[German]Avast security researchers have discovered two new crypto-mining apps in the Google Play Store that secretly mining Monero crypto currency on aa infected smartphone.
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Windows 10 Mobile (Version 1703): Fix for PDF rendering bug
[German]Users of a Lumia with Windows 10 Mobile who are still using version 1703 can be happy. Microsoft has released an update that fixes the PDF display error in the Microsoft Edge browser.
Windows 10 Enterprise: Updates and the Telemetry trap
[German]A strange observation has been reported to me by a blog reader. If you disable telemetry data transmission on Windows 10 Enterprise, you may not get updates any more.
Patchday: More Microsoft Updates (March 13, 2018)
[German]Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for Patchday (March 13, 2018). Here are some more details about selected patches.
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New Monero mining malware discovered in Google Play
Avast security researchers have discovered two new crypto-mining apps on the Google Play Store that secretly dig on the Monero smartphone. Here are some hints.
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Microsoft Security (Bulletin) Update Releases (March 13, 2018)
As part of the March 2018 patchday on March 13, 2018, Microsoft also revised and re-released various security bulletins. Here is the information on these changes.
Spectre v2 update March 2018 for Surface Pro (2017)
[German]Microsoft released a new firmware update for its Surface Pro (2017). This should solve various problems and also mitigate the Spectre v2 attack vulnerability.
Network issues with Updates KB4088875 / KB4088878
[German]Microsoft's security updates KB4088875 and KB4088878 for Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008, released March 13, 2018, causes serious network issues with virtual network adapters. They lose their static IP address and are switched to DHCP address assignment.
Tor Browser 7.5.1/7.5.2 released
[German]The Tor network released the new version 7.5.1 of the Tor browser for Windows, Linux and macOS last Tuesday, March 13, 2018. And just a few hours ago, on March 17, they added version 7.5.2.
Update ‘WindowsUpdateTest–System–7/12/2015’ on WSUS
[German]It's a strange case I'm stumbled upon last days: A German blog reader observed a very curious update for Windows 7 on WSUS . Here's some information, maybe one of you can confirm this or even better, has an explanation.