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Office 365: Zero-Font bypassing weakens email security
[German]Cyber criminals are currently using a well-known zero-font bypassing technology to trick Office 365's Microsoft security filters on emails and smuggle spam onto systems.
Intel Math Unit (FPU) leaks ‘crypto-‘ daten (CVE-2018-3665)
[German]A design flaw in the math unit (FPU) of various Intel CPUs can leak crypto data to applications. Kernel developers of Windows, Linux and Co. has provided kernel patches (partially).
Microsoft Security Update Releases (June 2018)
As part of the June 2018 patchday (June 12, 2018), Microsoft has also updated and reissued several security warnings. Here is an uncommented overview of what has changed.
Patchday: Windows 10 updates June 12, 2018
[German]Microsoft released several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds on June 12, 2018. Here are some details about these updates.
Critical security update for Chrome browser
[German]The Google Chrome developers have just released a critical security update for the Chrome browser. Users should update their browser to the current version 67.0.3396.79 as soon as possible.
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 ...
New vulnerability Zip Slip revealed
[German]The next security vulnerability called 'Zip Slip' has just been discovered by security researchers. The vulnerability can be found in many open source projects, from JAVA to packing programs. Even.NET or JavaScript are affected and as a user you can't … Continue reading
PSA: EOL for TLS 1.0/1.1 support in Intune and Office 365
[German]Short information for administrators managing Windows systems with Microsoft's Intune. Microsoft is phasing out support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 (for security reasons) in the fall of 2018. Home and end users are not affected by this change, and … Continue reading
Vulnerability in TP-Link-Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND
[German]Security advice for owners of the TP-Link routers TL-WR841N and TL-WR841ND. Both models have security vulnerabilities, making the devices vulnerable to brute force and and cross-site request forgery attacks..
GDPR: Continental bans WhatsApp & Snapchat
[German]Privacy and security concerns resulted in a ban of WhatsApp & Snapchat on company devices from Continental AG. This is justified by the legal situation (GDPR) and the protection of business secrets.
Security information (June 5th 2018)
Today a collection of security incidents that have come to my attention these days. Data leaks and updates included. Also included: A Windows vulnerability in JScript.