Patchday: Windows 10/Server Updates (July 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-10 by guenni

Windows[German]On July 9, 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, whereby Windows 10 version 21H2 has now reached the end of life and will no longer receive updates in the future.
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Lenovo L15 Gen 3: Warning about BlackScreen after BIOS update to v1.30

Posted on 2024-07-10 by guenni

[German]Next warning about BIOS updates for Lenovo Thinkpad L15 – the Gen 3 models are also affected by a problem in BIOS version 1.30. A reader recently informed me that a Lenovo L15 Gen 3 (Intel) notebook broke after a BIOS update to version 1.30. The notebook ended up with a black screen. The notebook ended up with a black screen. There are indications that various Thinkpad models may be affected. This is particularly unfortunate as Lenovo has updated some BIOS versions due to UEFI vulnerabilities. Addendum: Looks like Gen 2 models are also affected.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-09 by guenni

Update[German]On July 9, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 138 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including five critical vulnerabilities (two are already being exploited). Below is a compact overview of the updates that were released on Patchday. Continue reading →

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Midnight Blizzard hack: Microsoft sends notification to customers by email that ends up in SPAM folders

Posted on 2024-07-09 by guenni

[German]After Microsoft's e-mail system (Exchange Online, Outlook.com) was compromised by Russian hackers from the state sponsored group Midnight Blizzard Hackers, Microsoft recently had to admit that e-mails to customers were also affected. In an attempt to inform customers, Microsoft made the next blunder. The notifications were sent to the "Global Administrators" of the tenants of the affected companies. Notifications were not retrieved or ended up in the spam folder, or were classified as SPAM because Microsoft made further cardinal errors.

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Windows Server 2019: Daily DNS failures with Event ID 404

Posted on 2024-07-09 by guenni

Windows[German]Another issue, which was brought to my attention by a reader. It's about Windows Server 2019, where there is a problem with the domain controller in the morning hours because the DNS service fails. This is not limited to one system, but occurs on several customer systems. I'm posting it on the blog to find out if there are any others affected.

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

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Outlook: Old clients will be deactivated in mid-July 2024

Posted on 2024-07-08 by guenni

[German]I'm posting some information here on the blog that I came across a few days ago. From mid-July 2024, older Outlook clients and web browsers will refuse to work with Microsoft email accounts. Users will then have to update their clients in order to continue sending and receiving emails.

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Microsoft Teams: Teams 2.0 client distribution stopped; bug in iOS app causes issues with out-of-office notice

Posted on 2024-07-08 by guenni

Teams[German]On July 1, 2024, the Teams 2.0 client was to be deployed across the board on Windows. Microsoft has stopped the automatic distribution because the automatic MS Teams 1.0 uninstallation leads to Outlook problems. And Microsoft has long had a bug in its iOS app for Teams that makes creating an out-of-office note a problem for users. The texts cannot be corrected via the app – it appears to be an array error. I'll summarize the two issues in a blog post.

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OpenAI 2023 hacked – not went public till now

Posted on 2024-07-07 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The chatGPT provider OpenAI was the victim of a cyberattack in 2023, in which the attackers were able to access and read the internal chats between researchers and other employees of the company. However, the source code behind the OpenAI LLMs was not accessible. This was probably made public by a source who leaked the information to the New York Times.

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CheckMK also raises its prices

Posted on 2024-07-07 by guenni

[German]In the article Paessler switches PRTG license model to subscriptions üI had just reported on a change from their license model to subscriptions. The bottom line is that this will lead to massive price increases. But CheckMK has probably also massively increased its prices in 2024, as a reader told me a few days ago (he pointed this out here in a German comment).

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Paessler switches PRTG license model to subscriptions

Posted on 2024-07-07 by guenni

[German]The trend towards subscription models instead of one-off payments when purchasing software does not stop at Paessler and its PRTG software. A blog reader recently informed me about this change to PRTG from Paessler. I'll post the information here in the blog – including the information that Paessler AG has a new investor.

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