[German]There has been a data leak at the French newspaper Le Figaro where personal data of subscribers, sometimes even passwords in plain text, have been disclosed.
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Huge data leak at French newspaper Le Figaro
Security update Chromium Edge 81.0.416.68
Microsoft released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser on 29 April 2020 (see ADV200002). Edge 81.0.416.68 fixes the vulnerabilities CVE-2020-6461 and CVE-2020-6462. The new Chromium Edge can be downloaded from this website.
Sysmon v11.0 from Sysinternals tools released
[German]Microsoft employee Mark Russinovich released his Sysinternals tool Sysmon in version 11.0 on April 28, 2020. Here is some information about it. And also a look how the whole thing looks like from a security point of view.
PowerToys 0.17 with Auto Update released
[German]Microsoft released version 0.17 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. These tools are free and offer nice additional features for Windows 10. The new version 0.17 includes the code for an auto-update for the tools, but it can be tested with upcoming v0.18.
WordPress 5.4.1 released
[German]The WordPress developers have released a maintenance update to version 5.4.1 on April 29-30, 2020. This fixes 11 bugs, which are described in the release notes. This also includes six fixed vulnerabilities. I had a manual update of my blog done. This worked without flaws.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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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.
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[German]Currently, an outdated theme (OneTone) and the plugin Real-Time Find and Replace massively endanger the security of WordPress installations.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.
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.
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.
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.