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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: Updates (10. Januar 2023)
[German]For Windows 7 and 8.1 Ssecurity updates were released for the last time. The Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 also received security updates on patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding … Continue reading
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Exchange Server Security Updates (January 10, 2023)
[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 as of January 10, 2023. These security updates close two vulnerabilities (Elevation of Privilege and Spoofing) in this software. These updates should be installed … Continue reading
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Windows and the "Mark of the Web" (MotW) security problem
[German]It was a report the other day that BlueNoroff APT hackers are using new techniques to bypass Windows' "Mark of the Web" protections that prompted me to bring the topic up again on the blog. That's because MotW, as it's … Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia: Government Agents Infiltrate Wikipedia, Sentence Independent Wikipedia Administrators to Prison
The Saudi Arabian government infiltrated Wikipedia by recruiting the organization's highest ranked administrators in the country to serve as government agents to control information about the country and prosecuting those who contributed critical information about political detainees, said SMEX and … Continue reading
Issues restoring backups due to VDM with Intel Core i5 11th generation CPUs
[German]Unusual experience reported to me by a blog reader. He suddenly found himself facing the problem of not being able to write back a backup he had made on his Acer Swift 3 with an 11th generation Intel Core i5. … 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 ...
Microsoft Teams: Issues with special characters in profile names
[German]When using Microsoft Teams, administrators should make sure that no special characters appear in the profile names. This can lead to strange errors. The Teams client may refuse to start if, for example, a round bracket appears in the profile … Continue reading
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Security risk Microsoft Outlook App: Transfers credentials and mails to the cloud
[German]At the beginning of the year 2023, I am once again bringing up a topic that I already addressed here on the blog in 2015 and in January 2021. It's about the Microsoft Outlook app, which is available for Android … Continue reading
Happy New Year – 2023
That's what I wish all blog readers and above all health and optimism in these times. The year 2022 is over, and now 2023 is upon us, whatever the new year may bring. (Source: Snow Art by Simon Beck, Vita … Continue reading
Twitter have had issues (Dec. 29, 2022)
[German]Twitter have had technical issues at 00:00 UTC on Dec. 29, 2022. The Twitter service hasn't running smoothly. When displaying various tweets, everything was still fine an hour before midnight. But currently (December 29, 2022, 00:50 a.m. UTC) I can … Continue reading