On October 23, 2018, the developers released Tor Browser 8.0.3. This is a maintenance update that includes Firefox to 60.3.0esr and an updated Tor button. The Tor bundle supports anonymous surfing on the Internet.
A brief information for for people who still have Windows 10 Mobile devices and use them for handicrafts. René Lergner has released his bootloader unlocker code as Open Source.
[German]In Windows 7 (and other versions) there is a CBS.log bug that Microsoft should have known about for years. A Windows component writes data to a log file, which can become very large as a result. However, a function to compress the log file fails if this file becomes too large. Then the system drive will be filled with trash data.
[German]There is discussion that a design flaw (a bug) within the Universal Windows Platform API allows UWP app developers to access arbitrary user data. In Windows 10 V1809, Microsoft has tried to mitigate the bug – but then UWP apps crash.
[German]A brief information for users of a 32-bit version of Windows with AMD hardware. Manufacturer AMD has just announced that support for 32-bit drivers for Windows is phasing out.
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[German]A small addendum concerning bugs in the withdrawn Windows 10 version 1809. When implementing the font display there is a problem with Unicode fonts which leads to a broken text display.
[German]At the moment everything is going wrong at Microsoft: They have just released Exchange 2019, but the platform (Windows Server 2019) on which this software could run has been withdrawn.
[German]Twitter user @SandboxEscaper has once again disclosed a zero-day exploit in Windows 10 (and the server editions) and published a proof of concept (PoC) on GitHub. It concerns the Microsoft Data Sharing library dssvc.dll, which allows an extension of rights..
Microsoft has confirmed the bug when unpacking ZIP files (existing files are not overwritten, but nothing is reported either) in Windows 10 V1809. The bug was known to Microsoft, is even fixed in Windows 10 19H1 (Insider Preview) branch, but the users of Windows 10 V1809 needs to wait until a patch comes in November 2018 and the rollout is released again. I've added details within my blog post Windows 10 V1809: Write bug in ZIP feature
[German]At this point only a short information in case someone is wondering. In Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809, Build 17763.55), Windows Defender shows a wrong time for signature updates that are in the future. But this should only be a cosmetic issue.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
