Monthly Archives: June 2020

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Windows Insider Program changed from Rings to Channels

Posted on 2020-06-30 by guenni

[German]On June 29, 2020, Microsoft completed the change from ring system to channel delivery for Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Windows Insiders should now find the options for channel selection. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Alert: Patch CVE-2020-2021 (in Palo Alto Networks products)

Posted on 2020-06-30 by guenni

[German]Warning about the SAML vulnerability CVE-2020-2021 in various devices from the vendor Palo Alto and similar products. It can be assumed that the vulnerability will soon be exploited by cyber criminals to penetrate networks. Advertising

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China and the spyware in software products

Posted on 2020-06-30 by guenni

[German]Today a short collective article about China, state hackers, espionage and software products. There have been attacks on Australia and spyware has been found in a Chinese control software. Both cases point to state hackers from China as originators. Advertising

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Windows 10 V2004: Recover deleted files with the Windows File Recovery App

Posted on 2020-06-29 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just released the Windows File Recovery App Tool in the Microsoft Store. This command line application can be used to recover accidentally deleted files. Advertising

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Ransomware infection at LG, data exfiltrated?

Posted on 2020-06-28 by guenni

[German]I have received information through various channels that the internationally active Korean company LG was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Maze Group is making a complaint and threatening to release sensitive data. Advertising

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Privacy issues at Twitter

Posted on 2020-06-28 by guenni

[German]This week Twitter had to apologize to customers for a data leak where unauthorized persons gained access to business data (invoice data). Here are a few details known so far. Advertising

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Survey: How satisfied are you with the Office/Windows updates?

Posted on 2020-06-28 by guenni

[German]The updates that Microsoft releases for Office and Windows are felt to be getting worse every week. But what is the real situation of the users? Are reports about update problems a fantasy of the press? Are your satisfied with … Continue reading →

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Microsoft closes all retail stores

Posted on 2020-06-28 by guenni

In its latest announcement Microsoft says they closes all Microsoft stores worldwide. This will change the temporary closure of the stores in the context of the coronavirus pandemic into a permanent shutdown. Advertising

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VMware fixes critical vulnerarbilities in Workstation and Fusion

Posted on 2020-06-27 by guenni

[German]VMware developers have closed several critical vulnerabilities in their virtualization products VMware Workstation and Fusion these days. Advertising

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nVidia patches vulnerabilities in Linux/Windows drivers

Posted on 2020-06-27 by guenni

[German] nVidia has just updated its Linux/Windows drivers. The reason was, that there were twelfe serious vulnerabilities in old version of nVidia kernel mode drivers. Advertising

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