[English]The Trend Micro security solution Apex One and Apex One as a Service (SaaS) has serious vulnerabilities, which the manufacturer has closed via a security update. Administrators using the products should install updates promptly.
A brief reading tip for Windows experts. In the article Demystifying the "SVCHOST.EXE" Process and Its Command Line Options you can find explanations about the Windows process SVCHOST.EXE and its command line options -k, -s and p. Perhaps of interest.
[German]Users of Apple iPads and iPhones that have switched to the new iOS 14 may run into ossies with WLAN access. The devices is using constantly new Wi-Fi MAC addresses. This may causes trouble with routers when MAC filtering is applied. The reason is the new Private WLAN Adresses in iOS 14.x, that has been activated by default.
[German]Strange thing that came to my attention on Twitter. Windows Update offers people optional drivers, but they don't really fit for the machines in question. Microsoft rolls out apparently optional INTEL driver updates of the type INTEL – System – <Date> <Version>.
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 78.3.1 of the e-mail client on September 25, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the e-mail client, which contains a fix for crashes. There is also a warning from the BSI for citizens for Thunderbird versions below 78.3 – but I don't really think that this is a full-blown warning.
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[German]For months, Microsoft has been updating Windows 10 users to the new Chromium-based Edge Browser. This not only causes collateral damages in some case. The 'obnoxious' Edge upgrade experience is annoying users. Just saw a new sarcasm alarm of a tortured user.
[German]Cisco has released critical security updates for its IOS and IOS XE network operating systems. The updates close a total of 24 critical vulnerabilities in the products. It should therefore be patched promptly.
[German]Security update KB4577015, released September 8, 2020, causes a wsecedit.dll error in GPO-MMC on Windows Server 2016, rendering the Group Policy Editor unusable. But there is a temporary workaround to prevent the crash and Microsoft has admitted the bug in the meantime.
[German]The source code for Windows XP SP1 and other versions of the Microsoft operating system was leaked a few hours ago as a torrent. The source code should be a treasure trove for people looking for vulnerabilities in Windows.
[German]Lenovo will increasingly rely on Linux in the future. While various workstation systems with Linux pre-installed were already available in the past, Lenovo is now expanding the program. In the future 20 Thinkpad and ThinkStation models will available with a preinstalled Ubuntu LTS Linux.
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