[German]Currently, cybercriminals are using steganographic methods to deliver malicious PowerShell scripts via image files. The aim is to steal access data from employees of service companies in the industrial sector. German and European companies are among the victims of the campaign uncovered by Kaspersky.
[German]Users of Windows 10 systems should patch them, as a new proof of concept (PoC) for the SMBGhost vulnerability has become public. Here are a few details about that.
[German]German blog reader Tibor simandi Kallay has sent me an e-mail alert about a problem when upgrading to Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004). The upgrade fails at 30% of the installation with a message about invalid registry paths. Here is a description of the problem and the solution.
[German]Microsoft released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser on 4 June 2020. The update to version 83.0.478.45 closes several vulnerabilities. Continue reading
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[German]Users of systems with Intel Optane storage technology should not upgrade to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004 version). This will cause issues – but there is a workaround from Intel.
[German]It seems that there is an issue with Office 365 and Apple's iCloud. In some circumstances it's no more possible to setup a synchronization between Outlook and iCloud.
[German]After Microsoft released version 0.18 on May 20, 2020 and version 0.18.1 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours later, version 0.18.2 is now available with further bug fixes.
[German]Microsoft has probably reacted to the user feedback and removed the option to clean the Downloads folder via Disk Cleanup. A protection against accidental deletion of files.
[German]IBM has just announced to consolidate its Power Systems offering and will soon switch off 'Virtual Servers for VPC on POWER'. I don't know if anyone is using this.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
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2017 – 2020
Microsoft has released firmware updates for the Surface Studio and the ARM-based Surface Pro X. A list for the Surface Pro X is available