Microsoft Security Update Minor Revision (CVE-2018-0802)

Posted on 2018-01-14 by guenni

SicherheitAnother short Microsoft addendum on security updates, which has been released on January 9, 2018. The security description for Office (CVE-2018-0802) has been slightly revised.

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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification January 10, 2018

Posted on 2018-01-12 by guenni

Microsoft has released this night a new Security Advisory Notification – dated January 10, 2018. This notification lists revisions of Security Advisories released or updated recently. Here are the details.

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Meltdown and Spectre: What Windows users need to know

Posted on 2018-01-12 by guenni

[German]At the beginning of the year, a design flaw (Meltdown) in Intel's processors went public. Later on a 2nd attack, called Spectre, affecting nearly all processor have become public. OS vendors begun to rollout patches, to mitigate these security issues. In this blog post, I summarize information that is relevant and important for Windows users.

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Test: Is my browser vulnerable for Spectre attacks?

Posted on 2018-01-11 by guenni

[German]Here's a tip for users of devices, who are wondering, if their browser is vulnerable for Spectre attacks. The test is independent of the device and operating system and there is no need to install anything.

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How to mitigate Spectre in Google Chrome

Posted on 2018-01-11 by guenni

This blog post shows, how to mitigate Google Chrome browser against the Spectre attack using Strict site isolation.

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

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Tool tip: Ashampo Spectre Meltdown CPU-Checker

Posted on 2018-01-10 by guenni

[German]Today a short tip: How to check your Windows system for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability? No, it doesn't need rocket science, just a cool tool will do that test form you. 

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Microsoft Patchday: Office, Flash, Windows (January 9, 2018)

Posted on 2018-01-10 by guenni

Windows Update[German]Microsoft's patchday on January 9, 2018 just brought us a few updates for Adobe Flash, Windows 10 V1709, Office and NET Framework so far. This is due the fact, that Microsoft already released some updates last week, to fix the Meltdown/Spectrum vulnerabilities .

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Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 Update to V10.3.0.6294

Posted on 2018-01-09 by guenni

Short message for administrators using Kaspersky Endpoint Security in their business environment. Kaspersky released an update on Friday, January 5, 2018.

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Windows 10: Update KB4056892 kills AMD systems (Error 0x800f0845)

Posted on 2018-01-08 by guenni

Update KB4056892 released by Microsoft in a hurry to mitigate the Meltdown/Spectre vulnerability seems to come with unpleasant side effects. Computers with AMD CPUs refuse to start with error code 0x800f0845.

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Windows 7/8.1: Updates KB4056894, KB4056895 released

Posted on 2018-01-08 by guenni

Windows UpdateMicrosoft has released Monthly Rollup Update KB4056894 for Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. And also Monthly Rollup Update KB4056895 for Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 is available.

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