Nvidia WHQL driver 397.31: Issues with Geforce GTX 1060

[German]The recently released Nvidia WHQL graphics driver version 397.31 seems to cause serious issues on some Geforce GTX 1060 graphics cards. The driver does not install on some systems, and fails with error 43.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) released

[German]On April 26, 2018, the developers of Cannonical Ubuntu released 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) in general. As LTS version ("Long Term Support") Ubuntu 18.04 gets updates again for 5 years.

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Adduplex: Windows 10 Version 1709 reaches 92% share

[German]Adduplex has released a new report detailling the the shares of individual Windows 10 versions on Windows 10 systems with astonishing findings.

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Patch your MikroTik routers, there are attacks in the wild

[German]Users of micro-routers should urgently update their firmware. Because a vulnerability that became known two days ago is already being exploited for attacks.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17655 [Skip Ahead]

Microsoft has released Windows Insider die Preview Build 17655 of Windows 10 in Skip Ahead ring for desktop systems. Here are a few details about this new Insider Preview Build.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Windows 10: Microcode updates KB4090007, KB4091663, KB4091664, KB4091666, KB4078407

Windows Update[German]Microsoft released the updates KB4090007, KB4091663, KB4091664, KB4091666 and KB078407 on April 24, 2018. These are microcode updates designed to protect Windows 10 against Spectre Variant 2 (and, if necessary, meltdown). Addition: The update  has also been released.

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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification CVE 2017-5715

Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory Notification for CVE 2017-5715 (Spectre) on April  24, 2018. It is about a revision of the documentation. Here is the text of the notification.

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Windows 10 Version 1709: Update KB4093105 available

[German]Microsoft released on April 23, 2018 several update revisions. And cumulative update KB4093105 for Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) has been published.

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Windows phone: Skype, Teams, and Yammer are retiring

[German]Sad news for users of Windows Phone devices. The apps for Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer are retiring on May 20, 2018. Here are a few details.

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2: Total Meltdown exploit went public

[German]Microsoft's Meltdown security patches released since January 2018 has created a new vulnerability called Total Meltdown in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Now somebody has released exploit code on GitHub to exploit this vulnerability. Here is an attempt to classify and sort a few things.

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