Tag Archives: Windows

Windows January 2022 security updates for cURL vulnerability CVE-2021-22947 – a tough task for security reporters

Posted on 2022-01-21 by guenni

[German]As of January 11, 2022, Microsoft has closed the CVE-2021-22947 vulnerability in Windows 10, Windows 11 and their server counterparts with various security updates. The CVE-2021-22947 vulnerability affects the Curl library and was reported by German security researcher Stefan Kanthak … Continue reading →

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Review: Fix for Windows IPSec VPN Connection Issues

Posted on 2022-01-20 by guenni

[German]The security updates for Windows released by Microsoft on January 11, 2022 resulted in IPSec VPN connections no longer working with on-board tools. On January 17 and 18, 2022, Microsoft released special updates to fix this bug as well. Here's … Continue reading →

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Windows Out-of-band Updates fixes Jan. 2022 patch day issues (Jan. 17, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a slew of security updates for Windows 7 through Windows 11 and Windows Server 2008 R2 through Windows Server 2022, effective January 17, 2022. These are intended to fix the various issues (DC boot loop, IPSec VPN … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Microsoft Januar 2022 Patchday Revisions (2022/01/14)

Posted on 2022-01-17 by guenni

[German]As of January 11, 2022, Microsoft has released a number of security updates for Windows and Office that are supposed to eliminate vulnerabilities. However, some of these updates caused problems, disrupting functions in Windows. On January 14, 2022, Microsoft released … Continue reading →

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0patch fixes RemotePotato0 vulnerability in Windows

Posted on 2022-01-14 by guenni

[German]The ACROS Security team around founder Mitja Kolsek has just developed a micro-patch to close a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability of Windows. The patch is available free of charge for all customers with the 0patch agent until Microsoft closes this … Continue reading →

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

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Microsoft patch day issues Jan. 2022: bugs confirmed, but updates not pulled

Posted on 2022-01-14 by guenni

[German]The January patch day 2022 (January 11, 2022) brought administrators of Windows Server systems into serious trouble: Hyper-V is bricked, DCs are force into boot loops, ReFS has been removed, IPSec VPN connections are broken, and so on. Microsoft has … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-11 by guenni

[German]On January 11, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Windows Terminal Emulator: DoS and "White Screen of Death" via Escape Characters to Change the Title

Posted on 2022-01-10 by guenni

[German]Windows offers the possibility to change the window title of windows of a terminal emulator via control characters (ANSI Escape Characters). Some blog readers still know this, was used to adjust colors of a DOS window for example. A security … Continue reading →

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Strange: Norton 360 installs crypto miner

Posted on 2022-01-07 by guenni

[German]The security and antivirus solution Norton 360 installing a crypto miner on the user's Windows system. Although this can be controlled by the user, it is (in a time we are facing climate change) still questionable. I have become aware … Continue reading →

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Security: Windows Format command allows DLL loading abuse

Posted on 2022-01-04 by guenni

[German]It is almost unbelievable what can be hidden behind Windows functions and commands. The format command for formatting disks, which has been available in the command prompt for ages, has a side effect. With a parameter the call of an … Continue reading →

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