[German]Today or tomorrow, Tuesday, ACROS Security plans to release a 0patch fix for a 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The patch is currently in testing. Addendum: The Micropatch has been released on February 11, 2021.
[German]Why is a feature update for a Windows 10 machine blocked by Microsoft? Windows Update or the upgrade wizard usually does not provide much enlightening information. A PowerShell script FU.WhyAmIBlocked by Adam Gross and an article by him may help.
[German]Intel has released Intel Graphics driver version 15.45.34.5174 and 15.40.48.5171 for Windows 7, 8 and 10. The driver fixes some bugs and also some (undetailled) vulnerabilities. Details and release notes may be found on the linked Intel pages. (via)
[German]A brief reminder for administrators of Windows Server systems running as domain controllers. From February 9, 2021, the so-called enforcement mode for closing the Netlogon vulnerability will become mandatory – Microsoft will then roll out the relevant update. Update: Microsoft mentioned a 2nd date March 9, 2021 for Enforcement mode – see addendum below.
[German]In April 2021, Microsoft will remove the old Edge browser from Windows 10 so that only the Chromium-based browser can be used. Microsoft has just announced this.
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[German]Cisco has published a security warning for its small business routers that they are affected by a root vulnerability and should be updated to a new firmware version quickly.
[German]An unpleasant story that a security researcher has just made public. Attackers have managed to abuse the sync function of the Google Chrome browser for their own purposes, at least to retrieve information.
[German]Microsoft has just announced that Windows 10 version 1909 and version 2004 are ready for distribution via Windows Update. When a machine is updated, the feature update gets itself on the build in question.
[German]A few hours ago, Google removed the popular Chrome browser extension The Great Suspender from the browser extensions web store. The reason is probably that this extension installed malware on users' systems.
[German]The Mozilla developers have released version 85.0.1 and 78.7.1 ESR of the Firefox browser on February 5, 2021. This is a security update that fixes vulnerabilities, but also aims to fix bugs.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
