[German]The KB4480970 (Monthly Rollup) and KB4480960 (Security only) updates were released by Microsoft on January 8, 2018 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The updates seem to cause serious network issues for some people. Network shares can no longer be achieved via SMBv2 in certain environments. Here are details and a probably a fix.
[German]On January 8, 2019 (the second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.
[German]On January 8, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
[German]As of January 8, 2019, Microsoft released several security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Below is a compact overview of these updates and some notes.
[German]Another short information for Windows users who use Malwarebytes security software. It seems that this software is the cause of sporadic freezes in Windows 7 (and possible in other Windows version). The problem occurs under Windows 7 with the current Malwarebytes version 3.6.1.x.
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[German]A new data breach affected the user data base of the online role game Town of Salem. A hacker was able to export the user data base with 7.6 million user data.
[German]The Finnish Consumer Disputes Board decided, that Microsoft had no contractual right to install a new operating system without asking for permission. Microsoft has to compensate Windows 10 "Forced Installation" damage to consumer.
Another short note for administrators who use Microsoft's Intune management software to manage iOS devices. The IMEI of the devices is probably not recognized correctly in Intune.
[German]Are you searching a browser that doesn't depend on Chromium or Firefox and shall not been Edge or Safari? The developers have released the first stable version 1.0.0.1 of the Otter browser (successor from Opera) at January 1, 2019. This is the successor of the Opera browser, which is available for different platforms.
[German]A security researcher has published an exploit code as a Proof of Concept (PoC) that exploits a remote execution vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge.
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