[German]If someone is using Symantec Endpoint Protection on their Windows clients, the antivirus solution should be updated quickly. This is because older versions have critical security vulnerabilities.
[German]A short patchday addendum: Microsoft has released several UEFI security updates after the patchday. Among others there is the security update KB4524244, which causes serious trouble on AMD devices and some notebooks. Addendum: The update has been pulled due to serious isses – see text for details.
[German]It seems that Microsoft's Cloud has issues today. Microsoft has reported a glitch on Microsoft 365 in its cloud. But not too much details are known now.
[German]Microsoft recommends that administrators of Exchange Servers disable the SMBv1 protocol on these machines for security reasons. Here are a few details about that recommendation.
[German]There are reports that cumulative update KB4532693 for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 dated February 11, 2020, is causing significant issues for some users. Desktop gone, files gone, icons gone and more.
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[German]It's a classic U turn: Microsoft now don't force Office 365 ProPlus customers to install a Bing search extension in Chrome browser, as it has been announced in mid January 2020.
[German]Microsoft also released the KB4537767 cumulative security update for Internet Explorer on February 11, 2020. Here is some information about this update.
[German]Administrators who have chosen to participate in the Extended Security Updates program will need to make some enhancements in order to receive security updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in February 2020.
On February 12, 2020, Microsoft released the cumulative update KB4541095 for the Windows 10 (20H2) Insider Preview for insiders in the Fast Ring. The update raises Windows 10 to build 19564.1000. An article within the Windows Blog ists the changes, bug fixes, and known issues of this build.
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have released version 68.5 on 11.2.2020. This is a maintenance update (no security fixes) for the 68 main version of the email client.
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