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Windows 7/8.1: Public preview of Windows Defender ATP
Microsoft has released a public preview of Windows Defender ATP for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 in mid of June 2018. Here are a few details in case you missed it.
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Windows 10: Test Defender cloud protection
[German]Does anyone use Windows Defender on Windows 10 in an enterprise environment? Then assure that Windows Defender can connect to various cloud services. Otherwise 'Defender cloud protection' is not ensured.
Windows Defender reports Trojans as false positives
[German]Users of Windows seem to have been startled in the last few weeks by false alarms from Windows Defender. Defender suddenly believed to have detected the Trojan Win32/Bluteal.B!rfn in regular files.
Microsoft Security Update Minor Revisions (June 22, 2018)
Microsoft has made some minor revisions to update descriptions as of June 22, 2018. I stumbled uppon the corresponding information on seclists.org. Here are the unedited details.
WannaCry is back? No, it’s a scam mail
[German]During the last hours I stumbled twice over the keyword WannaCry. What looks like a return of this pest may turn out to be a scam or fraud email campaign. I thought I'd post it here for admins' information.
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 ...
Office 365: Zero-Font bypassing weakens email security
[German]Cyber criminals are currently using a well-known zero-font bypassing technology to trick Office 365's Microsoft security filters on emails and smuggle spam onto systems.
Intel Math Unit (FPU) leaks ‘crypto-‘ daten (CVE-2018-3665)
[German]A design flaw in the math unit (FPU) of various Intel CPUs can leak crypto data to applications. Kernel developers of Windows, Linux and Co. has provided kernel patches (partially).
Microsoft Security Update Releases (June 2018)
As part of the June 2018 patchday (June 12, 2018), Microsoft has also updated and reissued several security warnings. Here is an uncommented overview of what has changed.
Patchday: Windows 10 updates June 12, 2018
[German]Microsoft released several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds on June 12, 2018. Here are some details about these updates.
Critical security update for Chrome browser
[German]The Google Chrome developers have just released a critical security update for the Chrome browser. Users should update their browser to the current version 67.0.3396.79 as soon as possible.