[German]Microsoft Office security updates released on Patchday (November 12, 2019) cause Access to fail to access databases. An error 3340 'Query is corrupted' will be dropped. Addendum: I reported the issue to Microsoft, a fix is in preparation – see inside. Addendum 2: A fix for Access 2016 is available.
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 190123 (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring on November 12, 2019. Details about the fixes and new features (a few emojis are available) can be found in the Windows Blog.
[German]As of November 12, 2019, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, and more. Here is a compact overview of these updates.
[German]McAfee had to patch a Local Privlege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in all editions of its antivirus software for Windows, allowing potential attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges.
[German]Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909) has just been released today, 12 November 2019, by Microsoft for general use. In the blog post, I like to outline how to get this update.
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Microsoft will discontinue its MSDN magazine in November 2019 (see my German blog post MSDN-Magazin wird eingestellt). If you are interested in the contents of the previous editions, you can now download them from the Microsoft archive.
Microsoft had released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19013 (from the development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring on October 29, 2019. Now Microsoft has released this build in the Slow Ring. Details can be found in the Windows Blog.
[German]The bash shell of Ubuntu 12.04 ESM contains a vulnerability (USN-4180-1, CVE-2012-6711), that also affects Ubuntu derivatives. The vulnerability could allow attackers to infiltrate bash scripts that could cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.
[German]A bug in Windows 10 is currently (since the weekend of November 9, 2019) unsettling users who use USB storage devices. Instead of a USB drive, the Explorer now displays a generic device icon. Here is some information about the problem.
[German]The provider SmarterASP.NET with more than 440,000 customers seems probably to be a victim of a cyber attack over the weekend. All servers are said to have been encrypted by Ransomware.
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