Windows Print-Spooler: Exploit for CVE-2020-1048

Posted on 2020-05-14 by guenni

[German]There is a CVE-2020-1048 vulnerability in Windows print spooler that could allow malicious software to gain elevated privileges. But a patch is available since May 12, 2020, and there are a few restriction to misuse that flaw. Here is a brief overview what to know, including a discussion, how critical the vulnerability is.

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Security incident at the Santander Bank website in Belgium

Posted on 2020-05-14 by guenni

[German]At the Belgian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander bank, a misconfigured web server enabled the indexing of the stored files. When inspecting this data, security researchers from Cybernews came across sensitive material in the form of SQL dumps and JSON files. An API key would have allowed certain files in a CDN to be exchanged.

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No more 32-bit Windows 10 from V2004 on new devices

Posted on 2020-05-14 by guenni

[German]It looks like the 32-bit version of Windows 10 is dying slowly. On new devices shipped with Windows 10 2004, the operating system only will be a 64-bit installation.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (May 12 2020)

Posted on 2020-05-14 by guenni

[German]On May 12, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Exchange Online: Unable to access (05/13/2020)

Posted on 2020-05-13 by guenni

[German]Short status message about the Microsoft Cloud. Currently there are probably login problems with the Microsoft service Exchange Online again. According to a Microsoft report, this probably occurs worldwide.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19628 in Fast Ring

Posted on 2020-05-13 by guenni

[German]On May 13, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19628 (20H2 development branch) for insiders in the Fast Ring. Microsoft has also changed the release branch.

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Windows 10 Mai 2020 Update released at MSDN & for OEMs

Posted on 2020-05-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004) on May 12, 2020 as an RTM build for Windows Insiders as well as for OEMs and MSDN subscribers.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041.264 as new RTM

Posted on 2020-05-13 by guenni

[German]On May 12, 2020 Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041.264 in the Slow and Release Preview Ring. This is the 20H1 development branch, which will be released at the end of May as Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004).

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (May 12, 2020)

Posted on 2020-05-13 by guenni

Windows Update[German]On May 12, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and further updates for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (May 12, 2020)

Posted on 2020-05-13 by guenni

[German]On May 12, 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.

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