[German]Microsoft has announced DirectX 12 Ultimate on March 19, 2020 in an extensive post DirectX 12 Ultimate in the developer blog. With appropriate hardware, DirectX 12 Ultimate will work together with Windows 10 version 2004 or higher. This is especially interesting for gamers and game development.
[German]The hacker competition Pwn2Own (spring 2020) had to be held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hackers were able to crack Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, VirtualBox etc. and secure larger amounts of prize money.
[German]There may be a problem with Windows Defender. In Windows 10, users who scan the system with Windows Defender receive a message that items were skipped due to exclusions or network protection settings. Addendum: Microsoft has issued a fix.
[German]Microsoft has released Update KB4541335 for Windows 10 Version 190x in the Release Preview Ring for Windows Insider. There are no details about this update. Downloads can be found here, and at deskmodder.de you can find this short article.
[English]Google has released a security update for the Chrome 80.0.3987.149 on 18 March 2020. The Microsoft developers have followed up on March 19, 2020 and released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser. This update raises the browser to version 80.0.361.69 and closes a number of vulnerabilities.
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[German]In Firefox 74, the Mozilla developers had disabled the TLS 1.0/1.1 protocols (see Firefox 74.0 and 68.6.0esr released). Due to the coronavirus pandemic, TLS 1.0/1.1 was reactivated to allow retrieval of relevant information about Covid-19 on official government sites again.
[German]Hack the hackers: Hackers have succeeded in hacking a contractor of the Russian national secret service FSB. The hacker group has now released details of the Fronton-IoT botnet that FSB is currently setting up.
[German]Security researchers have found several critical vulnerabilities in the WordPress Plugin Responsive Ready Sites Importer. The vulnerabilities allow hijacking of a WordPress instance.
[German]There is a new variant of the Mirai botnet called Mukashi. The attackers are targeting unpatched Zyxel NAS devices on which the botnet will be installed.
[German]Microsoft is currently having issues with its Skype for Business telephony service. Users complain about poor video quality for Skype for Business during phone calls.
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