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Monthly Archives: October 2022
Microsoft data leak, customer data affected (Oct. 2022)
[German]There has been a major data leak at Microsoft, where customer data was probably publicly accessible. A security company found a misconfigured server with the data on the Internet and informed Microsoft in September. This is likely to affect some … Continue reading
Windows 10 22H2 on MSDN and in Intune available
[German]Brief information for users and administrators in the business environment. The just released Windows 10 22H2 is now also available for download as an ISO installation file on MSDN for subscribers (in the Visual Studio portal). In addition, Windows 10 … Continue reading
Thunderbird 102.4.0 released
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update to the email client to version 102.4.0 as of October 19, 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). It's a bug-fix update, which is supposed to fix a number of … Continue reading
Firefox 106.0 and 102.4.0 esr released
[German]Mozilla's developers have released the versions 106.0.0 and 102.4.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on October 18, 2022. The ESR versions are maintenance updates that are supposed to fix bugs. Firefox 106 is a new development branch. In both updates, … 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 ...
Vulnerability in Apache Commons (similar to Log4Shell)
[German]There is a vulnerability in Apache Commons, similar to Log4Shell, which can be exploited to inject malicious JAVA code. Blog reader Ludwig L. emailed me about this issue, which is described in more detail by Sophos in the post Dangerous … Continue reading
MDaemon Technologies (AltN) has become a victim of a cyber attack (Ransomware)
[German]Quick note for people who use AltN (MDaemon Technologies) email servers. The provider has fallen victim to a cyberattack – the systems have been infected by ransomware. At the moment, their entire business operations should be at a standstill. Here … Continue reading
Windows 11 22H2: (Moments 1) out-of-band update KB5019509 (October 18, 2022)
[German]As of October 18, 2022, Microsoft has released an unscheduled update KB5019509 for Windows 11 22H2. This update releases the improved File Explorer with Tabs and also brings some other improvements (it's the Moments 1 Feature Drop update).
Windows 10 2022 Update (22H2) released (Oct. 18, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has – as I expected – released Windows 10 22H2 (official name is Windows 10 2022 Update) as a feature update on October 18, 2022. In addition, ISO installation media is available for upgrading older Windows versions. Here's an … Continue reading
Microsoft offers Update KB5018421 for Windows Server 22H2 …
[German]Microsoft has published security updates for Windows on October 11, 2022 – among others also the update KB5018421 for Windows Server 2022. So far so good – but now they already offer a security update for "Windows Server 22H2" – … Continue reading
Telegram fined with 5 Million Euro by German Federal Office of Justice (BfJ)
[German]The Federal Office of Justice (Bundesamt für Justiz, BfJ) in Bonn has just issued two penalty notices against Telegram FZ-LLC. The reason is the fact that the company violated requirements of the Network Enforcement Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, NetzDG) in 2021 and … Continue reading