Category Archives: Security

Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (July 8, 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-10 by guenni

[German]On July 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. This month, serious vulnerabilities in Office were … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows Server Updates (July 8, 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-09 by guenni

[German]On July 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates along with some details for these Windows Server versions … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10/11 Updates (July 8,  2025)

Posted on 2025-07-09 by guenni

[German]On July 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 8, 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on July 8, 2025. The security updates fixes 128 vulnerabilities (CVEs), one were classified as 0-day.  The following is a compact overview of the updates released on … Continue reading →

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Excel freezes and slow opening/closing due to Trend Micro

Posted on 2025-07-08 by guenni

[German]Users are complaining that since the June 2025 updates, Microsoft Excel has been causing problems and freezes on startup or is very slow to open and close. The cause may be Trend Micro version 6.7.3981/14.3.1311. Advertising

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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 ...

Ingram Micro has suffered a ransomware attack

Posted on 2025-07-07 by guenni

[German]Short addendum from this week: Ingram Micro had to admit after technical problems a few days ago that business operations were affected by a ransomware infection. I had noticed it, but didn't realize that Ingram Micro also offers IT components … Continue reading →

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Microsoft blocks virus scanners from kernel access – just a marketing gag?

Posted on 2025-07-06 by guenni

[German]At the end of June 2025, there were reports (at least that's how I interpreted them) that virus scanners would "soon" no longer be allowed to use the Windows kernel mode. According to Microsoft, the CrowdStrike case, which paralyzed millions … Continue reading →

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Refurbished Panasonic Toughpads FZ-G1(F) sold on eBay/Priceholes shipped with Synaptics.Exe Worm

Posted on 2025-07-05 by guenni

[German]Warning to IT service providers and blog readers who ever buy a used Windows notebook, tablet or desktop PC system on eBay or other shops. A reader pointed out to me a couple days ago, that he had ordered refurbished … Continue reading →

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Critical vulnerability CVE-2025-32463 in sudo jeopardizes Linux systems

Posted on 2025-07-02 by guenni

[German]The sudo command in Linux allows local privilege escalation due to a vulnerability CVE-2025-32463 classified as critical. The background is an improper handling of /etc/nsswitch.conf, so that root privileges are obtained. Advertising

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Security Baseline for Windows Server 2025, version 2506

Posted on 2025-07-01 by guenni

Microsoft has published its new security baseline for Windows Server 2025, version 2506, on June 25, 2025. The announcement with the new features was made in the Techcommunity article Security baseline for Windows Server 2025, version 2506. The baseline package … Continue reading →

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