Monthly Archives: May 2018

0day patch for CVE-2018-8174 available

Posted on 2018-05-15 by guenni

[German]0patch has released a 0day patch to fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-8174) in Windows VBScript Engine. This will be helpful for users who are not able to install May 2018 security updates due to issues.

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Windows 7 SP1 network bug (KB4103718/KB4103712)

Posted on 2018-05-15 by guenni

[German]On Patchday, May 8, 2018, Microsoft has also released the updates KB4103718/KB4103712 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Now there are reports, that these updates may cause network issues.

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Update ‘Surface – HIDClass 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM – 3.3.206.0’

Posted on 2018-05-15 by guenni

[German]Are you suddenly seeing a 'Surface – HIDClass 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM – 3.3.206.0' driver update on your Windows machines? But you don't have a Surface devices? Here are some details about that update.

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Adobe Reader DC security update

Posted on 2018-05-15 by guenni

[German]Firma Adobe has published on May 11, 2018 an Advanced Security Bulletin, mentions a vulnerability in Adobe Reader DC. A security update has been released on May 14, 2018.

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

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Windows 10: Issues with WSUS and Store (V1803)

Posted on 2018-05-14 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 April Update (version 1803) probably causes issues with the Microsoft Store. And WSUS may have problems rolling out updates for Windows 10 clients. With WSUS it turns out that Microsoft has fixed something and distributed it in the … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability in PGP and S/MIME

Posted on 2018-05-14 by guenni

[German]Security researcher found a critical vulnerability in encryption used by PGP and S/MIME during encrypting e-mails. This results that encrypted messages may contain data in plain text and also old encrypted messages can be decrypted afterwards.

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100.000+ systems infected by Chrome extensions

Posted on 2018-05-14 by guenni

[German]Once again it's the old story: Users drag extensions for Google's Chrome browser onto their system – and thus infect the devices with malware. More than 100,000 computers are said to have been infected by malicious chrome extensions.

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Windows 10 V1803: Fix for Explorer Timeline crashes

Posted on 2018-05-14 by guenni

[German]In Windows 10 April Update (version 1803), users users are facing cyclic Explorer crashes or freezes. Other applications may also be affected. The reason is a bug in Timeline. However, there is a workaround.

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Skype in decline: Who broke it?

Posted on 2018-05-13 by guenni

[German]Not so good news for Skype users – Microsoft has been carving around the Skype clients since taking over Skype in 2011. In the meantime, the clients are difficult to use and are often buggy or lacking functions. Skype has … Continue reading →

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Tor Browser 7.5.4

Posted on 2018-05-12 by guenni

The developers of the Tor Browser (or The Tor Network) released the update to version 7.5.4 on May 9, 2018. Here is an overview of what has changed.

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