[English]Microsoft has now finally officially confirmed that the bug in the Reset PC function under Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 has been fixed. The bug has been known since February 2020 and was first addressed by Microsoft in October 2020 with a workaround.
[German]The developers of the Tor Bundle have released Tor Browser 10.0.8 as a package for Linux, macOS and Windows on January 12, 2021. The update updates Firefox to version 78.6.1esr (closes a vulnerability) and NoScript to 11.1.7. On macOS, bug 40262: Browser tabs crashing on the new Macbooks with the M1 chip [tor-browser] has been fixed. Tor Browser 10.0.8 is available for free via the download page for various platforms.
[German]Currently, there is are issues with Microsoft 365 that affects services such as Exchange Online. It is possible that this disruption is limited to North America. The status messages do not give much away.
[German]There is a previously unpatched vulnerability in the implementation of the NTFS file system used by Windows 10. Via this vulnerability, it is possible for attackers to destroy the contents of an NTFS volume used under Windows 10. It is enough to place an appropriately crafted file on an NTFS volume to trigger the flaw. A security researcher has now pointed this out for the umpteenth time.
[German]A website called SolarLeaks offers source code allegedly captured from the Solarburst backdoor attacks in SolarWinds Orion products at Cisco, Microsoft, and SolarWinds. However, these could be copycats. In addition, a third malware, SunBurst, was discovered on SolarWinds' build systems. It was through the malware that the supply chain attack took place.
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[German]Microsoft has also released update KB4598502 for .NET Framework as of January 12, 2021. Here is some information about these updates.
[German]Microsoft has released update KB4535680 on January 12, 2021. It is a security update for Secure Boot (DBX), which can be used by Windows on UEFI machines.
[German]On January 12, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.
[German]As of January 12, 2021, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.
[German]On January12, 2021, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is the overview of these updates.
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