Category Archives: Software

Windows 7: Vivaldi also offers support for 18 months

Posted on 2020-01-16 by guenni

[German]Also, the developers of the Vivaldi browser have presented their plans, for Windows 7 SP1. This operating system will be supported by the browser at least until mid 2021.

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VirtualBox 6.1.2 released

Posted on 2020-01-16 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.1.2 on January 14, 2020. It is a maintenance update which should fix bugs of earlier versions.

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Microsoft Chromium-Edge released

Posted on 2020-01-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced Chromium Edge as available on January 15, 2020 for supported versions of Windows and macOS. The browser is available in more than 90 languages and also available for iOS and Android. Here are some additional information about … Continue reading →

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Waterfox v2020.01 released

Posted on 2020-01-15 by guenni

Another brief post about an update, which blog readers told me days ago by mail and comment. The browser Waterfox (derived from Firefox) has received a security update (see – probably these fixes). Downloads can be found here.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-01-14 by guenni

[German]On January 14, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.

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

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PoC for Citrix ADC/Netscaler vulnerability CVE-2019-19781

Posted on 2020-01-13 by guenni

[German]There is an unpatched vulnerability CVE-2019-19781 in Citrix ADC (Application Delivery Controller, formerly Netscaler) and proof of concept (PoC) exploits have been available for a few days to exploit the vulnerability – and honeypots are already under attack. I got … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 68.4.1 released

Posted on 2020-01-12 by guenni

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have now released version 68.4.1. This is a maintenance (and security) update for the 68 main version of the email client.

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End of Support for Microsoft Products in January 2020

Posted on 2020-01-10 by guenni

[German]In a few days Windows 7 SP1 receives security updates for the last time (at least for the broad mass of users). Then the support for this operating system will end. But in January 2020, support for a number of … Continue reading →

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Firefox 72.0.1 and 68.4.1esr, and Tor 9.0.4 released

Posted on 2020-01-09 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers had just (January 7, 2020) released version 72 (and 68.4.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser, and they had to make some improvements. Since January 8, 2020 Firefox 72.0.1 and 68.4.1esr are available. There is also the Tor Browser … Continue reading →

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Firefox 72 and 68.4.0esr released

Posted on 2020-01-08 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers have just released (January 7, 2020) version 72 (and 68.4.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser. This is a major version and the 68.4.0 ISR is a maintenance update. Both versions close a number of security holes. Here is … Continue reading →

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