Surface ProX: Upgrade to Windows 10 2004 fails [Workaround]

[German]Owners of a Microsoft Surface ProX are facing trouble upgrading their devices to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. This only works if the Internet connection is disconnected as a workaround.

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Microsoft Edge 84.0.522.49 released

Edge[German]Microsoft issued a security advisory on July 30, 2020, which indicates the new security update for the Chromium Edge Browser to version 84.0.522.49. Addendum: And on 31.07.2020 there was a tweet with references to Edge crashes.

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Ransomware infection at German Dussmann Group

[German]A ransomware attack has occurred at the Dussmann subsidiary Kühlanlagenbau in Dresden. In the process, 200 GBytes of data were stolen. The perpetrators of the attack probably published 14 Gbytes of this data online.

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Timeless Timing Attacks on HTTP/2 and WPA3…

[German]The new protocols HTTP/2 and WPA3 (WLAN) are currently being closely examined by security researchers. Timeless timing attacks can be used to extract sensitive information.

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BootHole vulnerability in GRUB2 puts Linux and also Windows Secure Boot at risk

[German]Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GRUB2 boot loader, which could compromise both the Linux system and the Secure Boot available in Windows during boot process. Invisible malware may be injected on systems.

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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 ...


Windows Defender flags CCleaner as PUP – Part 1

[German]Microsoft's Defender integrated into Windows marks Piriform's CCleaner software as a potentially unwanted program (PUP, Potential Unwanted Program or Potential Unwanted App, PUA).

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WordPress Plugin wpDiscuz with critical vulnerability

[German]There is a critical vulnerability in WordPress plugin wpDiscuz in versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.4, as WordFence reports here. The vulnerability in the plugin, which provides a comment function, allows to take over a WordPress installation. This is fixed in version 7.0.5. Through my Facebook channels I know that version 5.3.5 also has a vulnerability.  In this discussion post you will learn that there is also a version 5.3.6 for bug fixing.

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Thunderbird 68.11.0 released

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.11.0 on July 28 , 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which corrects a bug.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20180

[German]On July 29, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20180 for insiders in the Developer Channel. It is the anniversary build, because Windows 10 was released exactly 5 years ago. The announcement with references to the new features was made in the Windows Blog. Microsoft has mainly unlocked features that were released in Build 20161 for the tiles of the Start menu. In addition there are some fixes and hints for developers, which can be read in the Windows Blog.

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Firefox 79.0.0 and 78.1.0 esr released

Mozilla[German]Mozilla's developers have released the version 79.0. of the Firefox browser (as well as the 78.1.0 esr) on 29 July 2020. These are maintenance updates that fix both vulnerabilities and bugs.

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