Category Archives: Software

Vulnerability CVE-2024-7591 in Progress Kemp LoadMaster (Load-Balancer)

Posted on 2024-08-20 by guenni

[German]Brief note for administrators who use the load balancer LoadMaster from Progress Kemp. The provider issued a warning about a vulnerability CVE-2024-7591 in August 2024. Kemp will publish details later. Administrators using the product should update immediately. Advertising

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Citrix and Amazon AWS Workspace App: Issues with Intel XE graphics chips

Posted on 2024-08-19 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators of Amazon AWS and Citrix Workspace app environments. A reader pointed out to me that there are probably issues with the Workspace app when Intel XE graphics chips are used. The problem has been known since … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Defender: msmpeng.exe crashes (August 14, 2024)?

Posted on 2024-08-15 by guenni

[German]We had Microsoft's patch day on August 13, 2024, and as a result quite a lot of Windows patches. I got now a report from an English-speaking reader pointed out to me last night that people were having issues with … Continue reading →

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BlackHat 2024: Remote code execution attack on M365 Copilot via email

Posted on 2024-08-11 by guenni

[German]Nice topic: Microsoft is pushing its Copilot via Microsoft 365 to its customers. Any user shall do something in AI – whether it's needed is secondary. Of course, this increases the attack surface and administrators have to think about security. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Paint 3D will be retired on November 4, 2024

Posted on 2024-08-10 by guenni

[German]A small note to users of Windows 10 and Windows 11 who may rely on the Paint 3D program. Paint 3D, which was announced with great fanfare in 2016, will soon be buried without a sound. On November 4, 2024, … Continue reading →

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

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Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage available

Posted on 2024-08-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just announced the general availability of its Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage solutions. Microsoft 365 Backup allows you to back up and restore data from OneDrive, SharePoint and Exchange. Advertising

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Investor Meridian BidCo LLC acquires majority stake in MariaDB plc

Posted on 2024-08-01 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from July 25, 2024: It was announced that MariaDB plc has a new majority shareholder. This is a subsidiary of an investment firm. This company has acquired 88.7% of the shares in MariaDB plc and can now determine … Continue reading →

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CrowdStrike analysis: Why an empty file led to BlueSceen

Posted on 2024-07-23 by guenni

[German]On July 19, 2024, a faulty update of the CrowdStrike Falcon EDR software – specifically a file for a driver – caused millions of Windows computers worldwide to fail with a blue screen, while macOS and Linux systems were not … Continue reading →

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Windows systems throw BSOD due to faulty CrowdStrike update

Posted on 2024-07-19 by guenni

[German]A couple of hours ago, we are facing two significant outages in Microsoft IT infra structure. Microsoft 365 have had an outage due to an Azure configuration change. And a faulty update from Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike  force Windows hosts into … Continue reading →

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KB5040711 Update (Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server) fails

Posted on 2024-07-18 by guenni

[German]On July 9, 2024, Microsoft also released the update KB5040711 (Security Update for Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server). However, I have received a reader report that an installation error occurs during the update installation. There are also reader … Continue reading →

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