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Tag Archives: Security
MS Office 365 pay attention to phishing mails (Sept. 2018)
[German]Just a brief warning to users of Microsoft Office 365: You are probably once again in the focus of a phishing campaign. This campaign takes advantage of the license changes for Office 365 that will take effect on October 2, … Continue reading
Chrome extension for Mega hacked
[German]If you use the MEGA Chrome extension for the file sharing cloud service Mega , you may have a problem. The extension has been hacked to steal credentials.
Security: TPM vulnerable; and dump mode for Intel ME
[German]Currently, two security issues are on the agenda. Meanwhile, an approach is known to get full access to the Intel Management Engine (Intel ME). And two attack methods on TPM chips from computers have become known.
New Microsoft Office vulnerabilities?
[German]It seems that all versions of Microsoft Office contains vulnerabilities caused by embedded objects that can be used to execute (remote) code on a local machine. Here is an overview of the topic – as information for admins in business/corporate … Continue reading
Will Microsoft pull July/August 2018 Microcode updates?
[German]Does Microsoft withdraw or replace Intel Microcode updates for Windows released in July/August 2018? Here are a few things I've compiled with the request for feedback, maybe there is an explanation.
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 ...
Windows 0-day ALPC vulnerability in task scheduler
[German]Windows has an unpatched zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability, which allows unprivileged users to extend rights to the SYSTEM level. Here is some information about the facts. Addendum: There seems to be a workaround to mitigate the vulnerability. And there is a … Continue reading
Security Advisory-Update ADV180018
[German]Microsoft released several updates for Windows with Intel Microcode updates on August 14. New a revision of the Microsoft Security Advisory Notification for ADV180018 was published on August 24. Here is the notification from Microsoft – and also an addendum … Continue reading
Unpatched vulnerability in GhostScript interpreter
[German]A major vulnerability in the GhostScript interpreter has just went public. There is no patch yet. The vulnerability may allow the victim's machine to be taken over. Here is some information on this topic, since GhostScript is included in some … Continue reading
SQL Server 2016 SP1 Update KB4458842 (08/22/2018)
[German]A brief note for admins. Microsoft has released on August 22, 2018 a critical security update KB4458842 for SQL Server 2016 SP1. Here are a few details about that update.
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
[German]Here is another hint to vulnerabilities buried in software packages from Microsoft. The Visual C++ runtime packages (VC redistributable) provided by Microsoft are assembled to installer packages with outdated (vulnerable) WiX Toolkit versions.