Microsoft's developer conference BUILD 2020 was actually planned for May 19-21, 2020 in Seattle (USA) – see Microsoft Build Conference: Registration possible. Due to the Covid 19 crisis, this conference will be a 'virtual event'.
[German]Microsoft has probably discontinued the Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan). The app has been removed from the Microsoft download area.
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have released version 68.6.0 on 12.3.2020. This is a maintenance update (no security fixes) for the 68 main version of the email client.
On March 12, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19582 (20H2 development branch) for Insiders in the Fast Ring. In the Windows Blog, Microsoft lists the new features, bug fixes and known problems of this build.
[German]Since 11 March 2020, there is a service outage at Exchange Online. Users could no longer log on with the Outlook desktop client. The malfunction seems to continue.
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[German]Microsoft has released on March 12, 2020 an out-of-band security update KB4551762 for the SMBv3 vulnerability CVE-2020-0796 in Windows 10 and Windows Server.
[German] Intel has issued a security advisory on March 10, 2020, in which vulnerabilities in various products and available updates are pointed out. A critical vulnerability is found in a graphics driver.
The WordPress plugin 'Import Export WordPress Users' is used on over 30,000 websites, but contains a vulnerability in older versions. The vulnerability, discovered on February 26, allowed anyone with access at subscriber level or higher to import new users via a CSV file, including users at administrative level. An update of the plugin closes the vulnerability – more details can be found in this WordFence article.
[German]The EU Commission wants to take action against the waste and also electronic devices waste, i.e. appliances that are left without updates shortly after market launch, or devices which are broken just after end of warranty and then be thrown away. Sustainability for smartphones and notebooks as well as the reduction of waste in general, including the 'right to repair' of things is on the agenda and should become law.
[German]As of March 10, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security relevant updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.
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2013 – 2016
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