[German]On April 21, 2020, Microsoft released a monthly preview rollup for Windows 8.1 as well as optional updates for various Windows 10 versions. Here is an overview about these optional updates.
[German]A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the two PDF programs Foxit PDF Reader and PhantomPDF. However, the vendor has already released updates to close the critical vulnerability – I had pointed this out. Now some more details have become known.
[German]Security researchers from Rack911 Labs describe a technique that can be used to leverage and disable almost any antivirus software on Windows or macOS. Although some AV vendors has improved their products, it's not a good news for fans of antivirus software.
[German]In all versions of Windows, there is a vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics component that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges. Details are now available.
[German]On April 14, 2020 a series of security updates for Windows, Office etc. were released. These partially close 0-day vulnerabilities, but there is also collateral damage. For example, VBA code signing no longer works after installing the Office security updates. Here is an overview of what I have seen so far.
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[German]Microsoft has published an overview of various privacy settings for the new Edge Browser. There the settings accessible via edge://settings/ are documented.
[German]According to reports, PayPal has probably secretly closed the vulnerability that allowed unauthorized debits via Google Pay some weeks ago. However, there are new unauthorized debits from Russia.
As of April 17, 2020, Microsoft has released update KB4557426 for Insider in the Fast Ring for the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19608 (20H2 development branch). The addendum to the post on the Windows Blog states that the build will increase to 19608.1006. The update contains an unspecified improvement to increase stability.
Microsoft has released a security update für Chromium Edge browser (see ADV200002). Released on April 17, 2020, Edge 81.0.416.58 addresses vulnerability CVE-2020-6457. The new Chromium Edge may be downloaded from this website.
[German]Another small addendum – already on April 14, 2020 Google released the update to Chrome 81.0.4044.113. This is a security update.
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