[German]Security experts at SophosLabs have discovered a new cyber attack using spyware. The malware has been christened Cloud Snooper, implants a rootkit and communicates across firewalls. The spyware was found in the Amazon cloud on a Linux server. The malware can also infect Windows systems.
[German]Microsoft has released another batch of microcode updates for Windows 10 version 1507 to 1909 on February 25, 2020 (it seems, it's old updates). In addition, a reader informed me, that he received another USB 2.0 microphone bug fix update via WSUS on February 26, 2020. Here is some information about these updates.
[German]Microsoft has released this night an ISO install image of the upcoming Windows 10 version 2004. It is still an insider preview – but it could be the final version for the release.
[German]Microsoft has begun with the rollout of the Chromium-based Edge Browser via Windows Update. Currently it only affects Windows Insider in the Release Preview Ring. The browser will be rolled out on more machines in the coming weeks.
[German]On February 25, 2020, Microsoft released a monthly preview rollup for Windows 8.1 as well as optional updates for older Windows 10 versions.
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[German]After Google updated the Chrome browser with a security update (see Security Update Chrome 80.0.3987.122 (25.2.2020)), Microsoft's developers also released the Edge browser version 80.0.361.62 (based on the Chromium security update). According to ADV200002, this version fixes the two vulnerabilities CVE-2020-6407 and CVE-2020-6418.
[German]In this blog post, I will quickly summarize important security information that has come to my attention in the last few hours. There are so many topics that the blog would burst with individual contributions. Are violent things like missing security features in certain Microsoft Office 365 variants about RCE vulnerabilities that endanger power plants, etc. are once again all there.
[German] some German (and Russian) Paypal users suffer from unauthorized debits for purchases at US branches of Starbucks and Target. This morning it looked as if dispute cases of affected parties are rejected. Now I have an answer from the German PayPal press department – they fixed the issue and will refund all affected customers.
[German]Google's developers have released version 80.0.3987.122of the Chrome browser. This is a security update which should close three vulnerabilities.
[German]I have to bring the subject up again and ask it as a question: When reinstalling Windows 10 Pro, did any of you notice that only a Microsoft account (and no offline account) can be created there?
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
