Thunderbird 60.9.1 and 68.2.2 released

[German]The developers of the email client Thunderbird have now released version 60.9.1 and version 68.2.2. These are maintenance updates for the development branches version 60 and 68 of the email client.

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QSnatch Malware infects QNAP NAS drives

[German]A malware called QSnatch targets network storage from the manufacturer QNAP. The manufacturer offers a firmware update to protect against this malware.

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Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) requirements

win7 [German]Microsoft has defined the requirements for Extended Security Updates (ESU) and provides a test update to check, if a machine is ready for ESU. Here is some information about what you need to know about Extended Security Updates.

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Trend Micro: Discloses Insider Threat Impacting Customer Data

[German]Security firm Trend Micro has just admitted that an employee has sold customer data to online support scammers. This affects 1% of the company's English-speaking private customers.

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2179 with fixes

[German]A brief addendum. Trend Micro has released a 'bug fix' patch with build 2179 for its Worry Free Business Security version 10.0 Service Pack 1 on November 5, 2019.

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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 ...


Tor-Browser 9.0.1 released

SicherheitOn November 4, 2019, the developers updated the Tor browser to version 9.0.1. This is a maintenance update that fixes several bugs and updates components.

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Windows 10: Application Compatibility Toolkit blocked

[German]A brief information for administrators of Windows 10 clients. Microsoft has started blocking older versions of the Application Compatibility Toolkit on Windows 10.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (November 5, 2019)

[German]On November 5, 2019 (the first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released a series of non-security updates for various versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported.

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Mover: Migration to OneDrive/SharePoint

[German]Short information from MS Ignite 2019: Microsoft 365 customers now have free access to Mover to migrate data from about a dozen cloud providers to Microsoft's OneDrive or SharePoint.

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Support until 2025 for OneNote 2016

[German]Microsoft has provided yesterday a surprise at the Ignite 2019 conference. The Windows application OneNote 2016 will get support until 2025 (same as Office 2019).

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