[German]Just a brief note to administrators of Microsoft Exchange servers: Did you patch them against the CVE-2020-0688 remote execution vulnerability? German CERT-Bund has been warning for weeks that numerous German Exchange servers accessible via the Internet are still vulnerable. I guess other countries shows a similar picture.
[German]Another short note for users of Malwarebytes security solutions. Since October 20, 2020, users have been reporting and complaining that their network printers are offline under Windows. In the meantime, Malwarebytes has released a beta version with a correction that should fix the problem.
[German]This is not good news for Apple and especially Apple device owners. After Apple has released its macOS 11 (Big Sur), owners of older Macs (especially MacBook Pros) who have been bricked with the update will get in touch.
[German]Short information for administrators in Windows 10 environments (version 2004 and 20H2), where Windows Server 2004/20H2 is already in use. Update KB4586781, released on November 10, 2020, causes issues with Kerberos authentication on domain controllers (DC) in very specific environments with mixed server versions.
[German]Brief information that I received through a blog reader. It has massive problems with the clipboard after installing the update KB4586781 for Windows 10 Version 2004. Is it a 'Cloud-Clipboard' flaw?
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[German]Does the monthly security quality rollup for Windows 8.1 KB4580347 trigger a false alarm for Windows Defender? A German blog reader told me that a few days ago by mail.
[German]A small note for owners and administrators of Windows 10 systems. Microsoft suspends the rollout of drivers and preview updates in December 2020. They probably don't want to create update stress over the holidays.
[German]Another short addendum from last week. Microsoft has published a security advisory for Dynaics 365 for November 2020 as of November 10, 2020, which I will post here briefly for your information.
[German]In Windows 10 some people have the problem that Defender does not show defined exclusions in the GUI. This should be fixed by Defender updates, but did not work for all of them. One person concerned has now sent me his fix for the problem. I added a fix in the blog post Windows 10: Is the Defender GUI bug hiding defined exclusions fixed?
[Germany]Microsoft makes public the discovery of three hacker groups (APTs) from North Korea and Russia. The three state-sponsored hacker groups (APTs) are responsible for attacks on at least seven companies developing a COVID 19 vaccine or treatments. The hacker groups (APTs) are Russia's strontium (Fancy Bear) and North Korea's zinc (Lazarus Group) and cerium.
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