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Windows 10 V1903: Security Baseline final released
[German]Microsoft has released the final of its Security Baseline for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) and Windows Server 1903. Here is a brief overview. The Security Baseline package consists...
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Assign network level authentication w/o Group Policies
[German]How to assure, that authentication at network level is on in Windows, if no Group Policies are available (for instance in all Windows Home editions)? Here is a short advise. In the days of a...
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Windows 10 V1903: The broken defer update options
[German]Users of Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Pro version) maybe are missing the options to pause (defer) feature and quality updates known from previous Windows 10 builds. Below I sorted out, what’s...
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A threat actor scans Windows systems for BlueKeep vulnerability
[German]Currently, there is an attempt from cyber criminals to scan the Internet for Windows systems vulnerable to BlueKeep vulnerabilities and then attack them. BlueKeep: Remote Desktop Services...
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Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4497936 breaks Sandbox
[German]Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) comes with a sandbox. But this sandbox fails for many users with error 0x80070002 (a file could not be found). Windows 10 Sandbox mode Last year, in...
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Sophos collides with Windows Defender ATP – Fix is coming
[German]On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, there are sporadic issues when using Sophos anti-virus solutions. Now one possible cause seems to have been found. Here is some background information...
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Nearly 1 million Windows machines with BlueKeep vulnerability
[German]Almost one million systems with Windows XP up to Windows 7 and their server counterparts are accessible via the Internet and can be attacked via BlueKeep vulnerability due to missing updates....
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Windows 10: Updates KB4499147 and KB4499162 (05/28/2019)
[German]On May 28, 2019, Microsoft released the cumulative updates KB4499147 (Windows 10 Version 1709) and KB4499162 (Windows 10 Version 1703). When I checked it this night, the updates weren’t there...
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The next Windows 10 LTSC comes 2021
A few days ago Microsoft announced the development plans (time line) for the next Windows 10 version with long-term support. It will not be released before end of 2021. In a Techcommunity post,...
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Microsoft’s plans for a modern operating system
At Computex 2019 Microsoft’s representatives has outlined within a key note a few ideas about a modern operating system for modern devices (probably for the time after Windows 10. A few details may be...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18908 (20H1) in Fast Ring
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18908 (aus dem Entwicklungszweig 20H1) (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in Fast Ring. The announcement with details about new...
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Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4497935 and KB4498523 released (05/29/2019)
[German]Microsoft has released the KB4497935 Update for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) generally on May 29, 2019. The update is intended to correct a number of bugs in this version of...
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BlueKeep vulnerability: Microsoft warns about a wormable malware epedemia
[German]Microsoft warns of the danger that the critical Remote Desktop Services vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 will soon lead to a major malware outbreak on up to one million Windows computers. In a...
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Windows Notepad hack allows shell access
[German]Tavis Ormandy of Google’s Zero project has found a bug in the Windows Notepad editor that gives him shell access. This can be used to attempt an attack on a Windows system. Here is some...
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GandCrab ransomware: They say, they are retiring
[German]It seems as if the developers of the malware GandCrab are retiring and discontinuing the Ransomware. But the first figures have become known about the payments the victims are said to have...
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Microsoft Windows 10 apps opens banner ads with fraudulent web pages
[German]Currently, there is an increase in the number of malicious banner ads that open fraudulent web pages in the standard browser when starting or using apps on Windows 10. Here are a few details...
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Operating-system-/Windows market share (May 2019)
[German]Since a few days the figures for the operating system and Windows market share are available. This blog post gives a short overview about this topic. The latest figures from netmarketshare.com...
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Windows 10: Thunderbird from Microsoft Store
The e-mail client Thunderbird is available on various platforms, from Linux to macOS to Windows. The Open Source community has made Thunderbird available now for Windows 10 as an app from the Microsoft...
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Windows Server 2016: Where to get Express-Updates for download?
[German]Since May 2019, Microsoft has stopped distributing Delta updates to Windows 10 and its server counterparts. These updates has been replaced by express updates. The problem a blog reader pointed...
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Windows 10: New hints at 19H2 and broken Dark mode
[German]Even though Microsoft is currently testing builds from the Windows 10 20H1 development branch with Windows Insiders, the 19H2 development branch is making progress. This would give Microsoft’s...
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