Windows 10 Mobile (V1607) End of live 2019?

Posted on 2018-10-14 by guenni

[German]Confusion for users of Windows 10 Mobile devices. Support for Windows 10 Mobile V1607 has been ended on October 9, 2018. But, according to a Microsoft post from Friday October 12, 2018, the End of Life is announced for October 9, 2019. I saw it in the RSS feed as a Microsoft announcement on October 12, 2018. But it should be a typo.

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iOS 12 on 50% of compatible devices

Posted on 2018-10-14 by guenni

Success for Apple and its recently released iOS 12, which runs on just one in two iOS devices a month after release, Apple just announced.

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FOSS LinuxBoot replaces UEFI on servers

Posted on 2018-10-14 by guenni

[German]Vendors using Linux-Servers intends to move away from proprietary hardware with UEFI, Intel ME & Co. The free LinuxBoot is the answer to the UEFI glue of the commercial manufacturers, but is limited to the server area. Here is some information about LinuxBoot.

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Windows: CVE-2018-8423; CVE-2018-8453, CVE-2018-8495

Posted on 2018-10-13 by guenni

[German]In October 2018, Microsoft patched some vulnerabilities in Windows with updates. The vulnerability CVE-2018-8495 is now being actively exploited. For the (probably incompletely patched) vulnerability CVE-2018-8495 a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) is now available. And the vulnerability CVE-2018-8423 was probably patched. Here is some information.

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DOM-XSS bug putsTinder, Shopify, Yelp & Co. at risk

Posted on 2018-10-13 by guenni

Users of Tinder, Shopify, Yelp and others are threatened in their security. Security researchers at vpnMentor have discovered a DOM-XSS bug that allows them to extract information about other users via apps or websites concerned. Potentially 685 million users are affected by this vulnerability.

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

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Windows Update error 0x8024200D

Posted on 2018-10-13 by guenni

[German]When installing updates via Windows Update, some systems ends with update installation error 0x8024200D. This error code may occur on Windows 7 up to Windows 10. Within this blog post, I discuss the error details, and how to fix it.

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Windows 10: Oct. 2018 updates throws ‘WDF Violation’ BSOD

Posted on 2018-10-12 by guenni

[German]The cumulative updates KB4464330 (for Windows 10 V1809) and KB4462919 (for Windows 10 V1803) for October 2018 cause certain machines, previously from HP and Dell, to throw a 'WDF Violation' BlueScreen.

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Microsoft’s secret Windows 10 V1809 ‘Data recovery tool’

Posted on 2018-10-12 by guenni

[German]During upgrading to Windows 10 October 2018 Update (V1809), some users are lost their personal files. Setup has rigorously deleted all user data. But there was always a rumor about a Microsoft support tool, a kind of secret weapon, for recovering the deleted data. I've now discovered the secret. Here's a compilation what you can expect – but I warn you, there's some involuntary slapstick.

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Windows 10: Update Error 0x80242006

Posted on 2018-10-12 by guenni

[German]Sometimes Windows 10 (or an older Windows version) stalls during a (feature) update with error 0x80242006. Here are a few details what's behind this error.

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Apple: Ups, forgot to lock Intel ME on it’s notebooks

Posted on 2018-10-11 by guenni

[German]It seems, that Apple has forgotten to lock the Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) against manipulation on some notebooks and left a maintenance mode open. This is the latest finding in Intel Management Engine research.

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