[German]Some US schools have now forbidden their teachers to continue using the Zoom service. The reason is security concerns and the recommendation is to switch to Microsoft Teams.
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Security concerns: Zoom banned in some US schools
Emotet Trojan can overload computers on the network
[German]An infection with the Emotet malware can slow down an entire corporate network because the CPUs of Windows devices are being used to their maximum capacity, bringing network and internet traffic down to zero.
Google rolls back (temporarily) SameSite Cookie Changes
Due to the COVID-19 pandemy Google announced, that they are rolling back (temporarily) the SameSite Cookie changes, that has been introduced in Chrome 80 in February. Furhter details may be read within this Google blog post.
0patch fixes Windows 7 LNK vulnerability CVE-2020-0729
[German]ACROS Security has released a micro patch for the "Stuxnet-like" LNK RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-0729. This is micro patch is available via the 0patch agent for unpatched Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems.
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AdwCleaner 8.0.4 closes again a DLL Hijacking vulnerability
[German]On March 3, 2020, Malwarebytes released the tool AdwCleaner 8.0.4. It's a maintenance release. The update fixes a DLL hijacking vulnerability that I reported to the developers.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Windows 10/Microsoft Surface: Boot error 0xc0000098
[German]Windows users – and especially users of Windows 10 and Microsoft Surface devices – are affected from time to time by the boot error 0xc0000098. I will therefore prepare the whole thing again in a blog post
Firefox 74.0.1 and 68.6.1esr released
[German]The Mozilla developers have released version 74.0.1 and version and 68.6.1esr of the Firefox browser on April 3, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the browser.
Chrome 80.0.3987.162 released (March 31, 2020)
[German]Google's developers have released version 80.0.3987.162 of the Chrome browser (heise specifies 80.0.3987.163 here). This is a security update which should close three vulnerabilities. The new Chrome version 80.0.3987.122 is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and is rolled out to the systems via the automatic update function. You can download it here.
Folder move bug with Microsoft Outlook 2016 mailboxes
[German]A German blog reader pointed out a bug in Microsoft Outlook 2016 in the mailboxes section. There are issues with moving mailbox folders within Outlook – the moved folder vanishes, although the folder is still present.
Windows 10: “Socket Error 0×2200021” and WiFi issues
[German]Since April 1, 2020, there have been complaints from Windows 10 users in Italian Microsoft forums reporting WiFi problems in connection with an update. The socket error 0×2200021 is triggered. Here is some information about this. Update: It turns out, it has been an April prank – not that funny at all! We had enough to do to fight against real Windows errors and other mess – no need to have additional noise from such guys in MS Anwers forum – that's going more and more downhill.