Tag Archives: Security

Microsoft Security Advisory Notification (August 14, 2018)

On August 14, 2018, Microsoft published two more Security Advisory Notifications dealing with the newly discovered vulnerabilities (L1TF). Addendum:  Security Advisory from August 15, 2018 added.

Posted in Security | Tagged | Leave a comment

Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (August 14, 2018)

[German]On August 14, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.

Posted in Office, Security, Update | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Patchday Windows 10-Updates (August 14, 2018)

[German]On August 14, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about the updates.

Posted in Security, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Microsoft Security Update Summary August 14, 2018

[German]On August Patchday (August 14, 2018) Microsoft has again released numerous security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Visual Study etc..

Posted in Office, Security, Software, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Security update for Adobe Acrobat/Reader

[German]Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat has a vulnerability (APSB18-29). Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and MacOS.

Posted in Security, Software, Update | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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 ...


PSA: Classic Shell is now Open Shell Menu – and a warning

[German]New information for users and interested parties of the Windows tool Classic Shell: The follow-up project has already been renamed again and is now called Open Shell Menu. Here's some information and a hint why I (currently) would say 'be … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software, Windows | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Black Hat: Windows 10 and the Cortana vulnerability

[German]At the current Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researchers showed how easy it was to use Cortana ito bypass security functions under Windows 10. Microsoft has closed (come of) the vulnerabilities. 

Posted in Security, Windows | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Microsoft Security Advisory (Surfaces) 08/08/2018

Microsoft issued another Microsoft Security Advisory on August 8, 2018. This concerns notes for Microsoft Surface devices regarding the Speculative Store Bypass (ADV180012) and Rogue System Register Read (ADV180013) vulnerabilities.

Posted in devices, Security | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Black Hat: Millions of Smartphones vulnerable

[German]Security researchers have analyzed smartphones on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They found vulnerabilities in devices from four major U.S. carriers that can be exploited.

Posted in devices, Security | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Mozilla’s DNS Single Point of Failure build into Firefox

[German]Firefox developers are starting again a (security) war against it's users by attempting, to implement DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) into Firefox browser. But Mozilla's way to do that, is a Single Point of Failure  (SPOF). Here is … Continue reading

Posted in browser, Security | Tagged , , | 4 Comments