Tag Archives: Windows

Windows Driver Security: Guidelines updated

Posted on 2018-02-28 by guenni

Microsoft has released an updated on Windows driver security (also available as a PDF document). The Guide is created by Microsoft's Don Marshall. The guide offers advice to secure Windows drivers against basic attacks and preventable flaws. (via)

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New Windows Update-Troubleshooter

Posted on 2018-02-28 by guenni

[German]A brief note: Microsoft has updated its Windows Update troubleshooter and its website 'Fix Windows Update issues' on February 26, 2018. Here are a few details.

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Microsoft Updates February 21/22, 2018

Posted on 2018-02-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released various updates for Windows 7 to Windows 10 (including servers) and Internet Explorer on February 21 and 22, 2018. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Other Microsoft Updates (February 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-02-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. on the patchday (February 13,2018). Here are some details about selected patches.

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Microsoft Patchday Summary (February 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-02-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released a series of security updates for Windows and other products on February 13, 2018. Here is a brief overview of critical and non-critical security updates, a list of all 50 CVEs and details to an updated Microsoft Security … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft bans store apps using ‘Windows’ in name

Posted on 2018-02-10 by guenni

[German]Currently, developers of various apps that are available in the Microsoft Store received a mail from a lawyer who is on behalf of Microsoft. The mail requests, that the developer has to remove his app from store because of an … Continue reading →

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NSA exploits adapted for all Windows versions

Posted on 2018-02-07 by guenni

[German]Last year, hackers from Shadow Brokers made various NSA tools public. Exploits such as EternalBlue were used in Ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, NotPetya and Bad Rabbit. A security researcher has now taken a closer look at other exploits and … Continue reading →

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Update your Lenovo ThinkPad Fingerprint Manager

Posted on 2018-01-31 by guenni

The Fingerprint Manager Pro software shipped with Lenovo's ThinkPad system has several vulnerabilities. So updating to the latest version is strongly recommended.

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Firefox 58.0.1: Update for Windows

Posted on 2018-01-30 by guenni

[German]Mozilla developers have released version 58.0.1 of the Firefox browser for Windows. The relevant maintenance update was released on January 29, 2018. Here are a few details about this update.

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Windows-Update KB4078130 deactivates Spectre 2-Patch

Posted on 2018-01-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released on January 27, 2018 Update KB4078130 (Update to Disable Mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2) for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. I've added details within my blog post Updates KB4074906 (.NET), KB4077561 (Windows … Continue reading →

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