[German]Short information for administrators who use Microsoft Intune to manage their devices. Developers have added a new feature to Intune that displays administrative GPO template files in an Explorer view in the ADMX Editor.
[German]Those days I had reported about a vulnerability in Windows in the blog post 0-day vulnerability in Windows Adobe Type Library. Just for your information: Microsoft is currently revising the description of ADV200006 – I received three notifications about updates to the vulnerability's severity during the night. On Windows 10 the severity level has been downgraded from Critical to Important. On Windows 7/8.1 it remains Critical.
[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4052623 for the Windows Defender anti-malware platform for Windows 10 on March 24, 2020. This update also fixes the irritating message that files were skipped during a scan.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional update KB4541335 for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 on March 24, 2020. Before that, the update was available in the Release Preview Ring for Insider (see Windows 10 190x: Update KB4541335 for Insider).
[German]Surprising announcements from Microsoft in times of the Corona crisis. The company suspends non-security related optional updates for Windows from May 2020 onwards for an undefined period.
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[German]After the increase in home office sessions as part of the corona crisis led to functional issues in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft is reducing now the functionality of its Microsoft 365 online services.
[German]Today (March 23, and 24, 2020) we have had some service disruption with remote software Teamviewer. Maybe a technical issue at the server infrastructure due to a heavy load with home office use during Corona crisis. Or a consequence of the suspended check for commercial use for free Teamviewer editions?
[German]Windows 10 users are facing the behavior, that Windows Defender skips items during a scan and reports this. In the meantime the cause is clear and I present a solution in the blog post. Addendum: Microsoft has issued a fix.
[German]An unpatched vulnerability exists in the Adobe Type Manager Library in all supported versions of Windows. Meanwhile hackers are trying to exploit this vulnerability, as Microsoft writes in a security advisory. Addendum: 0patch has released a micropatch.
[German]The US giant General Electric (GE) has now confirmed a data protection incident in which personal data of former and current employees of a service provider got into the hands of unauthorized persons.
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