[German]The cyber criminals behind the blackmail Trojan Emotet malware are currently running a new ransomware campaign. Security authorities in various countries are warning of new waves of attacks.
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 78.2.2 of the e-mail client on September 10, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the e-mail client, which provides some fixes.
[German]Google released a new update of the Google Chrome browser on September 8, 2020, which raises the browser to version 85.0.4183.102. It is a security update that fixes five vulnerabilities as well as bug fixes.
[German]There has been a data leak at gaming provider Razer Inc. The data of thousands of Razer customers with orders and shipping details were reachable via Internet on an open and not password protected database.
[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20211 for Windows Insider on the Dev Channel on September 19, 2020. The announcement was made in the Windows-Blog, where you can read the list of new features, fixes and known issues. Microsoft has added a search to the pages of the standard applications in Settings. And it is possible to access Linux file systems in the Windows subsystem for Linux.
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[German]Windows 7 SP1 users who want to continue to install the September 2020 security updates from the ESU program but do not have an ESU key will need an updated version 8 of the BypassESU solution. Here is some information on the topic.
[German]Users of Bitdefender antivirus protection have had a problem in Windows 10 190x. The security solution incorrectly blocked the Windows 10 cumulative update KB4574727 as malicious.
A brief note: The two platforms Taboola and Outbrain end the talks about a merger of the platforms that were announced a year ago in a pompous way. CNBC reports this in this article. Both platforms offer web publishers the opportunity to integrate content recommendations into their offerings. I found it interesting because Taboola tried to get into my blogs in May 2020. The 'sales promises' were gigantic – but at the end of the day, I didn't accept the 'offer'. The gag conditions were not acceptable to me. Currently I have integrated Google content recommendations at the end of my articles not really worth mentioning.
[German]There are reports that the cumulative update for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004) from September 8, 2020 breaks the Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL 2). After installing the update, this business feature can no longer be used.
[German]I got a report, that cumulative security update KB4571756, released by Microsoft on September 8, 2020, causes Explorer issues and crashes when usein gPaint Shop Pro 7.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
