Windows 7/8.1: Updates KB2952664 & KB2976978 (02/08/2018)

Windows Update[German]Also in February 2018 Microsoft released the updates KB2952664 (Windows 7) and KB2976978 (Windows 8.1). The updates are offered as optional and should evaluate the compatibility on Windows systems. Here are a few words about these updates.

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Does Hotspot Shield leaks user data?

[German]A security expert has discovered that the VPN service Hotspot Shield, which is supposed to guarantee privacy, leaks sensitive information about the user.

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Windows 10: Mysterious (Test) Updates KB4078126 and KB4078127 in WSUS

[German]For Windows 10 there are mysterious updates like KB4078126 and KB4078127, which appear in WSUS. Microsoft hasn't released details about that updates. Here are a few information about that updates.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17093 available

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17093 for PCs in Fast Ring. The announcement has been made by Dona Sarkar in Windows Blog. The new build comes with a couple of new features and improvements, but also with a bunch of knows issues. Head over to the linked blog post, to read more.

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Fire Hazard: Recall of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops

[German]Lenovo recalls certain models of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebook series due to fire hazard. However, only devices of the 5th generation that were manufactured between December 2016 and October 2017 are affected.

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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: Bypassing Controlled Folder Access Anti-Ransomware Protection

[German]In Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) Microsoft introduced Windows Defender Folder Access as a protection against Ransomware. Nor a security researcher has bypassed this protection using OLE. Microsoft don't see a vulnerability an will fix it in future versions of Windows-as-a-service.

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NSA exploits adapted for all Windows versions

[German]Last year, hackers from Shadow Brokers made various NSA tools public. Exploits such as EternalBlue were used in Ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, NotPetya and Bad Rabbit. A security researcher has now taken a closer look at other exploits and has been able to modify them so that they can run on all versions of Windows.

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Microsoft BUILD 2018

The date for the developer conference Microsoft BUILD 2018 is fixed. The Build 2018 will take place in Seattle from May 7 to 9, 2018. WalkingCat posted the corresponding information including the Build 2018 logo on Twitter.

It should be noted that there is an overlap with Google I/O 2018 (see Google I/O May 8th to 10th 2018).

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WordPress 4.9.4

A few hors ago we have had the release of WordPress 4.9.3. Now the developers has released WordPress 4.9.4. It's also a maintenance update that fixes an error (in automatic backup). The changes are described in this changelog page.

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WordPress 4.9.3 released

WordPress developers have just released version 4.9.3. I've just updated my blog to the new version successfully. This is a maintenance update that fixes security issues and 34 bugs. The changes can be read in this changelog page. Update to this version, to mitigate CVE-2018-6389 described here.

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