Category Archives: ios

Microsoft'a Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10

Posted on 2025-01-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Microsoft has started to force the upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 since January 16, 2025

Posted on 2025-01-19 by guenni

[German]On January 16, 2025, Microsoft decided to open the floodgates for the feature upgrade of Windows 11 machines to version 24H2. This means that more users will suddenly be offered the feature update and their system will be upgraded to … Continue reading →

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Active Directory vulnerability can cause unpatched Windows servers to crash

Posted on 2025-01-06 by guenni

[German]A short information for administrators of Windows Server systems. In December 2024 Microsoft has released patches for LDAP vulnerabilities, that that allows attackers to run an DoS attack on Active Directory. Now a Poor of Concept has been released, that … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: End of support in October 2025 – Million systems about to be replaced?

Posted on 2025-01-04 by guenni

[German]ESET says, currently 32 million systems with Windows 10 are still in use in Germany. The security company warns of a worst-case scenario, as support for Windows 10 will expire in October 2025. A "switchover" is being propagated. I am … Continue reading →

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Operating system/Windows share (End of December 2024)

Posted on 2025-01-03 by guenni

[German]It's the beginning of 2025 and Statcounter's figures for operating system distribution on the desktop are available for the end of December 2024. What about Microsoft Windows share on the desktop? Windows 10 will no longer be supported after October … Continue reading →

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

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Vulnerabilities in G DATA Business software; fix with version 15.8.333

Posted on 2024-12-31 by guenni

[German]Blog reader Fabian D. accidentally discovered a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the G Data Security Client at the beginning of April 2024 and was then able to prove a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the G Data Management Server during targeted … Continue reading →

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PayPal fraud via "guest account"; German consumer advice center warns

Posted on 2024-12-27 by guenni

[German]The German consumer advice center of North Rhine-Westphalia warns of a nasty scam in which criminals abuse PayPal's ability to pay via a guest account. Anyone with a bank account can fall victim to this scam – regardless of whether … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Are scanner issues fixed?

Posted on 2024-12-25 by guenni

[German]Recently, Microsoft acknowledged problems with devices that use the eSCL scan protocol under Windows 11 24H2. This also affects USB scanners that simply cannot be found if they use the eSCL scan protocol. Microsoft claims to have fixed this error. … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2/Server 2025: NTLMv1 has been removed

Posted on 2024-12-23 by guenni

[German]Short addendum to an old topic. Microsoft recently announced that NTLMv1 has been removed from Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2024. This step had been announced by Microsoft for a long time. Here is another look at the topic … Continue reading →

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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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