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).
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 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.
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[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.
[German]The company warns customers about worm attacks on Exim servers hosted on Microsoft Azure. This is due to vulnerabilities recently discovered in Exim servers.
[English]A brief information: An update to WordPress 5.2.2 has been released this night. Its a maintenance update, and one of my blogs has been updated automatically, my multisite blog here have to be updated manually.
[German]Users who want to upgrade to Windows 10 version 1903 may get an error message with the code 0xc190012e. Here is a rough overview, whereby I cannot name any cause for the error at the moment. There is only a suspicion, it could be SSD related.
Brief information for administrators and users who need an overview of known vulnerabilities in software. The US CISA (part of Homeland Security) publishes a weekly compilation.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
