[Geman]Windows 10 uses 'Modern Standby' as a successor of the previous 'Connected Standby' for energy saving. But in Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004) and its successor 20H2 'Modern Standby' can no longer be turned off, which may cause problems with various software. Here is a discussion of this topic and some ways to return to the old S3 energy saving mode.
[German]Currently, there is a worldwide disruption of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which affects the cloud and thus customers like Adobe. Here is a brief overview of what is known.
[German]Users of McAfee Endpoint Security should update the product. Because vulnerabilities weakens Windows security. Here is some information.
[German]VMware, the virtualization vendor, has issued a warning about a critical vulnerability in several Linux and Windows products. A patch is not yet available, only workarounds.
[German]Customers of the music streaming service Spotify may have a problem. Hackers have used a database of 380 million records with credentials and personal information from various sources to crack Spotify accounts and have been successful with over 300,000 users.
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[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4586853 for Windows 10 Insider in the Beta and Release Preview Channel on November 23, 2020. This update for the Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) raises the build to 19042.662. Numerous bugs, including the Inplace Bug, are fixed.
[German]If you run Windows 10 in multiboot environments, you should disable the Fast Boot feature to save yourself trouble. Blog-reader Karl has written some remarks together.
[German]Brief information about Windows 10 installation ISO files that have become too fat in the 64-bit version and no longer fit on 4 GByte data carriers (DVD, USB stick). Should Microsoft finally throw out its crap from the WIM file to get below the 4 GByte limit again?
[German]A security researcher discovered a list of IP addresses that a hacker published in order to steal VPN access data from over 49,000 Fortinet VPN devices. The accesses are vulnerable to attack via a vulnerability that has long been closed. The list of vulnerable targets includes domains of major banks and government organizations from around the world.
[German]Microsoft has updated in Nov. 2020 Update KB4023057 for Windows 10 Update Service components for older Windows 10 versions. The update is intended to improve the transition to the Windows 10 October 2020 update (version 20H2).
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