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Microsoft declared security as a top priority
[German]Following a series of serious security incidents, including the Microsoft Cloud, the Redmond-based giant now wants to turn things around. Security is now "above all else", they say, and a "Secure Future Initiative" has been launched at Microsoft. There have … Continue reading
AnyDesk: They have signed the client with an old certificate (April 24, 2024)
[German]Brief information for AnyDesk (remote desktop software). On April 24/25, 2024, the remote maintenance provider AnyDesk rolled out a "rotten" version of its AnyDesk client, which is blocked by Microsoft Defender under Windows. The background to this is that the … Continue reading
End of support for Office 2016 and 2019 in October 2025
[German]Brief information for Office users and administrators. Microsoft has remind its users recently once again that support for its Microsoft Office versions 2016 and 2019 will end in October 2025. The same applies to the associated Productivity Server, i.e. administrators … Continue reading
Microsoft's new Store app installer with telemetry wrapper as a security trap
[German]I just reported how the Store team has started repackaging Store apps. An executable .NET wrapper is slapped around the store apps, which smuggles telemetry and other code into the app. This is intended to simplify the installation of store … Continue reading
Windows print spooler vulnerability CVE-2022-38028 preferred attack vector for Russian attackers
[German]The old print spooler vulnerability CVE-2022-38028 in Windows is probably the preferred target of the Russian hacker group Fancy Bear. This was revealed by Microsoft's analysis of an attack tool ('GooseEgg' malware). However, this attack vector can no longer be … Continue reading
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 ...
US cyber expert: Microsoft is a national security risk
[German]Lousy security culture, products as full of holes as a Swiss cheese, but "to big to fail and everyone is dependent". That's a description of Microsoft – not mine, but the tenor of the statements made by the former White … Continue reading
Data leak at Chinese manufacturer reveals information on surveillance devices
A Chinese manufacturer has inadvertently disclosed the data of surveillance devices. An unsecured database, which was freely accessible on the internet, contained 3 billion data records with details of surveillance systems from Chinese manufacturer Raysharp.
Critical PuTTY vulnerability CVE-2024-31497 leaks private keys
[German]The free software PuTTY can be used to establish connections via Secure Shell, Telnet, remote login or serial interfaces with a server. However, there is a critical vulnerability in the software in question (CVE-2024-31497) that can be used to reconstruct … Continue reading
US CISA orders admins in authorities to mitigate the cyber risks of the Microsoft Cloud
[English]On April 2, 2024, the US cybersecurity authority CISA issued a directive to the administrators of US authorities requiring them to "mitigate" or eliminate the cyber risks posed to customers by a hack of the Microsoft Cloud or the Microsoft … Continue reading
Unsecured Microsoft Azure Server exposes passwords etc. of Microsoft systems (Feb. 2024)
[German]Security researchers from SOCRadar have discovered an unsecured storage server on Microsoft Azure on which internal information about Microsoft's Bing search engine was stored. Well, the storage server, which was freely accessible to anyone, only contained unimportant stuff from Microsoft … Continue reading