[German]A design flaw in the math unit (FPU) of various Intel CPUs can leak crypto data to applications. Kernel developers of Windows, Linux and Co. has provided kernel patches (partially).
As part of the June 2018 patchday (June 12, 2018), Microsoft has also updated and reissued several security warnings. Here is an uncommented overview of what has changed.
[German]Microsoft released several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds on June 12, 2018. Here are some details about these updates.
[English]On June 12, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4284826, KB4284867) for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates (KB4284815, KB4284878) for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
[German]Today I like to discuss within a blog post the question, how reasonable is it, to use a Windows 10 LTSC versions. And I also take a look at the idea of using Windows 10 version 1607 as a poor mans LTSC version.
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[German]Microsoft has released a small update KB4134662 for Windows 10 Version 1511 (the November update from 2015). This update has been released last week (on June 8, 2018). Addendum: The Windows 10 RTM build and Windows 10 V1607 (Anniversary Update) also received privacy patches KB4134663 and KB4134659.
[German]Just a brief information for users of the Windows 10 April Update who runs into network issues with and possibly with multi-function devices (scanners using a scan to network shares). It seems that Microsoft is working on a fix for the 'SMBv1 isses' and plans to release a patch in June (patchday would be June 12, 2018). Microsoft has fixed this issue – see my addendum.
[German]The Google Chrome developers have just released a critical security update for the Chrome browser. Users should update their browser to the current version 67.0.3396.79 as soon as possible.
[German]Users of Windows 10 may experience scanner issues after installing a Windows 10 update. For example, after an update to Windows 10 version 1803, scanning from multifunction printer/scanner devices is no longer possible using Easy Document Creator.
[German]The next security vulnerability called 'Zip Slip' has just been discovered by security researchers. The vulnerability can be found in many open source projects, from JAVA to packing programs. Even.NET or JavaScript are affected and as a user you can't get around it. Here is some information, including assessments by an Infosec security researcher.
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