Caution with Surface Pro 7 Wi-Fi driver

[German]If you have purchased a new Surface Pro 7 (possibly also the Surface Laptop 3), be careful when installing the WLAN drivers. Otherwise you probably may end with serious issues.

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Microsoft Message Analyzer will be discontinued

[German]A brief message for people who may use the Microsoft Message Analyzer to analyze network data. The product will be discontinued soon and the download will be removed from the Microsoft pages. There is probably no replacement for the free analysis tool.

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Trend Micro WFBS 10.0 SP1: Patch Build 2178 released

[German]Trend Micro has released a patch with build 2178 for its Worry Free Business Security version 10.0 Service Pack 1 on October 26, 2019. This patch is supposed to close a 0-day vulnerability in the web console.

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Update your iPhone 5!

Apple are forcing owners of old iPhone 5 to update their devices to iOS 10.3.4 before November 3, 2019. Otherwiese the can't continue to use App Store, iCloud, E-Mail, Web and other services.

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Is Wannacry back?

The Wannacry ransomware has hit many computers in 2017. Over the last year we have seen some re-infections in some sites, but not a big ware of infections. Now there are signs, dass some people probably may be facing new infections.

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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 ...


Procter & Gamble: First Aid Beauty-Shop stealed payment data

[German]The online shop 'First Aid Beauty' of Procter & Gamble is probably compromised since May 2019. Until a few hours ago, a MageCart script fished off the payment data, at least for US customers.

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Create a Windows Server 2019 Reference image

[German]A brief information for administrators who are involved in creating reference images for Windows Server 2019. I came across a post that might be helpful.

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Windows 10: Issues with Updates KB4523786 and KB4522355

[German]On October 24, 2019, Microsoft released the optional update KB4522355 to fix the start menu and many other issues caused by previous update – and causes additional issues. In addition, an AutoPilot update KB4523786 has been planned to be rolled out for certain machines in the corporate environment, but that has gone wrong.

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Windows 10 Update ‘borks’ Australian Border Force’s Integrated Cargo System

[German]Microsofts October 2019 updates for Windows 10 have caused a lot of trouble for border authorities in Australia. Companies could no longer access the Integrated Cargo System of the Australian Border Force.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19008.1000 (20H1)

Just a brief note: In the blog post Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19008 (20H1) I mentioned, that the insider preview was available in the Fast Ring. On October 24, 2019, Microsoft rolled out the update KB4527587 in the Fast and Skip Ahead Ring  (the addendum can be found here). This increases the build to 19008.1000. The change is intended to test the update feature.

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