The time, the time… – well COVID keeps us busy even a year later
this also means that I hardly find any time to concentrate on this
blog and maintain my transition at my job. All this is really time-
consuming and thus I cut back on less important things right now.

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When it comes to security, Apple still sets a high level.
However there are now issues with the T2 security chip
that cannot be ironed out at all. This could allow hackers
to compromise T2-equipped devices easily via USB.

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It was a long time since you last have read from our team!
We’re sorry for that if you expected regular updates from
us as we used to post daily for your reading needs about
tech stuff and other news that might be of interest.

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Seems as if Apple has ironed out some nasty glitches and
bugs with their newest iOS release. Among the security flaw
of the parental control app to allow children to add new
contacts without the security code they also solved audio issues

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Windows 7 support officially ended yesterday and
with it a truly good time of one operating system as
reliable as good ol’ Windows XP. Since today only
customers with ESU subscription will receive updates.

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Corellium, known for software and OS virtualization
is facing a possible lawsuit from Apple for providing
ideas on how to circumvent the iOS security and also
allowing a jailbreak. A technique, Apple doesn’t like.

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The end of Windows 7 is near. On January 14, 2020
the official support for Windows 7 will end and end
users will no longer receive security updates for the
OS. MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) is not affected.

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For sure nothing one would like to read about but it seems
as if NordVPNs safe network has been compromised in 2018
and some personal information (private keys) were stolen.
This can mean a serious problem as these keys can be used…

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Since iOS13 has implemented a SwipeKeyboard natively,
the need for 3rd party Apps providing you with a swipe
keyboard is no longer necessary. With a recently discovered
bug it might even be a good idea to have them removed.

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Privacy is a thing of concern and they all seem to have their
problems with it. Facebook however got caught several times
failing to secure personal data. In this case again millions of
user datasets have been exposed using cloud services.

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When Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada
accused for industrial spionage her personal
goods were also seized for forensic investigation.
Interesting that she uses an Apple iPhone…

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If the situation wouldn’t be grim for facebook
already, there’s a new scandal hitting Mark
Zuckerberg’s social media empire. It seems as if
there was again ma massive security hole detected.

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When you speak of Privacy, then mostly the own
data is meant. Where Cloud Services and also
manufacturers of hardware, like Apple or Samsung
point out to be safe, Apple sees their hardware safe!

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Nginx is known to many of website owners as Linux
servers often run nginx webserver as backend for
Websites. Originally released under BSD licence, nginx
can be used freely used by private persons.

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This is actually a serious bug that forced Apple to take down
the GroupChat function in FaceTime until further notice. But
what has happened? It seems as if you can spy on your call
partner using GroupChat without him noticing it!

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After two pulls Microsoft has finally released Build 1809
for download for everyone. However this update isn’t
shown automatically and you have to manually trigger
the installation via Windows Update!

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Spectre strikes again! It seems as if Intel has no time to
rest. Has Spectre V1 been digested halfway, there’s some
new competitor hitting the floor: SplitSpectre! While the
decessor requires time-critical timing for attacks, the new…

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Well known that WPA2 can be infiltrated by 3rd party users
using KRACK method, the WFA has now made direct plans
on how to solve the problem with the security holes of WPA2.
When WPA3 will be applied via firware updates to routers…

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Well it seems as if Apple always has to deal with some
lockscreen bugs here and there. With Group Facetime
another security issue has become available. When in
the lockscreen, it is possible to view contact details.

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Google Plus seems to be shut down definitely!
As it seems, the social media platform didn’t
succeed against Facebook as intended. In 2011
Google Plus was announced as an alternative.

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Again Apple’s iOS12 is subject to reveal secured data.
Yet the process is really complex and might need a
second phone as well as Siri being activated in the lock
screeen. Most users should hence be safe though!

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Chrome and Google are known for it’s
aggressive data collection behaviour.
But with Chrome version 69, Google has
reached a new level of privacy breach.

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Security leaks are always a nuisance. The 0day leak
that is shown below is a tool that allows access to
private Data, such as the Address Book and other
files of the user. And this without any prompts!

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As if ads and commercials on TV weren’t enough
already, buyers of Xaomi Mi phones with MIUI
will see “recommendations” all over the Android
environment. Luckily you can get rid of them.

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If you thought, a high tech car with a value of over
100’000 US$ cannot be stolen easily, then you’d better
not watch the following video. A team of the catholic
University Leuven in Belgium shows how.

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Windows 7 is still omnipresent in most offices around
the world. The reason is that all these offices refuse
to replace a perfectly good-running OS with Windows 10
as it also means to change the common software library.

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Whatsapp is facing security issues all the time. The newest
one allows MITM attacks where the attacker can alter sent
messages or hide them in a group chat from certain group
members. How the attack works shows the following video.

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Hardly has the problem with SPECTRE been digested, there’s
a new nightmare ahead for users of Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs.
As the universities in Saarland, Germany and California have
detected, there are two main variants breaching the security…

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The migration of all video files has finally been finished.
So from now on you will only find MP4 videos on this blog
The reason for the change was the fact that Adobe has
announced to drop support for Adobe Flash in 2020.

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As if things wouldn’t be grim enough when it comes to privacy
and security, this new case of fatal security breach is going to
mean big trouble not only for Lenovo and their security tool.
The reason is the infestation of the HTTPS-mechanism in common.

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Well, since today you’d better reconsider your thoughts and plans. According to
the french government, the french border control has all rights to search your
PDA for evidence (whatever it could be) without prior suspect. As this might
be a serious break with the right of privacy, the experts are alarmed.

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Th esecurity hole where you can bypass the security code by dialling an
emergency call number is boggling Apple big time. This video shows how to
test if your device is also affected by the security issue. Even with iOS 6.1.2
the security hole isn’t fixed and I could reproduce the steps on my 4/4S

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