Monthly Archives: April 2021

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012 Updates ( April 13, 2021)

Posted on 2021-04-14 by guenni

[German]On April 13, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them. Advertising

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (April 13, 2021)

Posted on 2021-04-14 by guenni

[German]On April 13, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about each update. Advertising

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Exchange Server Security Update KB5001779 (April 13, 2021)

Posted on 2021-04-14 by guenni

[German]As expected, Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 on April 13, 2021 (Patchday). These are intended to close vulnerabilities found that were reported by security companies. Prompt installation is recommended … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 13, 2021)

Posted on 2021-04-13 by guenni

[German]On April 13, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for Microsoft Exchange – have been released. Below is a compact overview of these updates. Advertising

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Why you should quit WhatsApp

Posted on 2021-04-13 by guenni

If you observe Facebook's WhatsApp from a view or a data protection activist or a security expert, you should have dropped that messenger (I dumped that thing in 2018 due to GDPR reasons). During the past WhatsApp has a steady … Continue reading →

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Edge-News: End of Legacy Edge, Problems with Updates, IE Redirection to Edge

Posted on 2021-04-12 by guenni

[German]As of April 13, 2021, Microsoft will remove Legacy Edge from newer Windows 10 builds. Could there be any problems? Another issue is the effect that Internet Explorer is immediately redirected to the new Edge at startup. In an omnibus … Continue reading →

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PSA: Watch your Exchange Patch status – 0 day vulnerabilities found, is the next Exchange disaster in sight?

Posted on 2021-04-11 by guenni

[German]Ok, I think I got your attention with the headline. From what I heard, next Tuesday there will be some updates for Exchange Server. Why? Because three Exchange exploits were presented at the hacker conference Pwd2Own (6-8.4-2021). Maybe it would … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 78.9.1 released

Posted on 2021-04-10 by guenni

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 78.9.1 on April 8, 2021. It is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the email client, which fixes various bugs and vulnerabilities. Advertising

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WSUS Sync error from April 7, 2021 fixed

Posted on 2021-04-10 by guenni

[German]Just a short information for WSUS admins. The sync problem in WSUS that I reported on 7.4.2021 (see WSUS/MECM: No sync since April, 7, 2021) has been fixed. Readers had already reported in comments that the synchronization works again. The … Continue reading →

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Malware infection of Gigaset Android devices: Analyses and options for action (April 8/9. 2021) – Part 2

Posted on 2021-04-10 by guenni

[German]In Part 1 I had analyzed the information Lösung Malware-Angriff Smartphones released by the company Gigaset on April 8, 2021 with regard to the automatic deletion of the malware infection of various Android devices. This works, according to previous feedback, … Continue reading →

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