[German]As of February 24, 2021, Microsoft has released another cumulative (preview) update KB4601382 for Windows 10, version 2004, 20H2 (and Insider version 21H1) as well as its Windows Server counterparts. Here's an overview of the update in question.
[German]VMware warns its users about critical RCE vulnerabilities in the vSphere HTML5 Client and other products. Security updates are now available for the affected products.
[German]he developers of the email client Thunderbird have released Thunderbird 78.8.0 on February 23, 2021. It is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the email client, which fixes bugs and closes vulnerabilities.
[German]After the end of Flash support, a Flash player is offered on a website In China that behaves like adware and opens browser windows to display advertisements. This case, revealed by security researchers, proves how risky downloading software from unofficial sites has become, even if they read flash[.]cn.
[German]Small tip for administrators of Windows systems in corporate environments. Steviecoaster has published a collection of PowerShell scripts on Github that administrators can use to determine certain information very easily.
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[German]Mozilla's developers have released version 86.0.0 and 78.8.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on February 23, 2021. The FF 86 is a new development branch and the ESR is a security update that fixes vulnerabilities, but also aims to fix bugs.
[German]Microsoft's social network platform LinkedIn must have experienced a massive worldwide outage shortly before 8:00 p.m. on February 23, 2021. At least that's what various media report.
[German]Adobe had to ship another update for Adobe Reader after a recent hotfix corrected a bug (see Adobe Reader/Acrobat DC Hotfix 21.001.20138 fixes install error 1722). In the Feb. 22, 2021 an update to Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 21.001.20140 has been released, Adobe fixes a bug that caused an error message to be incorrectly displayed, the release notes reveal. The details can be read on the linked web page. (via)
[German]Security researchers have found evidence that a hacking tool allegedly developed by the U.S. NSA was copied by Chinese hackers and used under the name Jian long before the NSA tools were released by the Shadow Browsers group.
[German]Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is having problems detecting the correct build numbers on Windows 10 version 1909. Due to a bug, an incorrect build number is returned.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
