Category Archives: Software

Sysinternals Sysmon with DNS query logging comes today

[German]Mark Russinovich has announced to  release a new version of his Sysmon included in the Sysinternals tools today (Tuesday), This version can then log DNS queries.

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VLC Media Player 3.0.7 released

[German]The developers of VideoLan released the VLC Player version 3.0.7 for Linux, macOS and Windows a few days ago (June 6, 2019). This version closes some vulnerabilities of the previous versions.

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Windows: Security updates for iCloud and iTunes (05/28/2019)

[German]Apple has recently released updated versions of its iCloud and iTunes applications for Windows. Those who use these clients to access Apple services should update as soon as possible.

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Thunderbird 60.7 with Security fixes

[German]Mozilla's developers released an update of the email client Thunderbird to version 60.7 on May 21, 2019. This is a maintenance update which closes critical security gaps. Here is some information about it.

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Windows 10 N: Media Feature Pack for Version 1903 released

[German]Microsoft has released the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N version 1903. This is relevant for users, having this version on their machines. Here is some information about this topic. 

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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 ...


WordPress 5.2.1 released

The developers have released a maintenance update for WordPress on May 21, 2019, which raises the version to 5.2.1. The update was just offered within the dashboard of my WordPress blogs.

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Add-on ‘Disabled Add-on fix’ fixes deactivated extensions in Firefox 47-56

[German]In older versions of the Firefox browser, add-ons could no longer be activated. The Mozilla developers have released an add-on for the Firefox browser to fix the problem that older add-ons are disabled in the browser.

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WhatsApp vulnerability CVE-2019-3568; Update required

[German]The Messenger app WhatsApp has a critical vulnerability affecting both Android and iOS. The vulnerability is already being exploited (there is an exploit from an Israeli company selling it). Users should urgently update WhatsApp.

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Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 with SCCM fails on OEM machines

[German]System administrators who tries to upgrade Windows 7 machines to Windows 10 via SCCM need to be careful. Upgrading OEM machines fails because SetupComplete.cmd cannot run.

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Citrix Workspace-App comes w/o VC++ Runtime from V1904

[German]Citrix has updated its Workspace app to version 1904. This app is now distributed for the first time without the Visual C++ Redistributable (Runtime) in the installer. Here some information about this app.

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