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Category Archives: Software
VMware vulnerability CVE-2022-22954 threatened by ransomware, end of support for ESXi 6.5 & 6.7
[German]Various VMware products contain the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-22954 , for which a security update was provided back in April 2022. I had addressed the vulnerability in the blog post Warning: critical vulnerabilities in VMware products (April 6, 2022).
VirtualBox 7.0.2 released
[German]Oracle's developers had just released VirtualBox version 7.0.0 (VirtualBox 7.0.0 with Secure Boot and virtual TPM support), and now they have already pushed an update to version 7.0.2. This version is a maintenance update for bug fixes.
Firefox 106.0.1 released
[German]The frequency of Firefox updates is currently moving towards days again. After Firefox 106.0 was released on October 18 (see), the Mozilla developers have released versions 106.0.1 of the Firefox browser on October 20, 2022.
Thunderbird 102.4.0 released
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update to the email client to version 102.4.0 as of October 19, 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). It's a bug-fix update, which is supposed to fix a number of … Continue reading
Firefox 106.0 and 102.4.0 esr released
[German]Mozilla's developers have released the versions 106.0.0 and 102.4.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on October 18, 2022. The ESR versions are maintenance updates that are supposed to fix bugs. Firefox 106 is a new development branch. In both updates, … 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 ...
Citrix connections broken after Windows update KB5018410 (October 2022) (TLS problem)
[German]Small addendum from last week. Since the October patchday (October 11, 2022), administrators of Citrix installations have noticed that connections no longer work for Citrix clients once Windows update KB5018410 has been installed. This update for Windows 10 version 20H2-21H2 … Continue reading
WordPress 6.0.3 released
I just received a message that a maintenance update to WordPress 6.0.3 has been released. This update closes some vulnerabilities, which are described here. Here the update has worked without any noticeable issues.
Sysinternals released Zoomit 6.1
[German]Brief note from Sysinternals tools – Mark Russinovich's team has released ZoomIt v6.1. ZoomIt is a screen zoom, annotation and recording tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations.
LockSmith: Search for AD Certificate Services misconfigurations via PowerShell script
[German]Small tip for administrators of an Active Directory environment on Windows Server. There is a small PowerShell script to identify and fix common misconfigurations in Active Directory Certificate Services. I became aware of the tool via this tweet. he tool … Continue reading
.NET Framework-Updates October 2022
As of October 11, 2022, Microsoft has released several more updates for the .NET Framework. Update KB55018543 is the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 10, version 20H2. Then there is KB501935 (.NET … Continue reading