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Monthly Archives: January 2020
Maintenance on Jan. 15 – 16 2020
FYI: today 10 p.m. (CET) to Jan. 15, 2020 6 a.m. (CET) and from Jan. 15, 2020 10 p.m. (CET) to Jan. 16, 2020 6 a.m. (CET) my provider provides maintenance. During the above periodes the blogs at borncity may … Continue reading
Windows: Is a critical cryptography patch coming today?
[German]If the rumors are true, today comes a critical patch for the CryptoAPI of some versions of Windows. The vulnerability is putting all kind of encryption at risk. The US military is said to have received the fix in advance. … Continue reading
Chrome support for Windows 7 until at least mid 2021
[German]Google has announced recently to support the Google Chrome browser also over the end of support for Windows 7 SP1 until mid 2021. Here is some information on the topic.
PoC for Citrix ADC/Netscaler vulnerability CVE-2019-19781
[German]There is an unpatched vulnerability CVE-2019-19781 in Citrix ADC (Application Delivery Controller, formerly Netscaler) and proof of concept (PoC) exploits have been available for a few days to exploit the vulnerability – and honeypots are already under attack. I got … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Chromium-Edge: Issues and no Auto Update for Enterprises
[German]On January 15, 2020, (patchday) Microsoft starts the rollout of the Chromium-based Edge. Now Microsoft has clarified once again in which environments automatic update will take place and that enterprise envionments won't get an automatic update. In addition, some known … Continue reading
Thunderbird 68.4.1 released
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have now released version 68.4.1. This is a maintenance (and security) update for the 68 main version of the email client.
Windows 10: Upgrade error 0xA0000400
[German]Some users are facing an upgrade error 0xA0000400 during an attempt, to upgrade a Windows 10 machine to a newer build. I first came over this error 0xA0000400 in Windows 10 Anniversary Update (see the linked German blog post). The … Continue reading
Security Baseline recommendations for Office 365 Pro Plus
[German]Brief information for administrators responsible for deploying and securing Office 365 in enterprise environments. Microsoft has now added a Security Baseline for Office 365 Pro Plus and published a Techcommunity article about it.
Windows 10: Microsoft allows feature and driver update blocks
[German]Microsoft is introducing some changes in 2020 regarding Windows 10 drivers. Manufacturers will be able to request a feature update blocking for incompatible drivers. And around the patchday and during the rollout of feature updates, driver updates via Windows Update … Continue reading
Albany County Airport Authority (NY) Victim of Ransomware
[German]Over Christmas, the IT infrastructure of the Albany County Airport Authority of the city of Albany, New York State, was attacked by Sodinokibi ransomware. This ransomware then encrypted the files on their servers.