Tag Archives: Security

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.

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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

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A new WPA/WPA2 attack with PMKID

[German]A new method of attacking Wi-Fi connections encrypted/secured via WPA/WPA2 using PMKID has become public. Here are a few details what is known so far.

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Remote Code Execution vulnerability in HP inkjet printers

[German]Here is a security notification for users of HP inkjet printers. HP has discovered vulnerabilities in the firmware of various printers that allow remote code execution.

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A Virus infected fabs from iPhone Chip maker TSMC

[German]According to press reports, the production facilities of the iPhone chip manufacturer TSMC were infected by a virus on Friday (August 3, 2018). The problem should be solved by today's Sunday.

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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 ...


Microsoft Security Update Releases/Notifications (08/01/2018)

[German]Effective August 1, 2018, Microsoft has pulished Microsoft Security Update Releases for CVE-2018-8172 and CVE-2018-8202 and Microsoft Security Advisory Notification (with notes on Spectre patches). Here are the details.

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Wrong language in Windows Defender Application Guard

[German]Within the blog post I like to document another strange observation made by an administrator on a German Windows 10 Enterprise. The Windows Defender Application Guard displays a user interface in either Czech or Polish.

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Microsoft Security Update Releases (CVE-2018-8202)

A short information about the weekend: Microsoft has corrected the security descriptor for the CVE-2018-8202 vulnerability. Here is the information.

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Microsoft Security Update Releases

A short information: Microsoft has revised Microsoft Security Update Releases for CVE-2018-8308. Here are the details.

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Critical vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite (CSP)

[German]On July 18, 2018, Cisco released 25 security updates, including a critical patch for the Cisco Policy Suite that removes an undocumented password for the root account. Here is some information for administrators using the Cisco Policy Suite (CSP) in … Continue reading

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