Windows 11: A new era for the PC begins today

2021-10-05 KENNETH 0

Windows 11: A new era for the PC begins today Today marks an exciting milestone in the history of Windows. As the day becomes October 5 in each time zone around the world, availability of Windows 11 begins through a free upgrade on eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs pre-installed with Windows 11 that can be purchased beginning today. Windows is a driving force for innovation. It’s an enduring platform for each one of us to create. And its home for over a billion people to do their jobs, live their dreams and connect with the people they love. We’re pumped to be launching Windows 11; the entire user experience brings you closer to what you love, empowers you to produce and inspires you to create. Windows 11 provides a sense of calm and openness. It gives you [ more… ]

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22471

2021-10-05 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22471 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22471 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR Build Expiration Reminder: We have updated the build expiration for Dev Channel builds starting with Build 22468 to be 9/15/2022. Previous Dev Channel builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch will expire on 10/31/2021. To avoid hitting this expiration, please be sure to update to the latest Dev Channel build today. This build includes a good set of fixes – see below for details. This will be the only Dev Channel build released this week as we are launching Windows 11 this week! Changes and Improvements To better represent the how the purpose of TabletInputService has expanded over the years, we’re renaming it to be TextInputManagementService. Fixes [Taskbar] We fixed an underlying issue that was causing the [ more… ]

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USN-5102-1: Mercurial vulnerabilities

2021-10-05 KENNETH 0

USN-5102-1: Mercurial vulnerabilities It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files to the target’s filesystem. (CVE-2019-3902) It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled certain manifest files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17983) Source: USN-5102-1: Mercurial vulnerabilities

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USN-5101-1: MongoDB vulnerability

2021-10-05 KENNETH 0

USN-5101-1: MongoDB vulnerability It was discovered that MongoDB incorrectly handled certain wire protocol messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MongoDB to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Source: USN-5101-1: MongoDB vulnerability

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USN-5100-1: containerd vulnerability

2021-10-05 KENNETH 0

USN-5100-1: containerd vulnerability It was discovered that containerd insufficiently restricted permissions on container root and plugin directories. If a user or automated system were tricked into launching a specially crafted container image, a remote attacker could traverse directory contents and modify files and execute programs on the host filesystem, possibly leading to privilege escalation. Source: USN-5100-1: containerd vulnerability