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Monthly Archives: May 2022
Agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO affected by ransomware
[German]Small addendum from last week regarding ransomware infection. The US corporation AGCO, which manufactures agricultural machinery, has been affected by a ransomware infection that has a global impact. This affects sine production sites world wide. Some production lines for the … Continue reading
Manufacturing defects: Cisco warns of DIMM failures
[German]Cisco has issued a warning for memory chips (DIMMs) that are likely to be used in its own products, such as the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). A limited number of Cisco-supplied DIMMs manufactured in the mid-to-late 2020s are prone … Continue reading
Windows Update KB5012599: Microsoft plans fix for install error 0x8024200B and 0x800F0831
[German]Security update KB5012599, released by Microsoft on April 12, 2022, for Windows 10 and Windows Server causes issues on some systems. The installation aborts with the error code 0x800F0831 or the error code 0x8024200B. I had pointed out the problem … Continue reading
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Trend Micro Security Solutions: Roll Back Registry Changes After False Alert (May 2, 2022)
[German]On May 2th/3th 2022, a false positive alert occurred from Trend Micro Apex One as well as Worry Free Business Security (security solutions), which classified the file msedge_200_percent.pak from Edge 101.0.1210.32 under Windows as malware/Trojan. The problem was fixed by … Continue reading
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 ...
15 years of "Borns IT and Windows Blog"
[German]I realized yesterday, my German "Borns IT and Windows Blog" (the sibling of my blog "Born's Tech and Windows World" here) has been around for 15 years. So to say "15 years guiding users and administrators through the numerous cliffs … Continue reading
Windows Server now supports monthly .NET updates
[German]One more small piece of information for Windows Server administrators. Since April 2022 Windows Server supports monthly updates for .NET (.NET Core) via Windows Update. Administrators can opt for this feature, but nothing will be switched automatically. Possibly this is … Continue reading
Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be discontinued as of October 2022
[German]It was already announced September 2021 that the Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be deactivated. The cutoff date for this disablement to begin is October 1, 2022. As of May 3, 2022, Microsoft has now reiterated this cutoff date, … Continue reading
Sophos Intercept X Install or Update ends with HTTP Error 403 (May 6, 2022)
[German]Brief information for administrators of a Sophos Intercept X endpoint solution. The vendor seems to be informing its customers about a serious problem. After a fresh installation of Sophos Intercept X Endpoint for Windows or an update, sus.sophosupd.com is no … Continue reading
Apple, Google, Microsoft support new initiative of the FIDO Alliance for "Passwordless Sign-Ins
[German]Yesterday, May 5, was "World Password Day" – and from this point of view, the announcement of the FIDO Alliance to make the Internet more secure and usable for everyone is only logical. The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide … Continue reading
TLStorm 2.0: 5 critical vulnerabilities in network switches from Aruba and Avaya
[German]Network switches from Aruba and Avaya are vulnerable to RCE attacks due to 5 vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Armis, a company specializing in networked devices, who discovered the vulnerabilities call them "TLStorm 2.0" – because there was already the TLStorm … Continue reading