[German]It was a 'difficult birth' – over three weeks I have drilled thick boards and tried to to get some details and especially prices for Windows 7 Extended Security Update (ESU). Finally I found a German Microsoft Partner who offers Extended Security Updates (ESU) licenses for SMBs. Small companies and SMEs (from Europe) can order the Windows 7 support extension (ESU).
[German]Users of Microsoft's Harman Kardon Invoke (Cortana) speaker are facing functional degrading these days. According to the latest user reports, the originally 199 US $ expensive device is now more or less useless.
[German]Google has temporarily stopped the rollout of the Chrome 79 app for Android. The reason: Users may lose data due to a bug in Webview – and other apps are affected as well.
[German]Currently there seems to be a problem with the Microsoft telephony service Skype for Business. The login doesn't seem to work, so that no phone calls can be made via Skype.
[German]Another postscript from the last days. In December 2019, Microsoft published several security alerts on various vulnerabilities.
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Ein Team von Sicherheitsforschern der SentinelLabs ist einer Kooperation diverser Botnet-Gruppen in der Crimeware-Landschaft auf die Spur gekommen. Botnetz-Betreiber tun sich mit Angreifer aus Nordkorea zusammen.
[German]As of December 10, 2019, Microsoft has released a collection of security updates for its products. The article includes a Patchday review that provides information about issues related to updates.
[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.
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