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Windows Defender Application Guard Extensions for Chrome and Firefox
[German]Microsoft has released extensions for the Windows Defender Application Guard for Google Chrome and Firefox. These extensions are designed to protect users in enterprise environments running Windows 10 from unsafe Web pages.
100 Exploits addresses WinRAR vulnerarbility
Meanwhile, there are probably already about 100 exploits with which cyber criminals try to exploit the recently discovered and patched WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2018-20250) in Windows UNACEV2.DLL.
Millions of Gearbest’s user data are unprotected online
[German]The Chinese online shopping platform Gearbest has more than 199 million visitors per month and is probably well known to many users. Security researchers have found that the databases of Gearbest and a number of other online shops of the … Continue reading
Windows 10 Microcode and Intel BIOS Updates (March 2019)
[German]Microsoft has updated a bunch of microcode updates various Windows 10 versions. However, the corresponding documentation is still missing. Intel has also released information about 17 vulnerabilities (for Q4 2018) in the Management Engine (ME) firmware that require BIOS updates.
Patchday Windows 10-Updates (March 12, 2019)
[German]On March 12, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates have been released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.
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 ...
Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (March 12, 2019)
[German]On March 12, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
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Tagged KB4489878, KB4489881, KB4489883, KB4489885, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server. SecurityUpdate
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 12, 2019)
[German]As of March 12, 2019, Microsoft released numerous security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Here is a compact overview about these update.
Notepad++: Developer no longer ships a digital signature
Don Ho, developer of Windows editor Notepad++, announced that he no longer digitally sign the code starting with version 7.6.4.
Critical Chrome vulnerability puts 32-bit Windows 7 at risk
[German]The critical vulnerability reported in February 2019 has been closed on March 1, 2019 by a Google Chrome browser update. This vulnerability is active exploited in the wild, but only on 32-bit versions of Windows 7. Here are a few … Continue reading
Windows 10 V1809: Enable Retpoline Spectre V2 protection
[German]Microsoft introduces Retpoline as protection against Spectre 2 attacks in Windows 10 (Version 1809 and later). So far, however, Retpoline is disabled on Windows 10 clients. Admins of Windows 10 V1809 can already activate the Retpoline Spectre 2 protection manually … Continue reading