Windows 10: Activated Hyper-V /Sandbox creates a 0-day Exploit

Posted on 2020-09-12 by guenni

[German]A reverse engineer bumped a vulnerability in Windows 10 in conjunction with the Hyper-V/Sandbox feature. Activating Hyper-V or the sandbox opens a 0-day vulnerability that can be used to attack the system.

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Windows 10 Version 1903: Support ends December 8, 2020

Posted on 2020-09-12 by guenni

[German]A small reminder for users of Windows 10 version 1903, which was released in spring 2019 and reaches the end of its 18-month support period on December 8, 2020.

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Windows 10 V1607: Update KB4571694 creates ID 5827 events, bricks MMC

Posted on 2020-09-12 by guenni

[German]Short question to administrators who are still using Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC V1607 or Windows Server 2016 Will the Event Viewer be flooded with Event ID 5827 entries when Update KB4571694 from August 11, 2020 is installed? I already had this topic in my blog, now a blog reader has fallen into the trap. The problem is that the changes requested by Microsoft are not possible via MMC. A DLL is suddenly broken and generates errors.

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Windows 10 Build 20211.1005 (KB4581021) for Insider

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20211.1005 as an update (KB4581021 for Windows Insider in the Dev Channel. Addendum:The build has been pulled. Continue reading →

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Edge 85.0.564.51 released

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge Browser to version 85.0.564.51 on September 9, 2020. According to ADV200002 this version fixes a number of critical vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-6574, CVE-2020-6575, CVE-2020-6576, CVE-2020-15959. The browser is based on Chromium version 85.0.4183.102 and should update automatically. The release notes for this version do not details anything else.

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0patch fixes CVE-2020-1530 in Windows 7/Server 2008 R2

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

win7 [German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the vulnerability CVE-2020-1530 (Use-after-free bug in Windows Remote Access Phonebook) for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (without ESU license).

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Warning about a new Emotet-Ransomeware campaign (Sept. 2020)

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

[German]The cyber criminals behind the blackmail Trojan Emotet malware are currently running a new ransomware campaign. Security authorities in various countries are warning of new waves of attacks.

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Thunderbird 78.2.2 released

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 78.2.2 of the e-mail client on September 10, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the e-mail client, which provides some fixes.

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Google Chrome 85.0.4183.102 released

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

[German]Google released a new update of the Google Chrome browser on September 8, 2020, which raises the browser to version 85.0.4183.102. It is a security update that fixes five vulnerabilities as well as bug fixes.

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Data leak at Razer exposed customer data

Posted on 2020-09-11 by guenni

[German]There has been a data leak at gaming provider Razer Inc. The data of thousands of Razer customers with orders and shipping details were reachable via Internet on an open and not password protected database.

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