Windows 10 1909: Intune bugfix in BitLocker Key Rotation

Posted on 2020-07-19 by guenni

Microsoft has just released a fix for Intune. The fix fix fixes a bug in the BitLocker Key Rotation when managing Windows 10 version 1909 systems with Intune.

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Windows 10 May 2020 Update creates ESENT warnings

Posted on 2020-07-19 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 May 2020 update may have some bugs internally that cause issues. This is results for instance in warning 642 entries in the event logs, where ESE reports that it cannot write to the ESENT database.

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Microsoft warns of massive Emotet campaign

Posted on 2020-07-18 by guenni

[German]The Microsoft Security Intelligence team has just posted an alert on Twitter warning of a massive Emotet campaign that broke out a few hours ago. 

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Windows Server 2008 R2: 0patch fixes SIGRed vulnerability

Posted on 2020-07-18 by guenni

[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the SIGRed critical and worm exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350) for Windows Server 2008 R2 that is not protected via Microsoft's ESU license. This vulnerability allows remote code execution in Windows Domain Name System servers.

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Chrome M85: RAM optimization removed in Windows 10 2004

Posted on 2020-07-18 by guenni

[German]Google's developers decided to disable the memory optimization (RAM allocation) feature for Windows 10 version 2004, which should be built into the M85 development branch of the Chromium browser. The reason: this optimization led to performance losses of between 10 percent and 13 percent more CPU power consumption.

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Windows 10 V2004: NCSI shows 'No Internet', although online

Posted on 2020-07-18 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 users are faced with the problem that the status area of the taskbar indicates a missing Internet connection, but the system is still online. This error also occurs in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004). This causes problems with various programs.

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CISA warns admins: Patch the SIGRed Windows DNS Server vulnerability

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

[German]The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all US authorities to patch the wormable SIGRed vulnerability in Windows DNS Server within 24 hours. 

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Chrome 84 & Sophos Authentication for Thin Clients (SATC)

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

[German]A brief note for administrators who use Sophos Authentication for Thin Clients (SATC) in conjunction with a Chromium 84 browser There will be problems with authentication using SATC and the XG firewall. The recommendation is to prevent updating the Chromium browser and use Firefox as the browser.

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Microsoft Edge 84.0.522.40 released

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft issued a security advisory on July 16, 2020, which indicates the new security update for the Chromium Edge Browser to version 84.0.522.40.

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Thunderbird 78.0 released

Posted on 2020-07-17 by guenni

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 78.0.0 on July 15, 2020. It is a new main version of the e-mail client, which also corrects some errors.

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