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Category Archives: Software
Skype for Business Online: To be retired at July 31, 2021
[German]At the end of July 2021, i.e. in 2 years, Skype for Business Online will be retired. Then the service will be replaced by teams. In addition, Microsoft plans Skype for Consumer Interop with an interoperation possibility for teams.
New in Windows Defender and MS Security Essentials (July 31, 2019)
[German]Today a brief overview of what happened at Microsoft at the end of July 2019 with regard to Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials as well as Advanced Thread Protection (ATP). Microsoft released, for instance, a "Security Intelligence – Update … Continue reading
Teamviewer reports wrongly commercial use
[German]The Teamviewer may be used free of charge in a private environment. Apparently, however, there are always false alarms claiming commercial use and the software is then blocked, although users are running Teamviewer for private purposes.
Nvidia Hotfix Driver 431.68 for Mouse bug
The manufacturer has released a hotfix for its Nvidia 431.60 WHQL Game Ready driver. The hotfix is supposed to correct a mouse pointer bug in a game.
Ransomware addressing QNAP-/Synology NAS systems
[German]Currently there is a warning from NAS vendors like QNAP and Synology. These have increasingly detected attacks on their systems via brute force or attempts to exploit exploits. If successful, the drives are encrypted using Ransomware.
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 ...
WSUS 3.2.7600.307 can’t verify PSF files
[German]A German blog reader contacted me last week and pointed out a problem related to WSUS. His WSUS 3.2.7600.307 can no longer check PSF files. Here is some information about this topic.
Vulnereability CVE-2019-12815 in ProFTPD FTP Server
The open source FTP server ProFTPD is vulnerable up to version to 1.3.5b. CVE-2019-12815allows the execution of arbitrary program code with the rights of the service.
SONiC: Microsoft’s Open Source Network OS
[German]Microsoft is also engaged in Open Source – and they develop internally an Open Source network operating system for Cloud applications, called SONiC. Here is some information.
Windows 10: SnipIT occupy disk capacity with SnipUsages / SnipUsagesUpload files
[German]A brief tip for Windows 10 users who suddenly suffer from a full system drive and find gigabyte-sized text files with names like SnipUsages or SnipUsagesUpload in the user profile.
No vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in VLC player?
Uncertainty about the reported remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in the VLC player. It's supposed to be a patch in the works, but the VideoLAN project states that the reported vulnerability cannot be reproduced. I added the topic to the … Continue reading