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Windows 8.1/ Windows Server 2012 R2: Update KB4578013
[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled security update KB4578013 for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 on August 19, 2020. It is a revision to remediate the Remote Access Elevation of Privileges vulnerabilities that were patched on … Continue reading
Posted in Security, Update, Windows
Tagged KB4578013, Security, Update, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 (R2)
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End of support for Internet Explorer 11 in Microsoft 365 and old Edge in Windows 10 from 2021
[German]Microsoft has just announced the end of support for the two browsers Internet Explorer 11 and the old (legacy) Edge for the year 2021. This concerns the support of IE 11 under Microsoft 365 (e.g. teams as of the end … Continue reading
Posted in browser, Security, Software, Windows
Tagged Edge, Internet Explorer 11, Support
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EmoCrash protectet systems for 6 months against emotet-infections
[German]For six months, security specialists rolled out a kind of vaccine (EmoCrash) against the ransomware Emotet for authorities and operators of critical infrastructures. EmoCrash takes advantage of a bug in Emotet to protect systems from infection. It was not until … Continue reading
Windows Domain Controller suddenly generate EventID 5829 warnings (August 11, 2020)
[German]Administrators of Active Directory (AD) domain controllers may notice EventID 5829 warnings in the Event Viewer since August 2020 Patchday (August 11, 2020). This is intentional, Microsoft is addressing a problem with a vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) in Netlogon connections. Admins have … Continue reading
Microsoft's account suspensions and the OneDrive 'nude' photos
[German]Users of a Microsoft account – needed for Microsoft services or in Windows 10 – may facing a strange behaviro. Their Microsoft account may be suspended without a warning for life time. One reason could be OneDrive content, that violates … Continue reading
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 ...
Microsoft August 2020 Patchday issues
[German]The security updates rolled out by Microsoft on August 11, 2020 for Windows and other Microsoft products are causing problems for some users. These range from installation errors 0x800f0988 to login problems to Hyper-V machines that no longer work. There … Continue reading
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20190
[German]On August 12, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20190 for insiders in the Developer Channel. The announcement with references to the innovations was made in the Windows Blog. Improvements have been made in the graphics settings … Continue reading
Windows PrintDaemon vulnerability CVE-2020-1337 details
[German]A security researcher has disclosed details of the vulnerability CVE-2020-1337 (Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability) and demonstrated how it can be exploited. The vulnerability affects Windows 7 through Windows 10 and their server counterparts; an update has been … Continue reading
Windows 10 2004: ‘Credentials Manager’ broken [Workaround]
[German]The Credentials Manager has a bug in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004). The Credentials Manager forgets to save the credentials and is unusable.
Project Zero: August 2020 LSASS patch does not adequately protect Windows 10
[German]Microsoft has probably failed to patch a vulnerability properly with its Windows security updates of August 11, 2020. They intend to fix the LSASS vulnerability. However, Google Project Zero says that the vulnerability is insufficiently patched in Windows 10 version … Continue reading