[German]In a recent article, the CERT Coordination Center warns that Microsoft Windows RDP Network Level Authentication also works with LockScreen locked Windows.
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Metasploit for Windows BlueKeep vulnerability
[German]A security researcher has developed another Metasploit for due BlueKeep vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop Services. Currently it is not released yet, because the developer considers the whole thing too risky (because of nearly one million unpatched systems).
Data leak discovered at dating app JCrush
Security researchers at vpnmentor have discovered a vulnerability in JCrush that could have be used to access private user data. Here are some hints on this case.
How To: BlueKeep-Check for Windows
[German]The blog post discusses a How To the question of how end users and administrators can easily check whether their systems with Windows XP to Windows 7 as well as their server counterparts are provided with a patch for the critical vulnerability BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) or are vulnerable. In addition, a brief explanation of how a network can be scanned for vulnerable computers is given.
Tor-Browser 8.5.1 released
[German]The developers of the Tor project released the new version 8.5 .1 of the Tor bundle for the desktop on June 4, 2019.
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 ...
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18912 (20H1) in Fast Ring
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18912 (from develoment branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in Fast Ring. There is an improved narrator and a couple of fixes – and a long list of know issues. The announcement with details about new features/changes and bugs can be found in the Windows Blog.
Microsoft Office Patchday (June 4, 2019)
[German]On the first Tuesday of the month (Office Patchday) on June 4, 2019, Microsoft released a number of non-security updates for various versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported..
Windows 10: New hints at 19H2 and broken Dark mode
[German]Even though Microsoft is currently testing builds from the Windows 10 20H1 development branch with Windows Insiders, the 19H2 development branch is making progress. This would give Microsoft's developers a chance to clean up the chaos in dark mode implementation.
Windows Server 2016: Where to get Express-Updates for download?
[German]Since May 2019, Microsoft has stopped distributing Delta updates to Windows 10 and its server counterparts. These updates has been replaced by express updates. The problem a blog reader pointed out: Microsoft Update Catalog doesn't offer express updates for direct download yet. And if you want to download express updates via WSUS, you should provide a lot of free space on your hard disk.
Windows 10: Thunderbird from Microsoft Store
The e-mail client Thunderbird is available on various platforms, from Linux to macOS to Windows. The Open Source community has made Thunderbird available now for Windows 10 as an app from the Microsoft Store.