[German]On the first Tuesday of the month (Office Patchday), Microsoft released some non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016 on April 2, 2019.
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Microsoft Office Updates (Patchday April 2, 2019)
Windows 10 shows strange Test notifications
[German]Currently, users are reporting very strange notifications with test messages that appear on Windows 10. Either there's a trainee with keyboard issues on the road at Microsoft, or there's a security issue so that third parties can send notifications.
0-day vulnerabilities in IE and Edge
[German]Current versions of Internet Explorer and Edge has 0-day cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to steal data from other tabs. Although the vulnerabilities were reported to the company 10 months ago, Microsoft hasn't reacted, so there are no patches.
Security: Windows-Spoofing via .reg files
[German]Windows users can be spoofed into importing .reg files, as I just verified. You can send manipulated messages to the user via the dialog box shown before a .reg file is imported.
Oracle mail warns about a critical Java 8 update coming
[German]Oracle's sales representatives has sent a mail informing customers about a upcoming critical security update for Java SE 8, that may causing causing trouble for corporate users. Since January 2019, commercial users are only allowed to install Java 8 updates if they have an Oracle license.
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 V1903 will probably named ‘Fools Creator Update’
Exclusive: Between all the struggle with the scattered accessibility of my blogs due to the server change at the weekend, a message almost went down. I got a hint from my internal sources, that told me the name of the upcoming Windows 10 version.
Site not reachable
PSA: I've upgraded my web package. As a consequence, the installation was moved from my hoster to another server with a new IP address. This ended with a 'not reachable' for some blog visitors. It might took 24 up to 48 hours, untill the new IP address is distributed to all DNS servers. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Driver updates for Surface Laptop 1/2 and Studio 2
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Dell Encryption fails in Windows after March 2019 updates
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