Security

Security is a topic I deal with day by day in my job and try to transfer this interest in this subject into my private interest, too. Today, there are plenty of security issues and many consideration how to achieve and keep it - a demanding and Sisyphean task!

Security

Tor Browser now automatically bypasses Internet censorship

While the world dismantles itself in many ways these days, the need for anonymity and freedom of speech constantly rises to help speaking out with voices of reason. One elementary tool for this is Tor Browser.

Linux

Protecting your Linux-server with CrowdSec

There are many ways of equipping your system with a basic protection. UFW and Fail2Ban always did a great job and CrowdSec is yet another great alternative with a modern console.

Apple

Apple is approaching the problem with nagging CAPTCHAs in iOS 16

They belong to the latter Internet-age but, along with the basically good idea of checking whether you‘re a robot or not, CAPTCHAs often interrupt the user experience in the Web. Apple is now seemingly approaching this problem with the upcoming iOS 16.

Anonymity

Mullvad removes the option to create new subscriptions

When using a VPN-service, each possible conclusion on a specific user may torpedo the construct of anonymity. Mullvad now tries to further reduce this risk by stripping down a specific payment option.

Nextcloud

How to use Geoblocking with Nextcloud Hub II

Especially during these times there may be the need to regulate the access to webservers and specific solutions running thereon. I had this idea in mind for quite some time and although putting it aside for many months now, adding a geoblocking-option to my Nextcloud was always on my mind.

Software

Vaultwarden: Your guide to your self-hosted Bitwarden password vault

Even a day after the #SaferInternetDay, managing the challenging riddle to choose a specific password manager is still a tricky task, especially if you also want to self-host your sensitive data. Should this be the case and you want to be independent from a service provider for whatever reason, it

Microsoft

There may be a passwordless future — according to Microsoft!

For many, many years, passwords were our keys to computer systems. Now, voices announcing the passwordless times are raising.

Security

One Reason why you should instantly disconnect your WD My Book Live from the Internet

While I love the cloud and the power that comes with it, I still see no reason to expose every device at home for some kind of remote…

Internet

FBI arrests man planning “to kill 70% of Internet” in AWS bomb-attack

While we are more and more dependent from internet services, „outage“ is one of the scenarios we fear. With this dependency, losing…

Hardware

How to freshen up your worn-out Sophos XG Firewall with pfSense or OPNsense

After accompanying Sophos for quite a long time, the security vendor seems to be stuck between two worlds lately when it comes to its two…

Nextcloud

How to easily implement Nextcloud’s End-to-End-Encryption

With the release of the latest Nextcloud-clients in the 3.x-branch, the (formerly) experimental End-to-End-Encryption was finally welcomed…

Apple

How another kind of Malware could hit our Macs — Macro-malware is still an underestimated threat

„Malware is Windows only“ is a statement I often hear when talking with less-informed Mac-users. This may have been true some years ago…

Apple

macOS Big Sur beta hints that Face ID for Mac might be coming

Face ID has successfully taken over from Touch ID on iPhones and iPads, now it might do the same on macOS-devices according to some leaked…

Security

Garmin shuts down services after suspected ransomware attack

We got used to many comfortable gadgets in today’s IoT-world, but dangers are lurking everywhere and as Garmin seems to be hit by a…

Security

VMware closes severe and „root“-rated security flaw on macOS

Whatever you do with VMware-products on macOS, it is time for a security update as the vendor reported a serious security flaw targeting…

Software

Veeam aiming for the podium of the largest backup vendors

„It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ’n’ roll“ — seemingly no deal for Veeam as the company has recently announced it’s new…

Apple

ThiefQuest ransomware is actively targeting macOS users

Still today, many users think that ransomware is a nasty thing targeting Windows-platforms only

Security

Nitrokey releases new firmware for FIDO2 security key — and you can easily update yours!

Some time ago I blogged about the option to increase the security of your online accounts by adding a hardware-based token as second…

Apple

Apple closes critical „Sign in with Apple“ security flaw, pays huge bug bounty

Dealing with passwords is always some kind of necessary burden.

Hardware

How to strengthen your online accounts with an hardware-based security key

As of today, people are more concerned about privacy than years before.

Security

Fatal Edison Mail-bug giving access to foreign users mailboxes on iOS

E-Mail is — by far — not dead and we still use it daily to communicate with each other. While there are plenty of options to secure the…

Nextcloud

How to enable server-side encryption in Nextcloud

When it comes to your private-hosted cloud, Nextcloud is surely one of the solutions to get this task accomplished.