[German]On June 20, Microsoft Preview released Rollup Updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. At the same time, a preview rollup update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012/ R2 was released. Addendum: Further updates with Fix for the Event Viewer as well as the special update for IE 11 added.
[German]Microsoft has released some 'Microsoft Security Update Releases' for Patchday and afterwards. The last one is from yesterday. Here is an overview about serveral security notifications I've received within the last 2 weeks. I've added also a list of current servicing stack updates and an overview about Spectre mitigation.
[German]The BlueKeep vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 is still unpatched in many systems, as new figures show. In addition, the US government warns of unpatched Windows 2000 systems.
Tablet PCs market is rather difficult, people don't buy the stuff anymore. Google has therefore announced to give up its commitment to developing its own Tablet PC models.
Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union and one of the world's biggest banks, announces security breach. An employee has stolen 2.9 million data.
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[English]A brief information about C++ runtime libraries and their distribution as redistribution packages with all problems of a side-by-side installation with different versions. Microsoft has responded to criticism in Visual C ++ 2019 Redistributable and uses the same files as for VC++ 2015/2017.
[German]A few days ago the Mozilla developers first released the update to version 67.0.3 for the browser (see Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1), now the security update to version 67.0.4 (or ESR 60.7.2) has been released.
It is an interesting development that is currently emerging at the CERN research facilities. They have set up the 'Microsoft Alternatives project' (MAlt) to switch to Open Source Software (OSS) in the coming years. Reason: Increasing license demands from Microsoft.
Just a brief security information, because we have late evening and a bank holiday. The network specialists at Paris airport Charles de Gaulle/Orly (CDG) seems to have to check their networks again for malware.
[German]Brief information about an update install issue hitting Windows 10 (and Windows 7) users due to 'missing' current Servicing Stack Update (SSU). A user has now (finally) brought up the topic to Microsoft via UserVoice of the Configuration Manager (SCCM).
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