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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!

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.