[German]The hack of many US agencies and companies via the SUNBURST backdoor, executed by hackers suspected to be close to the state, is drawing wider circles. It was probably uncovered by accident, US President Trump is pointing the finger at the Chinese, and Microsoft is providing more detailed analysis. Here is a brief overview.
[German]It worked, the bug I reported about chkdsk ending in an unbootable Windows 10 2004/20H2 on some systems has been fixed. At least that's what the descriptions of update KB4592438 say. Here is a more in depth story about that.
[German]Security researchers from BlackBerry have recently published a study dedicated to the MountLocker ransomware. This is now provided to other cyber criminals 'as a service' in exchange for revenue sharing.
[German]Microsoft had already admitted compatiblitiy issues with some Conexant audio drivers under Windows 10 version 2004/20H2 in May 2020. These may lead to problems (bluescreens) with Synaptics audio devices. In December 2020, two problems were fixed.
[German]The latest Windows 10 updates seem to cause severe problems for some users with a CorsairVBusDriver installed. The systems remain in a Blue Screen boot loop after installing the update.
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[German]Microsoft has updated the ISO installation images for various Windows 10 versions to include the December 8, 2020 cumulative updates. The image files are available for download in Microsoft Visual Studio Subscription (MVS) – formerly MSDN Subscription.
[German]The list of those affected by the cyberattack via SolarWind's Orion SUNBURST backdoor is growing. Microsoft has also found the Trojan in its network (no data is said to have been leaked). And there is a second attack by a probably second hacker group (Beserk Bear) with more names of targets.
[German]The hack of several U.S. agencies via the SUNBURST backdoor in SolarWinds Orion software is growing. The networks of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have also been hacked. The attackers used multiple strategies and the cleanup may take months.
[German]In Windows 10 20H2 with installed cumulative update KB4592438, chkdsk causes massive issues. It destroys the file system during a disk check on SSDs, so Windows 10 can't start after a reboot. Here is some information about the problem and the affected Windows 10 build. Addenum: Microsoft has fixed that bug.
[German]Will individuals and schools soon be able to keep their old Windows computers running Google's Chrome OS? That's what an acquisition on Google's part, which just came to my attention, suggests.
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