[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 Microsoft Defender. The msmpeng.exe seems to be crashing, as I learned from the reader and could see in reports on the Internet. Also other German readers confirmed this behavior.
[German]On August 13, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates.
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[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were published on August 13, 2024. Support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 expired in January 2024. However, updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 and Windows Embedded Standard 7.
[German]On August 13, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 23H2 to 21H2. Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 23H2 also received updates. The updates should, for example, make the Bitlocker query caused by the July 2024 updates disappear. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.
[German]On August 13, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some details on the respective security updates for Windows 10 and the server counterparts. Continue reading
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[German]On August 13, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 88 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including seven critical vulnerabilities, 10 of which are classified as 0-day (six are already being exploited). Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.
[German]Users who migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11 via "Inplace Upgrade" are then greeted by a welcome wizard, which then asks for all kinds of things in various steps. Anyone who wants to upgrade several systems in view of the end of support for Windows 10 in October 2025 may be annoyed by the prompts. However, one blog reader has found a way to hide this welcome wizard.
[German]Microsoft has published a warning of an unpatched spoofing vulnerability CVE-2024-38200 on August 8, 2024 (with update on August 10, 2024). The vulnerability is included in all Office versions (Office 2016 – 2021, Office 365).
[German]A small addendum for administrators who previously assigned their licenses via the Microsoft Entra ID Admin Center and/or the Microsoft Azure Portal. This will be a thing of the past from September 1, 2024 – Microsoft is consolidating license management in one place in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
[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. At BlackHat 2024, Michael Bargury demonstrated RCE attacks on M365 Copilot – an email is all it takes to search for sensitivities. Here is a brief summary of this topic.
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