Category Archives: Software

Outlook: Body of accepted meetings is write only now; by design after Office August 2023 update

[German]Short information for administrators of Office installations with Microsoft Outlook. I received reports, that since installing August 2023 updates for Microsoft Outlook were installed, the so-called body text of appointments can only be changed by the organizer of the appointment. … Continue reading

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Google Chrome 116.0.5845.110/.111

[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 116 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on August 22, 2023. These are security updates that will be rolled out in the coming weeks and should eliminate 5 … Continue reading

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New 0-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38035 in Ivanti Sentry

[German]I don't know if administrators of Ivanti Mobileron solutions can still hear it: The vendor is currently warning about a new 0-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38035 in Ivanti Sentry (formerly MobileIron Sentry). Versions 9.18, 9.17 and 9.16 are affected. Older editions are … Continue reading

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WinRAR Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2023-40477

[German]I don't know how common WinRAR is among the blog readers. WiNRAR developers have fixed a critical code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-40477) in the software. It is enough to open a compromised archive file to allow attackers to execute arbitrary code … Continue reading

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PowerHell: Attention, unfixed vulnerabilities in the PowerShell gallery

[German]Security researchers from Aqua Security came across several vulnerabilities in Microsoft's PowerShell gallery some time ago. The vulnerabilities were then reported to Redmond, where unsuccessful attempts were made to fix the bugs with patches. Now the security researchers have gone … Continue reading

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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 ...


Thunderbird 115.1.1

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.1.1 on August 15, 2023. It is an update, which should fix bugs.

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Defender for Endpoint: URL filtering broken?

[German]Quick question to my blog readers. I have received a report that URL filtering.in Defender for Endpoint is broken. In this context, it would be interesting to know if there are other people affected or if the reader is an … Continue reading

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Updates: Internet Explorer; .NET framework with installation issues (Aug. 8, 2023)

[German]As of August 8, 2023, Microsoft has patched other software in addition to security updates for Windows and Office. There is a security update for Internet Explorer for various Windows Server versions. And there are also security updates for the … Continue reading

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Workaround for Exchange August 2023 security update install issue

[German]Addendum from the August 2023 patchday, which caused issues for administrators of Microsoft Exchange 2016/2019. On non-English systems the installation failed and the Exchange server was partially dead afterwards. I had warned here my German users in my articles and … Continue reading

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Exchange Server Security Updates (August 8, 2023)

[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 as of August 8. These security updates close vulnerabilities in this software. The updates are intended to be installed on systems in a timely manner to address … Continue reading

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