Windows Insider MVP-Award

[German]Just a short information. Microsoft has granted the Windows Insider MVP 2017 award to me. It's the 2nd Windows Insider MVP award, after I received Windows Consumer MVP awards in 2013, 2014, 2015.

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LibreOffice 5.3.4 released

The LibreOffice team has released at June 26, 2017 LibreOffice version 5.3.4. This is a free Office suite available for Linux, macOS and Windows. Details about the 5.3 branch may be found here within the release notes. Download is available from this LibreOffice page.

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Linux Mint 18.2 ‘Sonya’ released

The Ubuntu based Linux distribution Mint has been released as version 18.2 on Jun 2, 2017. Mint V18.2 (Sonya) is available with desktop environments KDE, Xfce and Mate.

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The Shadow Brokers: June Dump with Exploits delivered to subscribers and more …

[German]It seems, that hacking group the Shadow Brokers has send out the first dump of June Exploits to subscribers. And there are further announcements like Jule subscription and a 'VIP service', and more.

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Windows 10 error 0xc000007b in AccelerometerSt.exe

Users of Windows 10 are facing probably a strange issue after an update. Each time after login, an error code 0xc000007b is reported for application AccelerometerSt.exe.

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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 ...


Stack Buffer Overflow vulnerability in AVAST antivirus

[German]AVAST antivirus have had a vulnerability that allows a Remote Stack Buffer Overflow with Magic Numbers. The issues has been patched already.

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IE11 printing issues in Windows are fixed (June 2017)

[German]Just for your information. Microsoft has finally fixed the printing issues in Internet Explorer 11 caused by June 13, 2017 security updates within all Windows versions. Note: Update KB4032782 may cause IE 11 crashes on several web pages.

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News about (Not)Petya ransomware – Killswitch/vaccine found?

Currently a new variant of Petya ransomware (aka PetyaWrap, aka NotPetya) are infecting companies and organisations (see Petya ransomware is back – using WannaCry vulnerabilties). First analyses indicating, that this ransomware not only broke infected systems. There are indications, that the malware also steals user credentials. There are also hints, that spreading the malware via networks isn't restricted to unpatched SMBv1 vulnerabilities. And there is hope, that a kind of Killswitch/vaccine has been found to protect a machine from encryption.

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Windows 10 Updates KB4023543, KB4022723, KB4032693, KB4032695 (June 2017)

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released on June 27, 2017 cumulative Updates KB4023543 (Windows 10 Creators Update, V1703), KB4022723 (Windows 10 Anniversary Update, V1607), KB4032693 Windows 10 (V1511), and KB4032695 for Windows 10 RTM. These updates are fixing the Internet Explorer printing issue.

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Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollups June 2017

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released on June 27, 2017 Monthly Preview Rollups for Windows 7/8.1 and it's corresponding Server versions. Here are a few details.

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