[German]Symantec Endpoint Protection had two Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (LPE), CVE-2019-12757 and CVE-2019-12758, which the company closed in version 14.2 RU2.
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Fix for 2 Symantec Endpoint Protection LPE vulnerabilities
Warning: Malware via mail with an image link
[German]Today a brief security warnung: A blog reader informed me about a special threat variant in e-mails. A mail contains a clickable image that redirects users to malware sites.
Acronis True Image is loosing settings since Oct. 2019
[German]Another post for blog readers who use Acronis True Image (ATI) for backup. A blog reader pointed out a problem with ATI a few days ago. The software seems to be forgetting settings. Addendum: The root cause is known.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19025 (20H1) in Fast Ring
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 190125 (from the development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring on November 15, 2019. Details about the fixes and new features (e.g. the Windows search has been improved) can be found in the Windows Blog.
Experimental Chrome feature has caused crashes
[German]Google's developers have rolled out some experimental feature to some of its chrome users. But this went wrong and making enterprise customers going nuts. Suddenly, users couldn't access websites anymore or the tabs were white due to browser crashes.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
TPM-FAIL puts Trusted Platform Module at risk
[German]A newly discovered vulnerability makes it possible to steal ECDSA signature keys by timing attack from the supposedly secure memory area of TPM chips (Intel fTPM 2.0, STMicroelectronics ST33-TPM).
Forced update from Windows 10 V1803 to V1903?
[German]It seems that Microsoft has started to force systems, which still run with Windows 10 version 1803, to upgrade to Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) via feature update.
Windows 7: Update KB890830 (MSRT) drops Error 0x800B0109
[German]Another supplement to the Patchday (November 12, 2019). A number of users under Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008/R2 get the error 0x800B0109 when installing the update KB890830 (MSRT). Here is some information about the topic and what was going on.
Media Feature Pack Windows 10 N 1909
[German]For users with a Windows 10 N variant, Microsoft has released the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N version 1909. Here is some information about this topic and how to obtain this pack.
Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (November 12, 2019)
[German]As of November 12, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.