[German]Another brief information from this week. Intel has released several firmware updates and Security Advisories for various products as of December 10, 2019. These point out weak points and their fixes.
[German]Users switching to the freshly released Google Chrome 79 browser may facing again the 'AW Snap' problem. The browser tabs are going into the "White Screen of Death" mode and displays the message "Aw, Snap! Something went wrong while displaying this webpage." This is due to incompatible antivirus products or software tools that collide with Chrome's Code Integrity protection.
[German]The developers have released (December 12, 2019) WordPress 5.3.1. This is a security and bug fix update which fixes issues in version 5.3 of WordPress. Security fixes for older WordPress versions are also available.
[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.1.0 on December 11, 2019. It is a new major version which fixes bugs of earlier versions and includes new features.
[German]A brief information for users of Microsoft 365/Office365.com: The service seems to be interrupted again. And at the same time the question: Is anyone (especially in the US) affected by this malfunction?
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[German]As of December 10, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.
[German]Just a brief note: Trend Micro has released Patch Build 2185 for its Worry Free Business Security (TM WFBS) Version 10.0 Service Pack 1. This provides Windows 10 V1909 compatibility and some fixes of know issues.
[German]Malwarebytes has released version 8.0 of its tool AdwCleaner end of November 2019. The tool, which doesn't need to be installed, may be used for cleaning up a Windows system from Adware. Unfortunately the AdwCleaner needs administrative permissions, but is vulnerable to DLL hijacking.
[German]On December 10, 2019, Microsoft again incorrectly distributed the AutoPilot update KB4532441 to systems running Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) and Windows 10 November 2019 Update (version 1909) via Windows Update. The patch now has been pulled.
[German]Microsoft has announced, that Users of Windows 7 SP1 from January 15, 2020 will receive a warning, which will be displayed on the entire screen. It notifies a user of the end of life of Windows 7 SP1. Here is some more information about this topic and which update or which program is responsible for it.
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