Category Archives: Windows

Tamper Protection ported to older Windows 10 versions

Posted on 2020-02-28 by guenni

[German]Another short report from the middle of the month. Microsoft has back-ported the Tamper Protection feature for Defender from Windows 10 version 1903 to earlier Windows 10 versions. 

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Windows 10 V2004 Insider Preview Update KB4540409

Posted on 2020-02-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released the update KB4540409 for Windows 10 Version 2004 on 27 February 2020. This is delivered for Windows Insider in the slow ring.

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Security information for Linux and Exchange

Posted on 2020-02-27 by guenni

[German]In this blog post I summarize some security information that has come to my attention in the last few hours. These are topics, for which I do not want to publish separate individual contributions in the blog. It is about … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 190x: Update KB4535996 for Insider

Posted on 2020-02-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the cumulative update KB4535996 in the Insider Preview Release Preview Ring for Windows 10 V190x on February 26, 2020. Addendum: The update has been released to all users, see Windows 10 Version 190x: Update KB4535996 (Feb. 27, 2020).

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Windows 10 Version 2004 Insider Preview 19041.84 for WSUS

Posted on 2020-02-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released on Feb. 25, 2020 the Insider Preview Build 19041.84 of Windows 10 Version 2004 – the upcoming Windows 10 feature update – for WSUS.

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Espionage: Cloud Snooper communicates via firewalls

Posted on 2020-02-27 by guenni

[German]Security experts at SophosLabs have discovered a new cyber attack using spyware. The malware has been christened Cloud Snooper, implants a rootkit and communicates across firewalls. The spyware was found in the Amazon cloud on a Linux server. The malware … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: (Intel Microcode-) Updates (Feb. 25./26. 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released another batch of microcode updates for Windows 10 version 1507 to 1909 on February 25, 2020 (it seems, it's old updates). In addition, a reader informed me, that he received another USB 2.0 microphone bug fix update … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 2004 ISO image for Insider avaible

Posted on 2020-02-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released this night an ISO install image of the upcoming Windows 10 version 2004. It is still an insider preview – but it could be the final version for the release.

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Microsoft Chromium Edge Rollout via Windows Update started

Posted on 2020-02-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has begun with the rollout of the Chromium-based Edge Browser via Windows Update. Currently it only affects Windows Insider in the Release Preview Ring. The browser will be rolled out on more machines in the coming weeks.

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Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 Updates (Feb. 25, 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-26 by guenni

[German]On February 25, 2020, Microsoft released a monthly preview rollup for Windows 8.1 as well as optional updates for older Windows 10 versions.

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