[German]On October 13, 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. These updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.
[German]On October 13, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates.
[German]A nasty thing a security researcher has come across. Windows Update can be tricked into downloading and then running malware. Falls into the category LoLBins (living-off-the-land binaries).
[German]Microsoft has released the cumulative update KB4586238 for Windows Insider in the Dev Channel on October 12. The update upgrades Windows 10 build 20231 to build 20231.1005. The announcement was made as an addendum in the Windows Blog. This update contains no new features, it is intended to test the service pipeline. Microsoft has identified and fixed the bug that caused the previous cumulative update to fail to install. (via)
[German]There are indications that Microsoft is planning the general release of the upcoming Windows 10 20H2 version in the coming hours or days. Here is some information about this new feature update.
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[German]Quite a crude story that a German blog reader pointed out to me. Windows 10 behavior as a malware? On his Windows 10, entries for Microsoft Office apps like Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word suddenly appear, even though he said that he didn't installed anything. After my initial post within my German blog, the darkness is slowly fading away – the nasty surprise has something to do with the new Chromium based Edge browser.
[German]In a coordinated action, tech companies such as Microsoft, Symantec and others have gained control of the TrickBot botnet. The goal is to deactivate this botnet.
[German]Some users of Windows 10 are faced with the problem that they cannot change any settings after installation. The cause is a crashing settings app. A blog reader pointed out a possible cause and a solution to the problem.
[German]The shipping company Carnival, provider of cruises, has now confirmed an attack with Ransomware. It was also admitted that data of employees and probably also customers of the cruise line were stolen in this attack.
[German]Short note for users and administrators of Windows 10 systems. Microsoft is planning one of its 'Microsoft Office Hours' on October 15, 2020 for Windows 10, where Microsoft employees will be available to answer questions about updates.
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