Category Archives: Update

VirtualBox 6.1.2 released

[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

[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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Windows Server: Vulnerability CVE-2020-0609 in Remote Desktop Gateway

[German]A small security note for administrators running Windows (Essentials) Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016/2019 with the Remote Desktop Gateway role enabled If you want users to be able to access the RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-0609 on ports 443 and 3389, … Continue reading

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Waterfox v2020.01 released

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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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (January 14, 2020)

[German]On January 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates.

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

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (Jan. 14, 2020)

[German]On 14 January 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and further updates for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041.21

[German]On January 14, 2020, Microsoft released the first cumulative update (KB453555) for the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041.21 (should be for the 20H1 development branch) for insiders in the slow ring. Here is some information about it.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2020)

[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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Windows: Is a critical cryptography patch coming today?

[German]If the rumors are true, today comes a critical patch for the CryptoAPI of some versions of Windows. The vulnerability is putting all kind of encryption at risk. The US military is said to have received the fix in advance. … Continue reading

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Chromium-Edge: Issues and no Auto Update for Enterprises

[German]On January 15, 2020, (patchday) Microsoft starts the rollout of the Chromium-based Edge. Now Microsoft has clarified once again in which environments automatic update will take place and that enterprise envionments won't get an automatic update. In addition, some known … Continue reading

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