AdwCleaner 8.0.1 closes a DLL Hijacking vulnerability

Posted on 2019-12-19 by guenni

[German]On December 17/18 2019 the tool AdwCleaner 8.0.1 was released by Malwarebytes. This update fixes a DLL hijacking vulnerability I reported to the developers.

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WordPress 5.3.2 relased

Posted on 2019-12-19 by guenni

[German]The developers have released the night (December 18, 2019) WordPress 5.3.2. This is a maintenance update which fixes five issues in version 5.3.1 of WordPress. Details about the fixes can be found in the release notes. I was able to update two blogs here without any problems.

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Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for Windows 7 receive definition updates after January 14, 2020

Posted on 2019-12-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft made an U turn. If you run Windows 7 SP1 after January 14, 2020 and use the Microsoft Security Essentials as antivirus software, you will still receive signature updates (against the previous announcement).

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Microsoft's Chromium Edge will be distributed via update soon

Posted on 2019-12-18 by guenni

[German]Another brief message for people who are using Windows 10 and Edge Browser. Microsoft is ready to distribute the final version of the Chromium-based browser via update to supported Windows 10 platforms. This shall start in mid January 2020.

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Privilege-Escalation-Bug in VMWare

Posted on 2019-12-18 by guenni

[German]Is VMware virtualization software with VMware Tools installed on Windows systems? Then there is probably a Privilege Escalation vulnerability that can be used by attackers to increase their privileges. Addendum: The tweets announcing the bug were deleted now and the blog post was set to private invite only – but I had enough time to roughly sketch the vulnerability.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows Insider: Fast Ring has no fixed releases anymore

Posted on 2019-12-18 by guenni

[German]In the release notes of the first Windows 10 20H2 Insider Preview, Microsoft has announced another major change in the Windows Insider program. There will be no more fixed releases with assignment to a Windows 10 version in the Fast Ring. Feature updates, but also new features shipped with ordinary updates may be tested within this channel.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19536 (20H2)

Posted on 2019-12-17 by guenni

On 16.12.2019 Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19536 (should be 20H2) for insiders in the Fast Ring. In the Windows Blog, Microsoft explains some of the new features and changes that are planned.

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Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, price and source for SMEs

Posted on 2019-12-17 by guenni

win7 [German]It was a 'difficult birth' – over three weeks I have drilled thick boards and tried to to get some details and especially prices for Windows 7 Extended Security Update (ESU). Finally I found a German Microsoft Partner who offers Extended Security Updates (ESU) licenses for SMBs. Small companies and SMEs (from Europe) can order the Windows 7 support extension (ESU).

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Harman Kardon Invoke: Microsoft’s smart speaker now useless

Posted on 2019-12-16 by guenni

[German]Users of Microsoft's Harman Kardon Invoke (Cortana) speaker are facing functional degrading these days. According to the latest user reports, the originally 199 US $ expensive device is now more or less useless.

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Android: Chrome 79 Rollout stopped due to data loss

Posted on 2019-12-16 by guenni

[German]Google has temporarily stopped the rollout of the Chrome 79 app for Android. The reason: Users may lose data due to a bug in Webview – and other apps are affected as well.

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