[German]Unknown people managed to deface the website of the streaming provider Twitch, which belongs to Amazon, on October 8, 2021. For a few hours, a number of game background images were replaced with photos of former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Can Twitch's service still be considered safe?
[German]Microsoft has already released the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) update KB5005716 for Windows 10 version 2004, version 20H2 and version 21H1 on October 4, 2021. The update is installed during the Windows 10 OOBE process, as long as there is an internet connection to download it. This update is only available for Windows 10 Home and Professional (not now Enterprise) and is intended to improve the out-of-box experience (OOBE) when upgrading to Windows 11. The upgrade to Windows 11 will begin shortly after the OOBE phase is complete. (via)
[German]In the just released Windows 11, there seems to be a memory leak in Explorer. The file manager grabs memory during operation and does not release it again. The bug has already been reported by Windows Insiders, but is probably not fixed in the released version. However, it looks like Microsoft will take up the problem and hopefully release a fix.
[German]After the six-hour major outage of Facebook services on October 4, 2021, it seems that today, October 8, 2021, there is also a hitch again in Facebook and the services Instagram and WhatsApp. I was just still able to access Facebook, but there is / was an outage today.
[German]Google has released a security update of Google Chrome 94.0.4606.81 for Windows, Mac and Linux on Oct. 7, 2021. It is a security update that closes vulnerabilities rated as high. Here's a quick overview.
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[German]Windows 11 was officially released by Microsoft on October 5, 2021. With the release of the first version of this operating system, however, Microsoft could not eliminate all known problems from the Insider Preview. So, the first version of Windows 11 has some known issues, which Microsoft has also officially documented on a status page.
[German]Most of the computers currently available in companies do not meet the minimum requirements that Microsoft has made a condition for Windows 11. This is the result of initial analyses on the US market. Microsoft has now revealed a way to bypass the check for TPM 2.0 support and CPU compatibility during Windows 11 setup. However, Redmond advises against using this option.
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.2.0 on October 7, 2021. This is a maintenance and security update for the 91 development branch, which makes minor fixes. Here is a brief overview.
[German]The mass of computers is not yet ready for Windows 11 – and unpleasant surprises lurk around every corner. The processor manufacturer AMD has now informed that performance losses of 3-5% can definitely be expected for some chipsets and in other cases (for games) 10-15% under Windows 11. However, the processor manufacturer and Microsoft are working on updates that are still expected in October 2021.
[German]A 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-41773) and another vulnerability that is already being actively exploited in the wild have been made public in Apache web servers. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released security updates to close the new vulnerabilities. Updating Apache installations with the affected patches is urgent.
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