Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17686 available

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

Microsoft released a new Insider Preview Build 17686 of Windows 10 in Fast Ring for PC. The new build contains some features for Local Experience Packs and Windows Mixed Reality. Details may be read within this blog post, where Microsoft has announced the new build. 

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PSA: EOL for TLS 1.0/1.1 support in Intune and Office 365

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

[German]Short information for administrators managing Windows systems with Microsoft's Intune. Microsoft is phasing out support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 (for security reasons) in the fall of 2018. Home and end users are not affected by this change, and can only remain locked out by https connections to the products in question.

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Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4338548 released

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4338548 for Windows 10 V1803 on June 5, 2018. This is a special update designed to fix a problem. Here is some information.

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Vulnerability in TP-Link-Router TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

[German]Security advice for owners of the TP-Link routers TL-WR841N and TL-WR841ND. Both models have security vulnerabilities, making the devices vulnerable to brute force and and cross-site request forgery attacks..

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Windows 10 SDK Preview build 17682 released

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

Microsoft released Windows 10 SDK Preview build 17682. The Preview SDK Build 17682 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area and MSIX Support. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (June 5, 2018)

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

Windows Update[German]On the first Tuesday of each month (Office Patchday) on June 5, 2018, Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016.

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Apple iOS 12 introduced: faster, AR and more

Posted on 2018-06-05 by guenni

As expected, Apple introduced its iOS 12 yesterday at WWDC 2018 and released its first beta of developers. The new operating system for iPhone, iPad, iPod should be more modest and run on the same hardware as iOS 11.

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GDPR: Continental bans WhatsApp & Snapchat

Posted on 2018-06-05 by guenni

[German]Privacy and security concerns resulted in a ban of WhatsApp & Snapchat on company devices from Continental AG. This is justified by the legal situation (GDPR) and the protection of business secrets.

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Windows: May 2018 update blocks viewing CHM files

Posted on 2018-06-05 by guenni

Windows Update[German]Windows users depending on old CHM help file format are running into a serious issue after installing May 2018 update. Windows (from Windows 7 up to Windows 10) blocks viewing these files, if they are located on network shares. Here are a few details.

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Security information (June 5th 2018)

Posted on 2018-06-05 by guenni

Today a collection of security incidents that have come to my attention these days. Data leaks and updates included. Also included: A Windows vulnerability in JScript.

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