Firefox version 55.0.3

Mozilla[German]Mozilla's developers has released Firefox 55.0.3 – also available as an update on August 25, 2017. A blog reader informed me, the auto-update hasn't noticed this new update.

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Windows 8.1: Update KB4039871 (August 25, 2017)

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released a new Update KB4039871 for Windows 8.1 machines on August 25, 2017. It's a bit mysterious, what Microsoft intends with this update.

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Windows 10 Build 16275 for Windows Insider

Microsoft has released a new Windows Insider Build 16275 of Windows 10 in Fast Ring on August 25, 2017). This new build fixes a couple of bugs within the previous builds.

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Microsoft Security Essentials: Double definition updates & error 0x80070650

[German]It seems that Microsoft Security Essentials is causing a curious issue: Suddenly Windows Update shows double definition update entries, and the update history shows many install errors for some definition updates. The definition update will be installed multiple times.

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Firmware-Update for Surface Pro 3 (08/24/2017)

[German]Microsoft has released a new Firmware Update for Surface Pro 3 on August 24, 2017. It shall fixes issues with devices using Type Cover.

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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 ...


Critical vulnerability in HPE Integrated Lights-out 4 (iLO 4)

[German]The management software Integrated Lights-out 4 (iLO 4) for HP-Proliant Server has a critical vulnerability, allowing remote code execution on a system without login.

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MS Office 2016 Update KB4011093 (08/22/2017)

[German]Microsoft has released update KB4011093 for Microsoft Office 2016 on August 22, 2017. It's an update, that shall fixes bugs resulting from previous August updates. 

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Adobe Acrobat and Reader 11.0.22 available

PDFAdobes has released version 11.0.22 of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. It's an Out of cycle maintenance update, that improves stability and fixes bugs. Further details may be read within this Adobe article.

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Third party 0patch closes FoxIt vulnerability

[German]FoxIt PDF Reader has two critical zero-day-vulnerabilities, that hasn't been patched yet. Now a third party security vendor has released a micro patch to close CVE-2017-10952.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16273

After two weeks, where we haven't seen a new build, Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16273 for PC in Fast Ring. The new build has been announced within the Windows-Blog.

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