Category Archives: ios

Critical LDAP vulnerability in Windows (CVE-2024-49112)

Posted on 2024-12-19 by guenni

[German]A short addendum from the December 2024 patchday. On December 10, 2024, Microsoft published a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-49112) in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This enables remote attacks on Windows clients and servers, but has been patched. However, there … Continue reading →

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Microsoft rolls out Windows hardening against standard NTLM relay attacks

Posted on 2024-12-15 by guenni

[German]NTLM relaying is a popular attack method used by threat actors to compromise identity. Microsoft wants to put a stop to this and has started to roll out protective measures in Windows to provide better protection against standard NTLM relay … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 22H2: Update KB5048652 reactivates Windows Spotlight

Posted on 2024-12-14 by guenni

[German]Users have been reporting for months that the desktop background "Windows Spotlight" is unintentionally activated by rolled out cumulative updates in Windows 10 22H2. Happened again in December 2024 with the KB5048652 update. Here is some information and a note … Continue reading →

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Windows: Microsoft's "improved" Recall continues to record sensitive information

Posted on 2024-12-13 by guenni

[German]Recall was withdrawn by Microsoft in summer 2024 due to serious security flaws. Now Microsoft is in the process of rolling out its "and really secure" version of Recall, which has been revised over months, to Windows Insiders again. What … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows Server 2012 / R2 (December 10, 2024)

Posted on 2024-12-11 by guenni

[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 were released on December 10, 2024. However, these updates are only available for systems with an ESU license (1st year). Here is an overview of these updates for … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022/2025-Updates (December 10, 2024)

Posted on 2024-12-11 by guenni

[German]On December 10, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 22H2 to 24H2. Windows Server 2022 – Windows Server 2025 also received updates. Here are some details about these … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10/Server Updates (December 10, 2024)

Posted on 2024-12-11 by guenni

[German]On December 10, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (December 10, 2024)

Posted on 2024-12-10 by guenni

[German]On December 10, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates address 70 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including 16 critical vulnerabilities, one of which is classified as 0-day … Continue reading →

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Prevent migration from Classic Outlook to New Outlook

Posted on 2024-12-09 by guenni

[German]Microsoft plans to switch certain Microsoft 365 user groups from Outlook Classic to the new Outlook app from the beginning of 2025. Some people has developed remediation solutions to prevent this. Here is a solution I came across yesterday. Advertising

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Windows: 0patch for 0-day URL File NTLM Hash Disclosure Vulnerability

Posted on 2024-12-07 by guenni

[German]ACROS Security has discovered a vulnerability in Windows that has not yet been closed by an update and allows the disclosure of NTLM hash values via URL. ACROS Security has released an opatch micropatch to fix this vulnerability. Until Microsoft … Continue reading →

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