[German]Along the lines of "We made a mistake", Microsoft rolled out the Copilot app to Windows (Windows 10/11 clients and Windows Server 2022) in March 2024 with an "accidental" Edge update. Redmond has since "cleaned up" and gradually uninstalled the "unintentionally" installed Copilot app from all affected Windows versions.
[German]With the security updates of June 11, 2024, Microsoft has also closed a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. The vulnerability CVE-2024-30103 allows remote code execution when opening an email. Patching is strongly recommended.
[German]We all know that security has been a priority at Microsoft for years – no kidding. And every Windows is the best and most secure Windows ever. Whistleblower and ex-employee Andrew Harris says Microsoft ignored his warnings about an Active Directory flaw for years. In 2020, Harris left the company, and in 2020 the SolarWinds hack probably occurred via this vulnerability. At Microsoft, features and gimmicks take precedence over security. These are serious allegations, but they sound plausible.
[German]What a PR disaster for Microsoft – next week, devices with the "Copilot+PC" concept are to be launched on the market. But the most important function "Windows Recall", which Microsoft recently praised as the "philosopher's stone of AI", will be missing. There is the recall of Recall, which is now haunting the web as a meme. The pressure and outcry from security experts regarding this function was probably too big.
[German]Microsoft seems to have started blocking the solutions for creating a local user account during setup. The option of simply entering an invalid e-mail address in the step to set up a Microsoft account and thus accessing the mask to create a local user account no longer works in new Windows 11 builds. Fortunately, there are still ways to force a local user account during the Windows 11 setup.
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[German]According to my information, the forklift manufacturer, Crown Equipment Corporation, has been the (possibile) victim of a cyber attack. The websites are no longer accessible – and employees are being sent home. Production plants has been shut down since Monday, June 10, 2024). In the USA, it is said that people have not been paid either. Officially, the company is tight lipped – here is the information I have researched.
[German]Since Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, DirectAccess has enabled clients to connect to corporate networks without installing a VPN. Microsoft has now declared DirectAccess as deprecated in Windows. As of June 2024, there is a new entry in the list of deprecated features. DirectAccess is obsolete and will be removed in a future version of Windows. Microsoft recommend to migrate from DirectAccess to Always On VPN.
[German]On June 11, 2024, Microsoft released its security updates for this month. The updates fix the LSass bug (memory leak), update Curl.exe and bring some other changes. But I have received an initial report of installation problems. And under Windows Server (2016 – 2022), the June 2024 update ensures that AuthLite (2FA authentication) no longer works on domain controllers. Anyone using the module should therefore not install the update yet.
[German]On June 11, 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 June 11, 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. Continue reading
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
