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Yearly Archives: 2025
Layoffs at Microsoft also affect veteran developers
Last week, I reported on an impending wave of redundancies at Microsoft. 6,000 employees (approx. 3 % of the workforce) are to go. It is now becoming clear that long-time developers will also be affected.
Windows 11 24H2/Server 2025: Why is the May 2025 update KB5058411 over 4.3 GB in size?
[German]On May 13, 2025, Microsoft released the cumulative security update KB5058411 for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 (24H2). This has the incredible size of 4368.9 MByte. This raises the question of what makes the update package so bloated? … Continue reading
Volkswagen hack via OTP bypass; access to personal vehicle data
[German]A frustrated buyer of a used VW vehicle was unable to register for Connected Car because the data was sent to the previous owner. So he took a closer look and was able to determine the server access data through … Continue reading
Windows Subsystem for Linux is now Open Source
[German]At the BUILD 2025 developer conference, Microsoft announced that it had released WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) as open source and is being celebrated by developers. The hope from Redmond is that software developers can now contribute to WSL and … 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 ...
Windows 10: Out-of-Band Update KB5061768 for Bitlocker issue (May 19, 2025)
[German]With the Windows 10 22H2 update of May 13, 2025, there was the problem that numerous systems got stuck in WinRE with a request for the Bitlocker recovery key. When the key was entered, some systems entered a boot loop. … Continue reading
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Windows 11 24H2: Update KB5058411 fails with error 0x800f081f
[German]A quick question to the blog readers as to whether the installation of the May 2025 update KB5058411 for Windows 11 24H2 went through. I have received a request from readers asking if I have any information about the KB5058411 … Continue reading
Digital sovereignty: Microsoft arbitrarily blocks access to e-mail/cloud (Prosecutor Internation Criminal Court, Chinese university institution
[German]Short article of the type "Digital sovereignty: have you finally heard the shot". Microsoft has blocked the email account of the chief prosecutor of the International Court of Justice – due to sanctions imposed by the US government under Trump. … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: Defender can be deactivated with a simple tool (Defendnot)
[German]Microsoft has built an interface (API) into Windows 10 and Windows 11 that allows manufacturers of antivirus software to disable Microsoft Defender when they install it. Some people (including a blog reader) have now shown how to deactivate Windows Defender … Continue reading
Microsoft misses deadline for EU-specific cloud version
[German]Does Microsoft face legal trouble from the CISPE, misses deadline for EU-specific cloud version? Microsoft has failed to provide an adapted Azure version for the consortium of European cloud providers by an agreed deadline. They are now granting additional two … Continue reading
Windows: Bitlocker encryption via Bitpixie (CVE-2023-21563) leveraged
[German] The Bitlocker encryption used by Microsoft for Windows for data storage devices can be bypassed by software via the Bitpixie vulnerability (CVE-2023-21563) if certain boundary conditions apply. A security researcher has shown how the master key can be read … Continue reading