Firefox 75 and 68.7.0esr released

Mozilla[German]Mozilla's developers have released the version 75.0.0 and the version and 68.7.0esr of the Firefox browser on April 7, 2020. These are new major updates for the browser. Addition: Information from the release notes added.

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Disabling Exchange Online Basic Authentication in 2021

[German]In view of the corona crisis, Microsoft has postponed his announced plans, to retire the basic authentication of Exchange Online in autumn 2020. This authentication will now be switched off in the second half of 2021 at the earliest.

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Windows PowerToys 0.16.1 released

[German]Microsoft released version 0.16.1 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 0.16.1 brings some bug fixes for the tools.

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Potential errors in the Windows update database – Part 2

[German]In Part 1 I had taken up a reader's note that after Windows fails to install updates, there are potential errors in the Windows Update database which can't be repaired by Update trouble shooter. In part 2 I describe further diagnosis steps, a root cause for the issues and a repair approach.

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Potential errors in the Windows update database – Part 1

[German]Sometimes Windows 10 users run into errors during update installation. And the Windows troubleshooter then reports errors in the Windows Update database that can't be fixed. Usually this ends up in a new installation or an in-place upgrade of Windows 10. Are there potential errors in the Windows Update database that could cause this issues? In two parts the problem is analyzed – and it is shown how to probably get around a new installation or an in-place upgrade by a repair.

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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 ...


Skype conferencing: no download, no account required

Skype[German]Microsoft has – probably in view of the Corona crisis, all barriers to Skype conferences have been removed. You can start a 'free meeting' in your browser, in which anybody can participate.

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Security concerns: Zoom banned in some US schools

[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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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.

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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.

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0patch fixes Windows 7 LNK vulnerability CVE-2020-0729

win7[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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