[German]Just a note to users of bintec elmeg business routers. It's recommended, to update the firmware of these devices, because a nasty bug has been discovered. During port forwarding accidentally more ports as expected are being opened.
[German]Microsoft has published a support bulletin that warns users of a new problem in Windows 10. Thunderbolt devices on the dock may stop working under certain circumstances. This affects all supported versions of Windows 10, but it occurs only in rare cases.
[German]Another brief note for administrators of Splunk platforms. Some products will facing a failure on January 1, 2020, similar to the Year 2K problem at the turn of the millennium, due to date counter overflows. But there are patches to fix this problem.
[German]The security service provider Prosegur suffers from a successful cyber attack with ransomware infection of its enterprise networks. All European sites are affected.
[German]Today a second addendum regarding the fixes for the access error '3340: query "|" is corrupted' triggered by the November 2019 security updates? This is the third time Microsoft has postponed bug fix dates. This time fixes for Access 2010/2013 in the MSI version were preferred.
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[German]On 26.11.2019 Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19033 (20H1) in Fast Ring as well as in Slow Ring for insiders. The development branch 20H1 will end in spring 2020 as the new Windows 10 version 2004.
[German]German institute AV-TEST is currently warning of a cheap China Smartwatch (SMA Watch-M2) for kids. The watch can reveal data of the wearer to unauthorized third parties and allows children to harass.
[German]Today I want to bring up again another issue regarding the update behavior of Windows Server 2012 (default, not R2). Some machines running Windows Server 2012 have been in a pending update loop since early November 2019. Now some workarounds has been found.
[German]Another addendum to fixed issues in Windows 10 version 1903/1909, which led to upgrade blockades. Microsoft has fixed issues with some Realtek Bluetooth drivers, and unstable WiFi connections in Qualcomm drivers, and an audio driver bug has also been fixed.
[German]A counter in the firmware of certain HPE SSD storage systems may overflow in the coming days, causing data loss and system failure. The manufacturer HPE warns against this scenario and asks device administrators to update the firmware.
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2013 – 2016
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