Category Archives: ios

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

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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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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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