[German]There was a vulnerability in Microsoft Skype for Business that allowed a Denial of Service attack. Microsoft has released at least fixes for affected Skype for Business builds.
[German]On November 27, 2018, Microsoft released the (security) preview update KB4467108 for Windows 7 SP1 and the update KB4467695 for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
Microsoft has released the 'Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0'. That's a set of tools for enterprise security administrators, that allows to establish a security configuration baseline for Windows and other Microsoft products.
It seems that Microsoft's Azure didn't work well during the last weeks. Again, Microsoft Azure service has issues since two days with login or performance.
Microsoft is currently testing Updates KB4469342 V2 (Re-Release) and KB4470788 (SSU) for Windows 10 V1809 in Release Preview Ring (see). Microsoft has not yet published any details. I assume that the updates will be released tonight (11/27/2018).
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[German]Users who inspect Windows 10 may come across the Windows subfolder REMPL and files like Rempl.exe, Remsh.exe, WaaSMedic.exe, Sedlauncher.exe etc. What are these files for?
[German]Small addendum to November 2018 Patchday: Microsoft released update KB4461585 on November 21, 2018. This fixes the Outlook 2010 crash caused by a previous update.
[German]Today still a blog post about HP Sure Click, which is shipped by the manufacturer with certain business PCs and should protect Windows 10 systems, but can lead to very unsightly collateral damage.
[German]Intel offers a Microcode Boot Loader that creates a bootable USB stick. It automatically applies the latest Intel microcodes to the identified CPU during boot. This should protect the system from Spectre vulnerabilities.
Microsoft just announced the final release of the security configuration baseline settings – for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (V1809) and also for Windows Server 2019.
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