[German]On November 18th Google released Chrome 87 (see Chrome 87 released). As of November 19, 2020, Microsoft has updated the Chromium-based Edge Browser to version 87.0.664.41. This is an update to a new development branch, which brings a lot of new features, but also closes vulnerabilities. Continue reading
[German]Security researchers have found a vulnerability in the implementation of the 499ES EtherNet/IP (ENIP) Adaptor Source Code, which makes automation components vulnerable to attack.
[German]There is an unpatched vulnerability in the GO SMS Pro app that exposes publicy voice messages, videos or photos sent between users. The developer has been contacted without success.
US state and federal authorities are reportedly preparing for an antitrust case against Facebook. The background is Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram. CNet has summarized some information in this article.
[German]Microsoft has published further special updates for various Windows Server versions as of November 19, 2020. These are intended to fix the problems with Kerberos authentication of ticket renewals on domain controllers for the operating system versions concerned.
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[German]Short addition to a topic, which is already some days here on the agenda. Microsoft has also released security updates for Exchange Server 2013 to 2019 on November 10, 2020.
[German]Is Microsoft Teams slow on your computer? Does it take endless to launch Teams? Does the CPU load and memory consumption in Microsoft Team sessions go to new heights? Welcome to the new Microsoft world. But there are workarounds that may help reduce these issues.
[German]How does cyber espionage work exactly? Security researchers at Bitdefender have examined a complex chain of attacks by APT hackers and describe the anatomy of such a cyber attack by an APT on Southeast Asian authorities.
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20262 (FE_RELEASE) for Windows Insider in the Developer Channel on November 11, 2020. It is a re-release to 20257.1 and was announced in the Windows blog, where you can read about fixes and known problems (there are no new features).
[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the CVE-2020-1300C (RCE) vulnerability for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (without ESU license). Here is some information about this micropatch.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
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