Category Archives: Security

Adobe Reader/Acrobat: Security updates available (August 11, 2020)

[German]Another addendum from this week. Adobe released a security update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat and other Adobe products such as Lightroom on August 11, 2020. These updates close some, partly critical, security holes. Here is some information.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Windows PrintDaemon vulnerability CVE-2020-1337 details

[German]A security researcher has disclosed details of the vulnerability CVE-2020-1337 (Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability) and demonstrated how it can be exploited. The vulnerability affects Windows 7 through Windows 10 and their server counterparts; an update has been … Continue reading

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Project Zero: August 2020 LSASS patch does not adequately protect Windows 10

[German]Microsoft has probably failed to patch a vulnerability properly with its Windows security updates of August 11, 2020. They intend to fix the LSASS vulnerability. However, Google Project Zero says that the vulnerability is insufficiently patched in Windows 10 version … Continue reading

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0patch fixes CVE-2020-1113 in Windows 7/Server 2008 R2

[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the vulnerability CVE-2020-1113 (Windows Task Scheduler Security Feature Bypass) for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (without ESU license).

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

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released several (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. These updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.450 (20H2)

[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider PreviewBuild 19042.450 (20H2) for insiders via update KB4566782 in the Beta Channel. The update is intended to fix bugs and vulnerabilities. The announcement of the fixes was published in the … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates.

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