Tag Archives: Software

Criminal business and malicious AI models on the darknet

Posted on 2025-05-11 by guenni

[German] Check Point has published its new AI Security Report 2025. In it, the security researchers examine how artificial intelligence is changing the cyber threat landscape. This ranges from generative AI models built specifically for hackers, i.e. GPTs, on the … Continue reading →

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Warning: iVentoy 1.0.2 installs obscure certificates and drivers

Posted on 2025-05-07 by guenni

[German]A short warning to blog readers who use the iVentoy tool to distribute operating system images via a network and a PXE server. There is currently a discussion that the tool (currently version 1.0.2) installs an insecure kernel driver and … Continue reading →

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AnyDesk: License change also for existing customers

Posted on 2025-05-04 by guenni

[German]The vendor of remote maintenance software, AnyDesk, now also wants to convert existing customers to an "updated license model" when the old licenses expire. This is being sold as "exciting news" about being able to grow with the company. At … Continue reading →

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Exchange: Optimization of PowerShell processing through multi-threading techniques

Posted on 2025-05-02 by guenni

[German]How can we optimize bulk operations with PowerShell scripts in Microsoft Exchange? With PowerShell v7, Microsoft has offered the possibility of using multi-threading techniques. The Exchange team has dealt with the options in question in a blog post and describes … Continue reading →

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WorkComposer misconfiguration exposes over 21 million screenshots

Posted on 2025-04-30 by guenni

[German]It's the absolute worst-case scenario for data protection and a nightmare for companies. The misconfiguration of software exposes millions of screenshots containing extremely confidential data. Happened with the employee monitoring software WorkComposer due to a misconfiguration.

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When Oracle turns off your hospital IT

Posted on 2025-04-29 by guenni

[German]A nasty surprise for some clinics and their IT departments. Maintenance technicians from the US provider Oracle unintentionally deleted critical resources during support. As a result, the IT "lights went out" at 45 clinics that were Oracle customers. Oracle Health … Continue reading →

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Important Security Update for Connect Wise ScreenConnect

Posted on 2025-04-25 by guenni

[German]A brief note for readers who use the ScreenConnect product from Connect Wise. The provider has issued a warning that an important security update is available for this product. Users and administrators, that are using the on-premises version of this … Continue reading →

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PDFCreator from pdfforge no longer free for corporate environments from version 6.0.0

Posted on 2025-04-20 by guenni

[German]Today a short note for administrators in corporate environments who use the PDFCreator from pdfforge on their Windows clients. The developer has made a change to the software for creating PDF documents. As a result, this software can no longer … Continue reading →

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Microsoft increases prices for on-premises servers and Power BI

Posted on 2025-04-04 by guenni

[German]Keine Überraschung für Nutzer von Microsofts Produkten. Redmond erhöht die Preise für seine On-Premises Server-Produkte am 1. Juli 2025 um 10%. Und auch Power BI ist am 1. April 2025 wohl drastisch (bis zu 40 %) teurer geworden, wie ich … Continue reading →

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Critical AMI-BMC vulnerability CVE-2024-54085 allows server takeover

Posted on 2025-03-24 by guenni

[German]Brief warning or information for administrators who use AMI MegaRAC BMC. The company has already published a security warning on March 11, 2025. There is a critical vulnerability CVE-2024-54085 (CVSS v4 score of 10.0), which should allow a remote server … Continue reading →

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