Windows 10 V1803 will be updated to Version 1903

[German]Microsoft has started to roll out the upgrade to the Windows 10 May 2019 update for all machines still running version 1803. But users still has the ability to postphone this install for 35 days. 

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Windows 10: Important Secure Boot/Bitlocker Bug-Fix

[German]Today a short note for Windows 10 users who use Bitlocker with Secure Boot. And Microsoft has released an important Servicing Stack Update (SSU) for all supported Windows 10 versions, which is supposed to solve a Bitlocker problem in connection with Secure Boot.

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Microsoft confirms July 9, 2019 Updates breaks sfc in Windows

[German]After Microsoft released its Windows Update for July 9, 2019, the system file checker (sfc) command to repair broken files under Windows finds some damaged files, but can't fix them. Now Microsoft has confirmed this issue.

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Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome 75.0.3770.142 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses a vulnerability that an attacker can exploit to take control of an affected system.

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Windows 10 19H2: Update KB4508451 in Slow Ring

Microsoft has released the update KB4508451 in Slow Ring for the Insider Preview of Windows 10 19H2. The update raises the build of the Insider Preview to 18362.10005. A list of fixes can be found at Windows blog and at MSPU. Adden dum: As of 07/17/2019 Microsoft has re-released the cumulative update KB4508451 in the Slow Ring, which raises the build to the version number 18362.10006.

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

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Malware Agent Smith Infects Android Apps

[German]Check Point security researchers have recently discovered a new variant of mobile malware called Agent Smith that infects Android apps through security vulnerabilities. Currently, about 25 million devices have been infected in silence.

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Surface Go Firmware Update July 2019

Microsoft has released a firmware update for the Surface Go for July 2019. The firmware update improves Bluetooth connectivity and can be found by searching in Windows Update. (via)

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Office365 violates GDPR in schools

[German]The Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in the German state Hesse, declaring that Windows 10 and Office 365 is not compliant with the GDPR for use in schools.

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Windows 7: Support ends in 6 months

win7[German]A brief Note – we just have had July 14, 2019, which means exactly 6 months until January 14, 2020. This is the last day of updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 / R2. These operating system are reaching its end of life in January 2020. What to do?

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Active Directory Administrator ‘Backdoor’

Today a Sunday security snippet. It's about Active Directory and its administration, including the question of how someone who used to be an admin can leave behind a kind of 'backdoor', through which he could later make himself an administrator again.

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