[German]Microsoft has confirmed the bug that is caused by the KB4534310 update in Windows 7 SP1 that may cause a black desktop background. A fix will only be available for users in the ESU program. Addendum: The reference to a fix for ESU customes disappeared from the Microsoft KB article shortly after I published this blog post.
[German]Cumulative update KB4528760 for Windows 10 version 190x causes installation problems for some users. It is believed that uninstalling the Connect app included with Windows 10 may be the cause.
[German]A brief question to users of Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2185: Have you experienced issues updating definition (pattern) files since the patch was installed?
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have now released version 68.4.2. This is a maintenance update (no security fixes) for the 68 main version of the email client.
[English]Lenovo has delivered several ThinkPad models with a faulty USB Type C connector. It's silly that failures only occur after 6 to 12 months of typical use. For affected devices with USB Type C connector, Lenov0 has now released a firmware update, which should solve this issue.
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[German]Microsoft just released a security advisory informing about a Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability. CVE-2019-1486has undergone a major revision increment.
[German]Both the German city of Brandenburg an der Havel and the municipality of Stahnsdorf in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark (Germany) have gone offline and turned off their IT systems a cyber attack and are working in emergency mode. Here too, Citrix ADC/Netscaler gateways were the cause of successful attacks.
The Google developer conference Google I/O will be held this year from 12 to 14 May 2020. The conference venue will again be the Shoreline Amphitheater, located in Mountain View near Google's headquarters, where Google has hosted the event in recent years.
[German]Microsoft offers the new Chromium-based Edge Browser since a few days now. However, the security of the provided Windows installer is quite poor.
[German]On January 23, 2020, several cumulative updates (as preview updates) were released for older Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about the respective updates.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
