Tag Archives: Security

Microsoft Office Patchday (March 13, 2018)

[German]On Patchday (second Tuesday of the month, March 13, 2018) Microsoft has released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 2016.

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Vulnerability in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3)

[German]Does anyone of you use the Integrated Lights-out for HP client servers management software? Integrated Lights-out3 (iLO 3) has a security vulnerability allowing DDoS attacks.

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Cisco Security Alert – Updates for 22 vulnerabilities available

[German]Cisco has released 22 Security Advisories about vulnerabilities in several of its products. A couple of these vulnerabilities are classified as critical, others as high.

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Intel Spectre/Meltdown Microcode Updates (March 11, 2018)

[German]Intel began rolling out microcode updates  against meltdown and spectre attacks on its Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge family of processors a few days ago to OEMs. Here is an overview of the microcode updates that are now available.

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Windows Defender ATP detects Finfisher spyware

[German]Microsoft has built-in detection of the spyware Finfisher in Windows Defender ATP. This should make it harder for government agencies and their Trojans to spy on Windows users.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft’s Control Flow Guard can be bypassed

[German]Italian security researchers have developed a concept to leverage the exploit protection control flow guard supported in Windows 8.1 up to Windows 10 (and the server counterparts). The concept will be presented to the public at Black Hat Asia.

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Spotify app blocks Windows 10 system restore

[German]Owners of Windows 10 run into the problem that the spotify app from Microsoft Store kills the system recovery of Windows 10. Here ate some information and details.

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Vulnerability in HPE Integrated Lights-out 2, 3, 4

[German]Another addendum for people who use HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2,3,4 (iLO2, iLO3, iLO4) and HPE Superdome Flex RMC from HP Enterprise. There is a potential vulnerability in these products.

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Vulnerability in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway 1.1

[German]Just a short information: Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway had several vulnerabilities, which were closed at the beginning of the month with an update.

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Avoid uTorrent desktop and Web client

[German]I don't know if anyone else is using Bittorrent via the uTorrent client or their web client. For security reasons, you should not use the these clients any more.

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