Microsoft released update KB4565524 for Windows Server 2008 R2 on July 14, 2020. Among other things, the update is intended to close the critical SIGRed vulnerability in the Windows DNS server. However, users report that the update installation fails with … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Security, Update, Windows
Tagged KB4565524, Security, Update, Windows Server 2008 R2
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Windows 10/Server 2016: Security policy Inactivity limit does not work
[English]A German blog reader noticed that the local security policies for locking a user account during inactivity seem to stop working on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and 2019. I'm going to put it up for discussion here, maybe … 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 ...
Microsoft warns of massive Emotet campaign
[German]The Microsoft Security Intelligence team has just posted an alert on Twitter warning of a massive Emotet campaign that broke out a few hours ago.
Windows Server 2008 R2: 0patch fixes SIGRed vulnerability
[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the SIGRed critical and worm exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350) for Windows Server 2008 R2 that is not protected via Microsoft's ESU license. This vulnerability allows remote code execution in Windows Domain Name System servers.
CISA warns admins: Patch the SIGRed Windows DNS Server vulnerability
[German]The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all US authorities to patch the wormable SIGRed vulnerability in Windows DNS Server within 24 hours.
Twitter accounts hacked (July 15, 2020)
[German]Hackers managed to trick Twitter employees on Wednesday and take over tens of thousands of high-profile Twitter accounts (Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber and Apple) via their dashboard or an internal tool. This was then used … Continue reading
Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (July 14, 2020)
[German]On July 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.
Posted in Office, Security, Update
Tagged Office, Patchday 07-2020, Security, Update
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