[German]US-CERT issued a warning: Microsoft Windows automatically executes code specified in shortcut (LNK) files. This allows attackers to execute malware during viewing a lnk file. A public exploit is available.
[German]Microsoft released an update for Skype for Business client on July 31, 2017 in Microsoft Office 365. Skype client is updated to version 1707 (Build 8326.2033). After this update, a login is no longer possible in non-english Skype for Business clients.
It seems (probably) a good news: Lenovo is ditching its own Vibe Pure UI on smartphones and will ship those devices with pure Android. All vendor specific bloatware will be removed.
Two former developers from Vuze project has launched a new Open Source torrent client, called BiglyBT. The developers, who were also part of the original Azureus team, have started a new Azureus branch, one they will actively maintain. Further details may be read at torrentfreak.com.
[German]A 20-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SMB protocol has been discovered. Microsoft says, that it won't patch this vulnerability. Here is, what to know.
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[German]Microsoft's July 2017 updates for Internet Explorer and Edge Browser has caused several issues. Microsoft has revised CVE-2017-8518 for Scripting Engine and they corrects an issue in Power Shell.
[German]Sometimes Windows 10 users are facing error 0x800f0922 during installing a cumulative update or a feature update. The system rolls back to the previous state. Here are a few details how to fix this issue.
Microsoft as released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16257 for PC in Fast Ring. There are two branches for Redstone 3 (Fall Creators Update) and Redstone 4 (Version 1803).
[German]Microsoft has released on August 1, 2017 a couple of non security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Microsoft Office 2016. Here are a few details about these updates.
[German]Microsoft has released another out-of-band cumulative Update KB4032188 for Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703) on July 31, 2017. It's a maintenance update to fix a couple of issues within the latest build.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
