[German]Lexmark has discovered a vulnerability in it's All-in-one devices within the color fax function. Lexmark published a security advisory about this vulneratbility. Currently it's unclear, if Lexmark provides firmware updates do mitigate the vulnerability within his devices.
[German]Windows 10 October 2018 Update (V1809), released to the public by Microsoft on October 2, 2018 and withdrawn a short time later, may have been installed on millions of PCs.
Microsoft has made Sticky Notes available within the web, so a browser and an internet connection is sufficient, to run this little tool.
[German]Security experts warn of risks in Word documents. Embedded videos can be misused for attacks. The XML format of .docx files can be misused to download dubious JavaScript code.
[German]Microsoft has released the KB4464455 (v2) update for Windows Insider. This update applies to the withdrawn Windows 10 V1809. The update is intended to fix out additional bugs, such as the ZIP bug.
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[German]Just a brief note for owners of Dell devices using Bitlocker under Windows. Dell has released a BIOS update that can cause issues with Bitlocker encryption.
[German]A brief information for administrators in corporate environments running domain controllers with Active Directory domains. October 2018 update KB4462917 for Windows 10 V1607 and Windows Server 2016 causes issues with domain controller promotions for new Active Directory domains in existing forests.
[German]A worrying thing that may have happened in the USA. Users looking for a Google Chrome download in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 were occasionally redirected to a page offering unwanted software (PUP).
[German]A vulnerability in the systemd component of some Linux distributions can be exploited over the network. A single DHCPv6 package is enough to provoke a crash or more.
[German]Owners of current Lenovo ThinkPad models who changes some UEFI/BIOS settings run the risk of breaking their devices. Here is some information.
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