Facebook: Hackers accessed 50 Mio. Access Tokens

Posted on 2018-09-29 by guenni

[German]Facebook has just admitted a vulnerability within it's network. Hackers probably was able to stole access tokens and abuse 50 million accounts. Possibly more accounts are affected, Facebook has reset 90 million accounts. In addition, a White Hat hacker on Sunday wanted to delete Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook account. It is unclear whether the announced hack to Mark Zuckerberg's account is related to this. Here is what is known so far.

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WSUS: Windows 10 Feature Updates re-released (Sept. 28)

Posted on 2018-09-28 by guenni

[German]A few days ago Microsoft re-released some cumulative updates for Windows 10 (see my blog post Windows 10: Updates KB4458469, KB4457136 (09/26/2018)) and explains that something has been missing in the first release. Today Microsoft has re-released again a massive batch of features updates for Windows 10 (V1703 – 1803, as 'new updates'. These updates has been synchronized in WSUS on September 28, 2015. Here are details and some explantion.

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Skype Classic: Support ends on November 1st 2018

Posted on 2018-09-28 by guenni

Skype[German]Microsoft has announced the end of support for Skype Classic (Skype Client 7.x) for November 1st 2018 and recommends users to update to Skype 8.x and later immediately.

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Windows 10: Updates KB4458469, KB4457136 (09/26/2018)

Posted on 2018-09-27 by guenni

[German]On September 26, 2018, Microsoft re-released the compatibility updates KB4458469 for Windows 10 V1803 and KB4457136 for Windows 10 V1709.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18247 (19H1)

Posted on 2018-09-27 by guenni

On September 26, 2018 Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18247 from branch 19H1 in the Skip Ahead Ring. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where you can also find the list of fixed bugs and known issues.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Google changes sign-in and Cookie policy in Chrome 70

Posted on 2018-09-26 by guenni

[German]After Chrome developers implemented a 'mandatory sign-in' in Google Chrome 69, the received a slash back from media. Now Google pulls back and announced some changes in upcoming Google Chrome 70.

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Windows 10 V1809: Release date, Download per MCT and more

Posted on 2018-09-26 by guenni

[German]The fog around the release of Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) is clearing. The Media Creation Tool allows the download with just one trick, a possible release date of October 2, 2018 has become known and more.

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Windows/Office (WSUS) Update issues & experiences

Posted on 2018-09-25 by guenni

Windows Update[German]Currently there are synchronization problems with WSUS. Furthermore, administrators run into issues during the update installation for Office and Windows, e.g. the error 0x8000ffff is thrown. Here again an overview or some experiences of a blog reader.

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Windows ALPC vulnerability (CVE-2018-8440) used in Exploit Kit

Posted on 2018-09-24 by guenni

The ALPC vulnerability (CVE-2018-8440), which is present in all supported and unpatched Microsoft Windows versions, is now being exploited by the Metasploit Kit.

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Windows: Trouble with Updates KB3177467, KB4346084, KB41000347

Posted on 2018-09-24 by guenni

[German]Here is a collection of potentially helpful information for administrators about installation issues related to microcode update KB4346084 (Windows 10 V1803) and the issue of missing Servicing Stack Update (SSU) for KB3177467 (Windows 7 SP1 and server counterparts). Microcode Update KB41000347 also breaks Overclocking on Haswell-E-CPUs.

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