Category Archives: Software

MSI Center: Vulnerability CVE-2024-37726 allows system privileges

Posted on 2024-07-06 by guenni

[German]A quick note for Windows users who have the MSI Center from Micro-Star International installed on their system. There is a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVE-2024-37726 in this software that allows an attacker to gain system privileges. Versions <= 2.0.36.0 … Continue reading →

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Office 365: Teams Connector will be stopped from August 15, 2024 and discontinued on October 1, 2024

Posted on 2024-07-04 by guenni

[German]Short information for Microsoft Office 365 administrators who use the connector for Microsoft Teams. From August 15, 2024, it will no longer be possible to set up new connections for this piece of software. On October 1, 2024, the product … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Teams changes: New labeling disappears – Classic Teams is EOL

Posted on 2024-07-04 by guenni

[German]A small addendum to Microsoft's plans for changes to the Teams client, which I came across a few days ago. Microsoft will remove the NEW label and the reminder of the end of support from the Teams client. The background … Continue reading →

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HornetSecurity quarantines Microsoft Exchange emails (July 2, 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-03 by guenni

[German]A information to the administrators among the blog readership who use HornetSecurity to filter mails (e.g. in Microsoft Exchange). A reader informed me that the mails in question (for Exchange) have been quarantined. On the HornetSecurity status page there is … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Teams: Desktop application fails to launch (July 2, 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-03 by guenni

[German]Support for Microsoft Teams Classic expired on July 1, 2024. Now the first readers have reported that the Microsoft Teams client will not start on July 2, 2024. Is this related? Unclear, but there is a status message from Microsoft … Continue reading →

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

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regreSSHion: Critical OpenSSH server vulnerability CVE-2024-6387

Posted on 2024-07-02 by guenni

[German]A critical vulnerability CVE-2024-6387 has been disclosed in OpenSSH servers. The vulnerability, known as regreSSHion, allows remote unauthenticated code execution – and security firms have found over 14 million potentially vulnerable OpenSSH servers on the internet. However, the risk should … Continue reading →

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Microsoft stops driver synchronization in WSUS in April 2025

Posted on 2024-07-02 by guenni

[German]A short piece of information for administrators of Windows systems who use WSUS to distribute updates. Microsoft is ending the synchronization of driver updates via WSUS, as was also announced in the tech community. According to Microsoft, driver synchronization for … Continue reading →

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TeamViewer hacked (June 2024)

Posted on 2024-06-28 by guenni

[German]The remote software vendor TeamViewer has fallen victim to a successful cyber attack. Unknown perpetrators (some says APT29) were able to infiltrate the internal IT environment and gain access to the network. However, the provider states that its product environment … Continue reading →

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New Teams client: Bug prevents creating new teams

Posted on 2024-06-28 by guenni

[German]An administrator contacted me because he ran into a serious issue in the new Teams 2.0 client. It is simply no longer possible to create new teams. The error message is not very informative, and individual forum entries are not … Continue reading →

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Bug in NetScaler 14.1 21.57 and 14.1 25.53 prevents PFX import

Posted on 2024-06-27 by guenni

[German]Small note for administrators of a NetScaler ADC. There is a bug in various NetScaler firmware versions that prevents a PFX certificate from being imported and installed. The bug has now been confirmed – anyone who runs into this problem … Continue reading →

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