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.
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Data breach at Desjardins (Canadian credit union)
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.
VC ++ 2019: The end of MS C++ Redistribution Chaos?
[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.
Firefox 67.0.4 und Firefox ESR 60.7.2
[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.
CERN goes Open Source, bye-bye Microsoft
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.
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 ...
Security: Airport Charles de Gaulle/Orly and the exploit.bat
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.
Windows 10: SSU issue addressed in SCCM UserVoice
[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).
Oracle patches critical vulnerability in WebLogic Server Web Services
Oracle has just released a critical patch for a vulnerability in WebLogic Server Web Services. CVE-2019-2729 fixes a deserialization vulnerability via the XML decoder in Oracle WebLogic Server Web Services. This remote code execution vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication, i.e. it can be exploited over a network without requiring a username and password. Link 1, Link 2 (via Tweet of @PhantomofMobile).
Google Chrome 75.0.3770.100 released
Google released an update to the Google Chrome 75.0.3770.100 last night, which probably contains some bug fixes. There is also a new Chrome extension called 'Suspicious Site Reporter' which was released also by Google.
Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1
[German]A few days ago the Mozilla developers had released the update to version 67.0.2 for the browser. On 18 June 2019, a security update to Firefox version 67.0.3 has been released. It's recommended to update as soon as possible.