On January 30, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19555.1001 (20H2 development branch) for insiders in the Fast Ring. In the Windows Blog, Microsoft lists the bug fixes and known issues of this build.
[German]The US company Electronic Warfare Associates, EWA, has fallen victim to an attack with the Ryuk ransomware. The attack took place last week.
[German]Antivirus vendor Avira has begun to install its Avira Free Security suite on systems of paying customers with Avira Antivirus Pro (or updated the Free Antivirus product to the Free Security Suite). Here is some information what I know so far.
[German]Currently, there is probably a disruption at Microsoft 365 again, which can affect individual customers, even with Office 365. I don't have a lot of information yet, because I can't access the Administrator Dashboard (I'm not in the Cloud).
[German]The antivirus vendor AVAST announced its preparing to close down its subsidiary Jumpshot after the latest data scandal that I've also discussed in this blog.
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[German]The United Nations was hacked in 2019. This was possible because systems were not patched. And then the responsible authorities at UN wanted to keep it all secret.
[German]In this blog post I like to give a short overview for Windows 7 users who continue to use the operating system and are looking for antivirus software.
[German]ACROS Security offers administrators of systems with Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008/R2 a free trial month for 0patch subscriptions. Here is some information about this offer and also an outline about my plans for the 'Windows 7 Life Extension' project here in the blog.
[German]A small hint for people who upload from time to time suspicious files to VirusTotal and have them checked for malware. VirusTotal has now been extended with the Bitdam Sandbox.
[German]Just a side note for administrators of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard systems. Internet Explorer 10 reaches the end of life. You need to upgrade to Internet Explorer 11, if that hasn't been done yet.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
