Tag Archives: Security

Qualcomm-vulnerability breaks Android’s disk encryption

Posted on 2016-07-02 by guenni

Flaws in Qualcomm's TrustZone implementation allows to crack Android's disk encryption (device encryption) via brute-force attacks. Millions of Android devices are affected.

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Security flaw in Symantec’s AV products sets you at risk

Posted on 2016-06-29 by guenni

Bad news for all computer users (Windows and Mac OS) working with Symantec's Anti Virus-/security solutions. Tavis Ormandy from Google's project zero has uncovered a vulnerability that affects all Norton/Symantec security products.

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New Lenovo Solution Center V 3.3.003 fixes 2 security holes

Posted on 2016-06-26 by guenni

Lenovo has released a new version 3.3.003 of Lenovo Solution Center, because prior versions comes with two critical vulnerabilities. Here are a few hints how to handle the new security desaster.

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Sophos Home: A free commercial-grade security for the home

Posted on 2016-06-26 by guenni

Security vendor Sophos offers a free commercial-grade security solution (Sophos Home) for home users.

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Urgent: Remove Apple`s QuickTime Player from Windows

Posted on 2016-04-16 by guenni

In short: This is an urgent call to action – please uninstall QuickTime for Windows as soon as possible, because there are two serious reasons: First, Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft Windows – no further security updates are provided. … Continue reading →

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

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Drown: homeserver.com sub-domains are vulnerable

Posted on 2016-03-07 by guenni

Today a warning, dedicated to Windows HomeServer users. It seems, that many subdomains hosted under Microsoft's homeserver.com domain are vulnerable via Drown attacks.

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Tool tip: FolderSecurityViewer for Shares

Posted on 2016-01-09 by guenni

[German edition]Today just a short tip for Active Directory admins. FolderSecurityViewer is a tool developed to analyze access permissions in network shares, managed on Windows Servers with Active Directory. Further details may be found on this web site.

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Microsoft’s failure with default Windows device encryption

Posted on 2015-12-30 by guenni

Microsoft supports automatic device encryption since Windows 8 for selected hardware. The odd thing: The recovery key is transmitted to Microsoft without a possibility to stop that transfer.

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Microsoft Security-Advisory 3119884 (Dell root certificates)

Posted on 2015-12-02 by guenni

Microsoft has published Security Advisory 3119884 Inadvertently Disclosed Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing. This advisory addresses the Dell root-CA-certificate desaster.

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An issue in Dell Foundation Service allows user tracking

Posted on 2015-12-01 by guenni

Another bad day for Dell Inc. Their Dell Foundation Services version 2.3.3800.0A00 and below comes with a serious security issue. Dell Foundation Services can be exploited by a malicious website to leak the Dell service tag of a Dell system, … Continue reading →

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