Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 Mobile reaches end of life

Posted on 2020-01-19 by guenni

A small reminder about last week: Windows 10 Mobile version 1709 (the ‘latest version’) received its last security update on 10.12.2019. Microsoft had internally changed the documentation so that the support ends on January 14th, 2020. But after the date … Continue reading →

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Warning: 0-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (01/17/2020)

Posted on 2020-01-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer as of January 17, 2020, which affects virtually all versions of Windows (because Internet Explorer is the browser that is present in those versions). There is an … Continue reading →

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Windows: PoC for CryptoAPI Bug CVE-2020-0601 are out

Posted on 2020-01-17 by guenni

[German]The CyptoAPI vulnerability CVE-2020-0601 in Windows has several proof of concept exploits and is likely to be actively attacked soon. Chrome introduces a check in the browser and there is a test page for this vulnerability. Advertising

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19546

Posted on 2020-01-17 by guenni

[German]On January 16, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19546for insiders in the Fast Ring. Here is some information about it. Advertising

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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. Advertising

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

Posted on 2020-01-15 by guenni

[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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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (January 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-01-15 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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

Posted on 2020-01-15 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041.21

Posted on 2020-01-15 by guenni

[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. Advertising

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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. Advertising

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