[German]Sophos, the owner of the software sandbox, has just announced that the tool has now been released as open source. The open source release was announced in September 2019.
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Windows 10 V2004: Update KB4552455 in Slow Ring
Thunderbird 68.7.0 released
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.7.0 on April 8, 2020 (just 25 after the first release candidate was released). This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which corrects some bugs, but also contains security fixes.
Investcorp from Bahrein acquires German AV vendor Avira
[German]The German Avira GmbH & Co. KG from Tettnang, which sells anti-virus solutions under the name Avira, is being acquired by the investor group Investcorp from the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Bitdefender discovers new botnet Dark_nexus
[German]Security researchers from Bitdefender have discovered a new IoT based DDoS botnet and named it Dark_nexus. The authors advertise it on Youtube. The whole thing could become quite dangerous for the currently busy internet.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Fix for Exchange/iOS Outlook app 'birthday' bug
[German]Finally, Microsoft tries to fix an annoying bug in the iOS Outlook app, which in connection with Exchange servers displayed birthdays one day too early. The bug has been there for nearly than a decade.
Firefox 75: Telemetry reports the default browser to Mozilla
[German]The just released Firefox 75 comes in the Windows version with a nasty surprise. A telemetry function transmits daily the used operating system as well as the standard browser to Mozilla.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19603
On April 8, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19603 (20H2 development branch) for Insiders in the Fast Ring. In the Windows Blog, Microsoft lists the new features, bug fixes and known problems of this build. For example, there is an integration of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows Explorer.
iOS 13.4.1 fixes VPN bug and Facetime issues
[German]Apple has released an update from iOS to version 13.4.1 on April 7, 2020. It is a bug-fix update, which should fix a bug in Facetime as well as the bug in VPNs. Furthermore there are further fixes.
Microsoft Office Patchday (April 7, 2020)
[German]On April 7, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office (this time only for Office 2016) that are still supported.