Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and the broken camera glass

[German]New trouble for owners of a Samsung flagship Galaxy S20 Ultra. Smartphone owners are currently complaining about cracked glass covers on the rear camera. These are not isolated cases that are being reported. Samsung has probably not yet made a statement on this.

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WordPress: Vulnerabilities in OneTone Theme and in Plugin

[German]Currently, an outdated theme (OneTone) and the plugin Real-Time Find and Replace massively endanger the security of WordPress installations. Anyone using these elements must take urgent action – the vulnerabilities are actively exploited.

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Windows 10: Intel DCH graphics driver from version 26.20.100.814 onward without OEM lock

[German]Intel released version 26.20.100.8141 of its DCH graphics driver for Windows 10 without the OEM binding. The drivers can therefore be used on devices with corresponding INTEL-GPUs.

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Chrome 81.0.4044.129 released with security fixes

[German]Google released the update to Chrome 81.0.4044.129 on April 27, 2020. It is a security update which closes vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft //Build: Webcasts for Windows Insider in May 2020

[German]Short advance notice for next May (19 and 20 May 2020). At this time the Microsoft //Build 2020 conference (virtual) will take place. Microsoft also wants to stream two webcasts for Windows Insider in the mixer channel.

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

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VLC 3.0.10 released

Sicherheit[German]The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.10 for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is only a minimal maintenance update which should fix bugs.

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Surface PCs doesn’t have Thunderbolt – it’s security

[German]Microsofts Surface models come with soldered RAM and with USB Type-C, but doesn't support Thunderbolt. Now there is probably a possible explanation: It's for security reasons.

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Microsoft Store down?

[German]According to reports, the Microsoft Store is or was partially down for some user. Apps could no longer be loaded from the store, nothing was displayed.

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Microsoft Teams: Vulnerability allowed account takeover

[German]Microsoft had to additionally secure its Team Client after security researchers had found a vulnerability. The display of a GIF image could be misused by attackers to take over accounts. Microsoft has since taken measures to prevent this type of attack.

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Online video recorder service SAVE.TV [and UseNeXT] hacked

[German]Short information for people who have an account at the German SAVE.TV service. The service has been hacked. Here is some information what I know so far. Addendum: Also the service UseNeXT (de, nl etc.) has been hacked. A service provider seems to be the gate for the intrusion. The case has (imho) nothing to do with the Momentum Usenet client, which probably also steals access data. More details in the article.

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