Tag Archives: Software

Update CrushFTP to v11.1.0, vulnerability (CVE-2024-4040) under attack

Posted on 2024-04-23 by guenni

[German]CrushFTP is a proprietary file transfer server with multiple protocols and platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows) that is available as shareware with a tiered pricing model. It is aimed at home users through to corporate users. As of April 19, 2024, the … Continue reading →

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Critical PuTTY vulnerability CVE-2024-31497 leaks private keys

Posted on 2024-04-18 by guenni

[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 →

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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 ...

Citrix: License renewal currently not possible? VMware deprecates old web client

Posted on 2024-04-16 by guenni

[German]Question for Citrix users: Has anyone tried to renew licenses in the last few days? I have received information that there are "currently" problems getting license renewals from Citrix. And another reader has informed me that VMware is discontinuing their … Continue reading →

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VMware news: Multi-year subscriptions only? End-user products distribution under Omnissa

Posted on 2024-04-14 by guenni

[German]Here are some news about VMware by Broadcom. I have just been told that VMware by Broadcom could "soon" only accept subscriptions with terms of 3 or 5 years – but this has probably not yet been finalized. And the … Continue reading →

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Massive price hike in license costs: Is Citrix now also copying the "Broadcom business approach"?

Posted on 2024-04-08 by guenni

[German]German blog reader has told me that there are substantial price hikes for license renewals of Citrix Virtual Desktop solutions or other Citrix products. The question is "does Citrix copies the Broadcom business approach". Advertising

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Breaking news: Microsoft abandons ChatGPT in EU after AI recommendation

Posted on 2024-04-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's plans to roll out its AI solution Copilot worldwide with its products do not seem to be working out very well at the end of the day. Following extreme headwinds  in US congress and in the EU, I understand … Continue reading →

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Linux: Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma; compromise of SSH servers

Posted on 2024-03-30 by guenni

[German]As of Friday, March 29, 2024, Red Hat has published a warning. The latest versions of the "xz" tools and libraries contain malicious code, a backdoor, which is apparently intended to allow unauthorized access. Affected by the backdoor (vulnerability CVE-2024-3094) … Continue reading →

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Deprecated: Test Base, special TLS authentication certificates, Visual Studio App Center

Posted on 2024-03-16 by guenni

[English]Another brief information: Microsoft has announced the discontinuation of Visual Studio App Center this week. Furthermore, features such as Test Base (Azure) and TLS server authentication certificates with less than 2048 bits were classified as "deprecated" and discontinued for March … Continue reading →

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Private equity firm KKR buys VMware end customer business for 4 billion dollars

Posted on 2024-03-02 by guenni

[German]Another short news from the Broadcom VMware cosmos that reached me at the end of February 2024. According to an announcement, the private equity company KKR will take over the end customer business including the VMware product portfolio. The purchase … Continue reading →

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Leap year problem 29 February: Citrix and Sophos on board

Posted on 2024-02-29 by guenni

[German]It's a leap year, which happens roughly every four years. And there is something even more memorable: Sophos is struggling with the leap year 2024 because there are problems with SSL/TLS decryption in the SOPHOS Central Endpoint Agent. And at … Continue reading →

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