Monthly Archives: August 2018

PSA: Classic Shell is now Open Shell Menu – and a warning

Posted on 2018-08-11 by guenni

[German]New information for users and interested parties of the Windows tool Classic Shell: The follow-up project has already been renamed again and is now called Open Shell Menu. Here's some information and a hint why I (currently) would say 'be … Continue reading →

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Windows: Intel Graphics driver 24.20.100.6229

Posted on 2018-08-11 by guenni

Intel has released an update of its graphics driver to version 24.20.100.6229. This update contains security fixes and some bug fixes. Here are a few details what to know about this update.

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Windows 10 Updates KB4295110/KB4023057 (08/09/2018)

Posted on 2018-08-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the updates KB4295110 and KB4023057 for Windows 10 on August 9, 2018. Here is some information.

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Black Hat: Windows 10 and the Cortana vulnerability

Posted on 2018-08-10 by guenni

[German]At the current Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researchers showed how easy it was to use Cortana ito bypass security functions under Windows 10. Microsoft has closed (come of) the vulnerabilities. 

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Microsoft Security Advisory (Surfaces) 08/08/2018

Posted on 2018-08-09 by guenni

Microsoft issued another Microsoft Security Advisory on August 8, 2018. This concerns notes for Microsoft Surface devices regarding the Speculative Store Bypass (ADV180012) and Rogue System Register Read (ADV180013) vulnerabilities.

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Firefox 61.0.2 released

Posted on 2018-08-09 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers have released an (unscheduled) update to Firefox 61.0.2. This update brings some bug fixes (if I haven't overlooked anything but no security fixes). In addition, a new, practical function (automatic recovery) is introduced for Windows

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Black Hat: Millions of Smartphones vulnerable

Posted on 2018-08-09 by guenni

[German]Security researchers have analyzed smartphones on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They found vulnerabilities in devices from four major U.S. carriers that can be exploited.

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Windows 10 V1803: Domain join bug and a workaround

Posted on 2018-08-09 by guenni

[German]Administrators who want to join a domain with clients running Windows 10 V1803 Pro or Enterprise may run into a problem. A bug prevents the domain join. So far I am not aware that Microsoft has fixed this. But there … Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy S7 vulnerable to Meltdown

Posted on 2018-08-08 by guenni

Surprise: The Samsung Galaxy S7 is also affected by the meltdown vulnerability, although no Intel CPU is working there. This was announced to Reuters by security researchers from the University of Graz. Researchers Daniel Gruss, Moritz Lipp and Michael Schwarz … Continue reading →

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A Windows Update bricked Steven Sinofsky’s Surface RT

Posted on 2018-08-08 by guenni

[German]A little Schadenfreude and a nice story for for annoyed Windows users who are facing a bricked system after an update install. Also happens to more prominent people, like Mr. Steven Sinofsky…

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