Windows 10 V190x: Revision for Update KB4522355 (Insider)

Posted on 2019-10-23 by guenni

[German]Microsoft  has released the update KB4522355 again in a revised version for the Windows 10 versions 190x on October 22, 2019. The cumulative update KB4522355 is available for Windows Insiders logged into the Release Preview Ring with Windows 10 Version 1903 or Version 1909. The first version of this update was released on October 17, 2019 (see my blog post here), the second version was released a day later. The October 22 revision reaised Windows 10 V1903 to build 18362.449, while Windows 10 V1909 is updated to build 18363.449. What exactly the update fixes is unknown to me. (via)

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19008 (20H1)

Posted on 2019-10-23 by guenni

Microsoft  published the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19008 (from the development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring on October 22, 2019. It is a bug fix update. This is stated in a post on the Windows Blog. Insiders in the Slow Ring will soon be switched from Windows 10 19H2 to 20H1.

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Sophos sold to investment firm Thoma Bravo

Posted on 2019-10-23 by guenni

Short information for people using Sophos security solutions or Sandboxie. The private equity investment company Thoma Bravo will probably take over the security specialist. The info came out a week ago.

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Chrome 78 released

Posted on 2019-10-23 by guenni

[German]Google eleased the Google Chrome browser version 78 on October 22, 2019. In this major version there are some new features, so Google wants to support DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH).

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VPN provider like NordVPN and TorGuard hacked

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]The servers of the VPN providers like NordVPN, VikingVPN and TorGuard, were hacked. The attackers stole and published the private keys of the certificates used to secure the web servers and VPN configuration files.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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European Union Privacy Watchguard, the GDPR and Microsoft

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Next turn in Microsoft and data protection regulation. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have now again expressed concerns regarding the conformity of Microsoft products with regard to the GDPR. The EDPS is working to ensure that the same data protection rules apply to all authorities and users within the European Economic Area (EEA) when concluding contracts with Microsoft. This also applies to the processing of data in the cloud.

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Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4517389 and VB issues

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]A brief addendum to the October 2019 Patchday. As it appears, the KB4517389 cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1903 causes issues with certain 16-bit Visual Basic 3 applications.

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Microsoft Introduces Secured Core PCs w. Firmware Protection

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has introduced a new development, the Secured Core PCs with additional protection against firmware attacks. This standard was defined together with OEM vendors.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview 19H2 Build 18363.418

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18363.418 for machines that were on Build 18362.10024 in the Release Preview Ring.

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Abbis: AVAST fights off a cyber-attack attempt on its network

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Unknown actory probably had access to the AVAST network for about 6 months. The aim was supposedly a new supply chain attac attempt to compromise of the CCleaner software build environment. AVAST claims to have fight off the attack.

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