Tag Archives: Sicherheit

Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (February 14, 2023)

Posted on 2023-02-15 by guenni

[German]On February 14, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some … Continue reading →

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Edge 107.0.1418.26 and 106.0.1370.61 fixes CVE-2022-3723

Posted on 2022-11-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 107.0.1418.26 as of October 29, 2022. This is a security update that fixes the CVE-2022-3723 vulnerability (Type Confusion in the V8 JavaScript engine). In addition, the Edge browser … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Europe's largest copper producer Aurubis victim of cyber attack (Oct. 28, 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-29 by guenni

[German]Aurubis, Europe's largest copper smelter by its own account, fell victim to a hacker attack in the night from Thursday to Friday (Oct. 28, 2022). As a precaution, the IT systems in Hamburg were then disconnected from the Internet and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Teams stores authentication tokens as plain text in Windows, Linux, Macs

Posted on 2022-09-18 by guenni

[German]The desktop app for Microsoft Teams stores authentication tokens as plain text on the Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. This allows attackers to access accounts using these tokens even if multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been enabled. Customers should rely on … Continue reading →

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Mitel MiVoice Connect is attacked by Lorenz ransomware

Posted on 2022-09-14 by guenni

[German]Phone systems from Canadian manufacturer Mitel that are used in companies are being attacked by ransomware from the Lorenz Group. Arctic Wolf Labs suspects that Lorenz Ransomware Group has exploited the CVE-2022-29499 vulnerability to compromise Mitel MiVoice Connect systems to … Continue reading →

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VirusTotal: Google report on malware trends

Posted on 2022-08-07 by guenni

[German]On its VirusTotal  service, Google receives numerous daily submissions of files to check if they are malware. In a new report, "Deception at scale: How malware abuses trust," a team from Google has compiled findings on various techniques malware uses … Continue reading →

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Critical CVE-2022-20825 in Cisco small business routers will not be fixed

Posted on 2022-06-20 by guenni

[German]A critical vulnerability CVE-2022-20825 exists in the RV110W, RV130, RV130W and RV215W small business routers, which has been assigned a CVE score of 9.8. Due to a lack of authentication, the vulnerability allows for remote command execution as well as … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (May 10, 2022)

Posted on 2022-05-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 as of May 10, 2022. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the … Continue reading →

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Firefox 100.0 and 91.9ESR released

Posted on 2022-05-04 by guenni

[German]Mozilla developers have released versions 100.0 and 91.9esr of the Firefox browser on May 3, 2022. This is a new development branch which, according to the Security Advisory, fixes critical vulnerabilities. Thanks to 1St1 for the tip. Advertising

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Chrome 101.0.4951.41 fixes 30 Vulnerabilities – but has a GPO bug

Posted on 2022-04-27 by guenni

[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 101.0.4951.41 for Windows and Mac on the desktop in the Stable Channel as of April 26, 2022. This is the new 101 development branch, with the update closing 30 vulnerabilities, some of which … Continue reading →

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