Category Archives: Software

Google Chrome 86.0.4240.75 released

[German]Google released a new update of the Google Chrome browser for the desktop (Linux, macOS, Windows) on October 6, 2020, which raises the browser to version 86.0.4240.75. It is a major update to the 86 branch, which closes 35 vulnerabilities … Continue reading

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Thunderbird 78.3.2 released

[German]One more short note. The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have released version 78.3.2 of the e-mail client on October 7, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the e-mail client.

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Thunderbird 68.12.1 released

[English]Another short addendum from last week. The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.12.1 of the e-mail client on October 1, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which was … Continue reading

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Microsoft ends Office Lense Support at the end of 2020

[German]Small message to Windows 10 users: Microsoft informed us, that the development of the Office Lense-App for Windows 10 will be stopped at the end of 2020.

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HP Device Manager: Database backdoor puts Windows at risk

[German]The HP Device Manager used to manage HP thin clients seems to have a backdoor in some versions in the form of a preconfigured user account in a database. This puts the underlying Windows at risk, because ist could be … Continue reading

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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 ...


Firefox 81.0.1 and 78.3.1 esr released

[German]Mozilla's developers have released updates to the version 81.0.1, the Firefox browser, as well as the 783.1 esr, on October 1, 2020. These are maintenance updates, which are intended to fix bugs.

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Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 – Patch 2245

[German]Trend Micro has released patch 2245 for his Worry Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 (TM WFBS 10.0 SP1) for Windows 10. Here is some information about it.

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Exchange Server: Terrible Patch Status; v2010 reaches EOL

[German]It's a terrible image, that security firm Rapid 7 draws in it's newest report. Round about 247.000 Exchange Servers are running unpatched and are reachable from the Internet. A lot of Exchange Servers are vulnerable against CVE-2020-0688 and thousands of … Continue reading

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Patches for Citrix security vulnerabilities (Sept. 2020)

[German]Citrix has already issued a security bulletin regarding vulnerabilities and security updates for Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Citrix Gateway and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance on September 18, 2020.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2019: Cumulative Update 7 pulled

[German]A brief information for administrators of a Microsoft SQL Server 2019. Microsoft warns about the cumulative update 7 (CU7). The update released in early September 2020 has been withdrawn due to issues and should not be installed. If you already … Continue reading

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