[German]On the weekend (7th/8th November 2020) the TMC 2020 took place in China. It is a hacker competition (TifanCup 2020), in which the best hacker teams in China compete against each other in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Once again there were a lot of hacks on current software like browsers, Windows 10 etc.
[German]Quick note for HPE server users who are running VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 3 and ESXi 6.7 Update 3 with a custom image. There it comes to 'hangs', VMware has now confirmed this.
[German]I bring up an unpleasant topic again. The Credentials Manager is unusable on Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004) and Windows 10 20H2. This is because Credentials Manager forgets credentials, which affects all applications that use this feature.
[German]Just a short information: The website askwoody.com will get a 'change of it's head'. Woody Leonhard, who has been running the project for many years, is stepping down and putting the site into new hands.
[German]The team of still US President Donald Trump has set up a website where people can report alleged election fraud for a law suite. A hot story, has among other things the flaw that the website probably leaked the data of US voters.
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[German]Let's Encrypt currently warns that its (old) root certificate will expire on September 1, 2021. There are successor certificates, but older software may have problems. In particular, Android devices prior to 7.1.1 will eventually not be able to access https websites if they are secured with Let's Encrypt certificates.
[German]Prestige Software, an international B2B hotel reservation platform whose clients include Expedia and Booking.com, has disclosed the data of hundreds of thousands of guests of its affiliated hotel chains in a privacy incident. I
[German]A warning for owners of an HP printer. The company Hewlett Packard (HP) is once again distributing printer firmware that prevents the use of third-party cartridges for both HP inkjet and HP laser printers. Here are a few information what I found out so far.
[German]Microsoft is probably 'slipped out' several updates for Windows 10 prematurely to WSUS. Because there is nothing in the Microsoft Update Catalog yet, and support articles are still not available. I guess it's the updates for Nov. patchday.
[German]Interesting offer from ACROS Security. The security vendor has just announced to support Microsoft Office 2010 with 0patch micro patches to eliminate known security vulnerabilities even after the support expires on October 2020.
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