Chrome M85: RAM optimization removed in Windows 10 2004

[German]Google's developers decided to disable the memory optimization (RAM allocation) feature for Windows 10 version 2004, which should be built into the M85 development branch of the Chromium browser. The reason: this optimization led to performance losses of between 10 percent and 13 percent more CPU power consumption.

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Windows 10 V2004: NCSI shows 'No Internet', although online

[German]Windows 10 users are faced with the problem that the status area of the taskbar indicates a missing Internet connection, but the system is still online. This error also occurs in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004). This causes problems with various programs.

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CISA warns admins: Patch the SIGRed Windows DNS Server vulnerability

[German]The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all US authorities to patch the wormable SIGRed vulnerability in Windows DNS Server within 24 hours. 

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Chrome 84 & Sophos Authentication for Thin Clients (SATC)

[German]A brief note for administrators who use Sophos Authentication for Thin Clients (SATC) in conjunction with a Chromium 84 browser There will be problems with authentication using SATC and the XG firewall. The recommendation is to prevent updating the Chromium browser and use Firefox as the browser.

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Microsoft Edge 84.0.522.40 released

Edge[German]Microsoft issued a security advisory on July 16, 2020, which indicates the new security update for the Chromium Edge Browser to version 84.0.522.40.

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

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Thunderbird 78.0 released

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 78.0.0 on July 15, 2020. It is a new main version of the e-mail client, which also corrects some errors.

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VirtualBox 6.1.12 released

Virtualbox[German]Oracles developers have released Virtualbox version 6.1.12 on July 14, 2020. It is a maintenance update which should fix bugs of earlier versions of the virtualization software.

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European Court cancels EU-US “Privacy Shield”

[German]It is a bang – the data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" concluded between the USA and the EU has just been overturned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This now affects all cloud services hosted in the USA.

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Twitter accounts hacked (July 15, 2020)

[German]Hackers managed to trick Twitter employees on Wednesday and take over tens of thousands of high-profile Twitter accounts (Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber and Apple) via their dashboard or an internal tool. This was then used for scams involving crypto-currencies.

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Outlook connection issues with Exchange Online (07/15/2020)

[German]As of July 15, 2020, Outlook users did not only have the problem that the application crashes due to an update. Some users were also no longer able to log on to Exchange Online with Outlook.

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