[German]No idea how many users the E2E-encrypted and, according to its own information, GDPR-compliant storage service Imternxt has, and how many blog readers are affected. Blog reader Lars Hendrik had received 2 GB of free online storage there. There were even various promotions to get up to 10 GB of online storage. This is now all being downgraded to 1 GB.
[German]In Windows, there are always problems with printers no longer being found or no longer working after updates. I have published numerous articles on this topic in different variations on the blog. A blog reader contacted me because he sees a single reason for the various printer problems in the network. He blames the errors on the users and administrators who integrate the printers incorrectly. I'll deal with the issue here in the blog.
[German]Do any of you use the SharePoint News Connector, e.g. to post news in Microsoft Teams? Microsoft has discontinued the News Connector.
[German]Small addendum from last week. It has been known since the middle of the month that the vulnerability CVE-2024-34102 exists in Adobe Commerce and Magento online stores. Together with a Linux vulnerability, thousands of stores can be taken over by attackers. A fix has been available for a few days, but the majority of online stores are still running unpatched versions.
[German]Using JAVA? Then you should be prepared for Oracle knocking on your door and wanting to talk about license fees. Top 200 companies have already faced an audit where Oracle checked the "license per user" and made additional demands if necessary. This is set to increase over the next 6 to 9 months. And Oracle is probably tracking down users who are using JAVA without licenses.
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[German]Another newsflash – Zabbix version 7.0.0 was released as an LTS release at the beginning of June. Zabbix is a distributed open source monitoring solution for the corporate environment. An overview of the new features can be found here and in the release notes. Zabbix 7.0.1 is now available, with further new features such as VMware event log monitoring.
[German]A heavy blow to antivirus provider Kaspersky. The US government has banned its software in the USA and the product may no longer be sold. And updates may soon no longer be supplied either. In addition, twelve senior Kaspersky employees have been sanctioned.
[German]Since the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, the hyperconverged infrastructure market has seen some movement. After the takeover, partners were terminated and the license conditions for VMware products were changed, which effectively increased prices. Since then, customers have been looking for alternatives. I was able to conduct an interview with Tobias Pföhler from StorMagic about the effects of this. Continue reading
[German]An unpleasant story: There is a vulnerability in Microsoft's email services that allows third parties to send emails on behalf of Microsoft. As far as I know, Microsoft has confirmed this bug, but has not yet patched it. This means that you should expect phishing emails from Microsoft accounts.
[German]I have received reports about printing issues in Word. One reader reports that blank pages are printed in Word when PDF readers are installed. Several readers writes that graphics in .doc files are no longer printed from Word.
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