Microsoft has just announced the Preview 5 of its .NET 5.0 Framework in the developer blog. The preview is available for Windows, macOS and Linux and contains some new features described in the blog post. The blog post also contains the announcement that the built-in support for WinRT in .NET 5.0 will be removed with Preview 6.
[German]Now a view at the 'bitter end of smart devices' such as smart TVs, refrigerators or other IoT devices (smart speakers, thermostats, etc.) becomes visible. There are not even missing updates for their software. Expired security certificates could kick those devices into the 'offline' mode, no connection is possible anymore.
[German]Currently, billions of devices are at risk from a bug if UPnP is used there. The vulnerability, called CallStranger, allows for data extraction, denial of service (DDoS) attacks, and internal network scanning.
[German]Another critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) protocol of Windows 10/Server Core, which allows access to the kernel memory. But there are patches and mitigations available.
On 10 June 2020, the developers released WordPress 5.4.2. It is a maintenance update which fixes security issues and 23 bugs and contains improvements. Details are available in the release notes. I just had the German IT-Blog updated without any problems.
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[German]On June 9, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.
Brief info for owners of various older Surface devices. Microsoft has given them firmware updates. This ranges from the Surface Pro 5/6 to the Surface Laptop and Laptop 2. The links to the respective update history may be found here for instance.
[German]In Windows 10, a bug in versions 1903 through 2004 can cause printers connected to USB ports to no longer be recognized. Microsoft has now confirmed this issue.
[German]On June 10, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19645 (20H2 development branch) for Insiders in the Fast Ring. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where references to this build can be found. Thus the servicing model for WSL 2 has been changed. Furthermore, fixes were implemented.
[German]On June 9, 2020, Microsoft released several (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
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