[German]Drama in the USA: Verizon's mobile network was down for hours yesterday, September 30, 2024. According to Bleeping Computer , iPhones and Android smartphones switched to SOS mode and were no longer able to make mobile calls. Only WiFi calling still worked. According to the provider, the disruption, which mainly occurred in the east of the USA where damage was caused by a hurricane, has since been rectified.
[German]Microsoft has released the preview update KB5043145 for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 last week. However, this update causes serious issues for some users, who are facing restarts, BlueScreens, GreenScreens and Bitlocker queries. Microsoft has since withdrawn this update due to the numerous problems.
[German]Windows 11 24H2 has not yet been officially released to the general public – it is expected in October 2024. However, Microsoft has already released the evaluation versions of this operating system as ISO images for download. These ISOs can be used to install and test the operating system.
[German]Microsoft is preparing to offer the Recall function again in Windows 11 24H2. After the disaster a few months ago, this function is optional and, according to Microsoft, has been significantly revised. In a post, Microsoft explains what has been changed. Will this be enough for safe use in private and enterprise environments?
[German]There are several critical vulnerabilities in the CUPS printing system, which is used under Linux and Unix. Under certain circumstances, these can be used for remote code execution (RCE) attacks.
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[German]Microsoft has fixed a bug in Outlook classic for the desktop that was annoying when encrypting. The identifier for the encryption could simply not be selected.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5043145 for Windows 11 version 22H2 and 23H2 on September 26, 2024. This is an optional update whose fixes will be generally rolled out in the following month. For Windows 11 22H2, only the Education and Enterprise versions will receive the update.
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[German]A few days ago, Microsoft provided a fix for a problem with Outlook access to GMail accounts. This should fix the error that no Gmail IMAP login was possible.
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[German]Small addendum for administrators of Windows domain controllers (DCs). Microsoft has updated the article KB5014754 on September 10, 2024. This deals with changes to certificate-based authentication on Windows domain controllers. Microsoft has postponed a date there to February 2025.
[German]Microsoft has released an optional, cumulative (preview) update KB5043131 for Windows 10 22H2 on September 24, 2024 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Below is an overview of these updates for Windows 10.
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