[German]Short note for administrators who distribute updates in managed environments It seems that the night has brought a surge of Windows 10 feature updates.
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Windows 10 Feature Upgrade Re-Releases for WSUS (Nov. 10, 2020)
Slingbox discontinued
Slingbox has developed devices, that promises to stream cable services through a single interface and watch them on your phone, tablet, computers and other TVs. Now the vendor has announced, that they discontinued the service of it's product.
Tianfu Cup Competition: Windows 10, iOS, Chrome, Firefox hacked
[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.
VMware confirms freezes on ESXi 6.5 Update 3 and 6.7 Update 3
[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.
Windows 10 2004/20H2 and the broken 'Credentials Manager': Root Cause and Workaround – Part 1
[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.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
PSA: A new head at askwoody.com
[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.
Trump election fraud law suite site leaked voter data
[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.
Android below 7.1.1 is causing issues with https pages in 2021
[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.
Hotel reservation platform Prestige Software reveals hundreds of thousands of guest data
[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
HP firmware update for ink/laser printers blocks third-party cartridges (Nov. 2020)
[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.