Category Archives: Software

Tor Browser 10.0.1 Released

[German]The developers of the Tor bundle released Tor Browser 10.0.1 as a bundle on October 13, 2020. I just got the update delivered automatically. The Tor bundle offers the possibility to surf the Tor network anonymously.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (October 13, 2020)

[German]As of October 13, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released various security relevant updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Edge 86.0.622.38 Security Update

[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge Browser to version 86.0.622.38 on October 8, 2020. This version introduces a new development branch and fixes a number of critical vulnerabilities. 

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PowerToys 0.23.2 released

[German]Microsoft released version 0.23.2 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on October 9, 2020. These tools are free and provide additional features for Windows 10, this time it is a stability update for each tool.sind kostenlos und bieten zusätzliche Funktionen … Continue reading

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Fix for critical helpdesk vulnerability in QNAP NAS devices (Oct. 7, 2020)

[German]Vendor QNAP has fixed two critical vulnerabilities in its helpdesk application that could allow potential attackers to take over unpatched Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices from QNAP.

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

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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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