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Investor Meridian BidCo LLC acquires majority stake in MariaDB plc
[German]Small addendum from July 25, 2024: It was announced that MariaDB plc has a new majority shareholder. This is a subsidiary of an investment firm. This company has acquired 88.7% of the shares in MariaDB plc and can now determine … Continue reading
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CrowdStrike analysis: Why an empty file led to BlueSceen
[German]On July 19, 2024, a faulty update of the CrowdStrike Falcon EDR software – specifically a file for a driver – caused millions of Windows computers worldwide to fail with a blue screen, while macOS and Linux systems were not … Continue reading
Windows systems throw BSOD due to faulty CrowdStrike update
[German]A couple of hours ago, we are facing two significant outages in Microsoft IT infra structure. Microsoft 365 have had an outage due to an Azure configuration change. And a faulty update from Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike force Windows hosts into … Continue reading
KB5040711 Update (Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server) fails
[German]On July 9, 2024, Microsoft also released the update KB5040711 (Security Update for Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server). However, I have received a reader report that an installation error occurs during the update installation. There are also reader … Continue reading
CheckMK also raises its prices
[German]In the article Paessler switches PRTG license model to subscriptions üI had just reported on a change from their license model to subscriptions. The bottom line is that this will lead to massive price increases. But CheckMK has probably also … Continue reading
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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 ...
Paessler switches PRTG license model to subscriptions
[German]The trend towards subscription models instead of one-off payments when purchasing software does not stop at Paessler and its PRTG software. A blog reader recently informed me about this change to PRTG from Paessler. I'll post the information here in … Continue reading
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MSI Center: Vulnerability CVE-2024-37726 allows system privileges
[German]A quick note for Windows users who have the MSI Center from Micro-Star International installed on their system. There is a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVE-2024-37726 in this software that allows an attacker to gain system privileges. Versions <= 2.0.36.0 … Continue reading
regreSSHion: Critical OpenSSH server vulnerability CVE-2024-6387
[German]A critical vulnerability CVE-2024-6387 has been disclosed in OpenSSH servers. The vulnerability, known as regreSSHion, allows remote unauthenticated code execution – and security firms have found over 14 million potentially vulnerable OpenSSH servers on the internet. However, the risk should … Continue reading
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TeamViewer hacked (June 2024)
[German]The remote software vendor TeamViewer has fallen victim to a successful cyber attack. Unknown perpetrators (some says APT29) were able to infiltrate the internal IT environment and gain access to the network. However, the provider states that its product environment … Continue reading
Bug in NetScaler 14.1 21.57 and 14.1 25.53 prevents PFX import
[German]Small note for administrators of a NetScaler ADC. There is a bug in various NetScaler firmware versions that prevents a PFX certificate from being imported and installed. The bug has now been confirmed – anyone who runs into this problem … Continue reading