[German]In September 2020 the news about a leak of the source code of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 made the rounds trough the media. It looks like the code really is from Microsoft. A developer has succeeded in compiling a copy of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 from these source codes. But it turned out that the source code of Windows XP is incomplete.
[German]As far as I know only 32-bit x86 applications could be emulated under Windows on ARM so far. In a new blog post, Panos Panay has now announced that support for 64-bit emulation of x86 applications in Windows on ARM will be added. From November 2020 on, this emulation will be rolled out experimentally in the Windows Insider program.
[German]Microsoft released version 0.23 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on September 30, 2020. These tools are free and provide additional features for Windows 10, this time it is a stability update for each tool.
[German]As of September 30, 2020, Microsoft has also updated the update KB4577063 for Windows 10 Insider in the Beta and Release Preview Channel. The update raises Windows 10 version 2004 to build 19041.546 and Windows 10 20H2 to build 19042.546. A bug that prevents standby has been fixed. And a reliability problem in Microsoft Edge was fixed.
[German]It's a terrible image, that security firm Rapid 7 draws in it's newest report. Round about 247.000 Exchange Servers are running unpatched and are reachable from the Internet. A lot of Exchange Servers are vulnerable against CVE-2020-0688 and thousands of Exchange Server 2007 are still in use, although they are out of support.
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[German]Citrix has already issued a security bulletin regarding vulnerabilities and security updates for Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Citrix Gateway and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance on September 18, 2020.
[German]A brief information for administrators of a Microsoft SQL Server 2019. Microsoft warns about the cumulative update 7 (CU7). The update released in early September 2020 has been withdrawn due to issues and should not be installed. If you already have CU7 installed, uninstall it and wait for a revised version.
About 10% of Windows systems (according to ZDNet server logs) are still running Windows 7. US colleague Ed Bott has started a survey on ZDNet to find out why companies still use Windows 7. If you still use Windows 7, you might want to participate in the survey. Ed Bott wants to publish the results next week.
[German]Microsoft has revised and clarified its guidance on how to close the Netlogon vulnerability in Windows Server installations that act as domain controllers. This is in response to feedback from users who were confused by previous support posts.
[German]The Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The company shut down its IT systems after this attack was discovered.
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2013 – 2016
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