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Category Archives: Software
WordPress 6.4.3
WordPress 6.4.3 was released a few hours ago. According to the release notes, this is a maintenance and security update that fixes security issues and 21 bugs. Details can be found in the release notes.
Windows 11: WMIC will be removed in future
[German]Short addendum from last week: Microsoft will retire the command line tool wmic.exe in the next version of Windows. The WMI command line utility (WMIC) provides a command line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The execution of the tool … Continue reading
Cybersecurity: The risks associated with photovoltaic solar systems
[German]The increasing decentralization of the power supply using solar cell systems not only represents progress in the energy transition, but also raises new security issues. Trend Micro has examined the IT security of systems for decentralized energy supply in a … Continue reading
Microsoft Teams outage on January 26, 2024
[German]On January 26, 2024, there was probably a major disruption in Microsoft Teams that led to disconnections or delayed delivery of messages. Microsoft has posted the relevant status information in the Admin Center under TM710344. The problem seems to have … Continue reading
Bing and Edge are probably not covered by the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA)
[German]Ad-hoc I don't know whether this is good news or bad news. According to recent reports, the EU Commission will not classify Microsoft's search engine Bing and the Edge browser as products or services subject to the EU's Digital Markets … 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 ...
Google Chrome 121.0.6167.85/.86 with 17 security fixes; AI features planned
[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser in the Stable Channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on January 23, 2024. There were also updates for the Extended Stable Channel. The Chrome browser Android app has also been updated. … Continue reading
Thunderbird 115.7.0
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.7.0 on January 22, 2024. It is an update that is intended to fix some bugs and vulnerabilities.
iOS 17.3 released, closes 0-day
[German]Apple released the first update, iOS 17.3 for iPhones and iPadOS 17.3 for iPads, yesterday, January 22, 2024. In addition to a "Device Protection" function, it also fixes the first 0-day bug in the operating system. Here is a brief … Continue reading
Is the Microsoft 365 email quarantine broken?
[German]A quick question for Microsoft 365 administrators with Exchange Online tenants. A reader is struggling with the problem that mails are sorted into quarantine at his customers and asks whether this function is broken (presumably already since January 5, 2024).
New Outlook app: "Monitoring and surveillance tool for targeted advertising"
[German]The new Microsoft Outlook app is a data protection disaster and a GDPR no-go. Following the revelation that the app transfers access data for accounts and content to Microsoft's cloud, mail vendor Proton took a closer look at the app. … Continue reading