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QNAP warns about vulnerability CVE-2022-27596 in QTS 5.0.1 and QuTS hero h5.0.1
[German]NAS manufacturer QNAP has issued a security warning for its QNAP products. There is a critical vulnerability CVE-2022-27596 in the QTS 5.0.1 and QuTS hero h5.0.1 software that allows malicious code injection into the firmware. The critical vulnerability has been … Continue reading
Windows 11 22H1: RDP issues fixed by preview update
[German]Users have been complaining about problems with remote desktop connections (RDP) under Windows 11 22H2 for months. In deed, first reports about that issue has been public sice December 2021. Last week, Microsoft released a preview update for Windows 11 … Continue reading
Sysinternals RDCMan, Sysmon and ZoomIt updated
[German]The Sysinternals team updated the RDCMan (remote desktop session management), Sysmon (host monitoring tool) and ZoomIt (allows screen magnification and annotations) tools for Windows at the end of January 2023. These are bug fixes in the tools mentioned here.
Do we need RDS licenses for Citrix Virtual App/Desktop environments?
Do we actually need Microsoft RDS licenses if we run an environment with Citrix Virtual App/Desktop? Citrix has discussed this in the article Do We Need RDS Licenses For Citrix Virtual App/Desktop Environment. Short answer: yes, you need both Citrix … Continue reading
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Microsoft Teams: Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability
A little note about security on Microsoft Teams. Two security researchers @adm1nkyj1 and @jinmo123 participated in pwn2own 2022 in Vancouver. There they tried to hack Microsoft Teams, but failed due to time allocation. Both discovered a bug that allowed an … 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 ...
Edge 109.0.1518.70 and 108.0.1462.95
[German]Microsoft upgraded the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 109.0.1518.70 on January 26, 2023 (thanks to readers for the tips here and here). In addition, the Edge in Extended Stable has been updated to version 108.0.1462.95.
Exchange 2019: Does the January 2023 SU with CU 12 trigger the index problem again?
[German]Quick question in the round, aimed at Microsoft Exchange Server administrators. Have you guys encountered any major issues (aside from services not starting automatically) when installing the January 2023 security updates? I have feedback from a service provider that the … Continue reading
Microsoft Exchange survey to improve the update process (auto update)
[German]Microsoft is interested in the opinion of Exchange administrators and wants to know in a survey what their opinion is with regard to improving the update situation via CUs for on-premises installations. For this purpose, Redmond has set up an … Continue reading
Thunderbird 102.7.0 – no auto-release due to issues with Microsoft 365
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released on 19, January 2023 another update of the e-mail client to version 102.7.0 . It is a bug-fix update that is supposed to fix some issues. The client is not supposed to update automatically … Continue reading
Firefox 109.0 and 102.7.0 esr released
[German]Mozilla's developers have released the versions 109.0 and 102.7.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on January 17, 2023. The ESR versions are maintenance updates that are intended to fix bugs. Starting with the Firefox 109 development branch, Manifest Version 3 … Continue reading