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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – III
[German]In parts 1 and 2 of the article series, I picked up a hint from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). In part 3 I sketch another … Continue reading
The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – II
[German]In part 1 of the article series I had published a note from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). Part 2 deals with the e-mail correspondence between … Continue reading
The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – I
[German]Blog reader Karl (al Qamar) informed me a while ago about a problem with securiy updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (Redistributables). Here are his findings about the issues.
Security update for iCloud for Windows
A serious vulnerability in Apple's HTML rendering engine WebKit also affects the iCloud client for Windows. Apple has now released a security update of the iCloud client to fix these vulnerabilities.
Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-11937 and CVE-2017-11940)
[German]Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine has a critical memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote code execution. Microsoft released a security advisory on December 6, 2017 and says corresponding security updates are available. Here are what I found out till now. [Update: … Continue reading
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Tagged Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, Vulnerability, Windows
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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 ...
November 2017: Patchday issues (WSUS, IE …)
The updates released from Microsoft end of November 2017 brought some bad surprises for administrators. And users are facing also issues with those updates. Here are a few details.
Windows 10 V1709: KIS2018 causes classpnp.sys bluescreen
[German]Users of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) (and also Windows 7 SP1) are facing a sporadic blue screen in module classpnp.sys. The root cause is Kaspersky KIS 2018. Here a few details for affected users.
Vendors ‘rootkit’: ‘Windows Platform Binary Table’ (WPBT)
[German]Within this blog post I like to address a feature called 'Windows Platform Binary Table' (WPBT), that has been used aon OEM PCs to enable manufacturers to download and install their software, even if the user tries a clean install … Continue reading
Microsoft Updates KB4049068 and KB4049016
[German]Microsoft has (re-)released some updates for Windows and .NET-Framework around November 22, – 27, 2017 on WSUS, but hasn't documented much. Here are a few details.
HP installs secretly HP Touchpoint Analytics Client telemetry client
[German]Here is an Information and Question addressing owners of HP Windows devices. It seems that Hewlett Packard silently installs a telemetry client on Windows computers. Here are a few details.