Monthly Archives: August 2022

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VMware Workstation: UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR error with Windows 11 Insider and Server 2022

Posted on 2022-08-28 by guenni

[German]Users who want to install an Insider Preview of Windows 11 or a Windows Server 2022 under VMware Workstation and run it virtualized are currently running into a problem. The installation of the guest operating system aborts with a green … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Preview Update KB5016688 (August 26, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016688 on August 26, 2022 (D-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 20H2-21H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10. Advertising

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Will Microsoft provide ESU support for Windows 7/8.1 and Server beyond January 2023?

Posted on 2022-08-27 by guenni

[German]I'll take up a topic that is latently bubbling in the background: Will support for Windows 7 SP1 as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8.1 expire in January 2023? Or will there be a support extension for … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Preview Update KB5016690 (August 23, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016690 as of August 23, 2022 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows Server 2019 as well as Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC, etc. Below, I provide an overview … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Preview update KB5016691 (August 25, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016691 for Windows 11 on August 25. Other preview updates for Windows are described in separate posts. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11. Advertising

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LastPass security incident: Development environment hacked (August 25, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-26 by guenni

[German]The developers of the web-based password manager online service LastPass have just informed their users about a security incident. Two weeks ago, unusual procedures were detected in the LastPass development environment. Unauthorized third parties probably managed to gain access to … Continue reading →

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Plex security incident (data breach) – users should change passwords (August 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-25 by guenni

[German]Short addendum to an unpleasant security topic. Yesterday it became known that there was a security incident at the provider Plex (streaming service, media server). It seems that attackers managed to access some of the data of the user base … Continue reading →

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More than 80,000 HikVision surveillance cameras exploitable

Posted on 2022-08-25 by guenni

[German]Security researchers found over 80,00 surveillance cameras from HikVision that are exploitable and are accessible via the Internet. Attackers could take over these systems at any time via vulnerabilities using code injection. HikVision has already published a firmware update to … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Releases (August 19, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-25 by guenni

Small addendum from last week. Microsoft has published revisions of various security messages, which I post below for your information. Advertising

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Lawsuit against Oracle for "global user surveillance"

Posted on 2022-08-24 by guenni

[German]Oracle has facing a class action lawsuit , filed last week in the Northern District of California. Activists accuse Oracle of operating a "global surveillance machine" and violating the basic privacy rights of hundreds of millions of people. At issue, … Continue reading →

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