Copilot+AI: Recall, a security disaster – AI-assisted theft

Posted on 2024-06-06 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]On May 20, 2024, Microsoft presented the "Copilot+PC" concept and opened the next big barrel (hardware with AI support and Copilot). A feature called Recall is supposed to constantly take screenshots (or snapshots) of everything that happens on the system and have them analyzed by AI. Security researchers are up in arms against the "Recall" function, which Microsoft is selling as a "convenience feature". Everything should remain "private" and on the client. Let me pick up on the insights that security researcher Kevin Beaumont has gained with this "private AI function". Pandora's box has been opened and the logical consequence is: "Break up Microsoft and put the remnants under official supervision", because with Recall, Redmond has finally proven that they are an immanent threat to cyber security and simply cannot do it.

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Windows 11: (P-Core) problems with Intel hybrid CPUs and network drivers

Posted on 2024-06-06 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows 11 contains pitfalls for gamers, video editing users etc. that the majority of users are not even aware of. A blog reader sent me the relevant information at the end of May 2024 (thanks for that). According to the reader, he had made the mistake of switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11. After that, the problem was that the desktop was jerky and the Steam client used could only use very low data rates for caching. The reason for this is insufficient distribution of the computing load to CPU cores (P cores are not used in background processes) in the Windows 11 default settings.

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Windows 10: Microsoft opens beta channel for insiders

Posted on 2024-06-05 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has surprisingly opened the Windows 10 beta channel for Windows Insiders. The reason given for this is that they want to actively work with Windows Insiders on the development of functions. The beta channel is open to Windows Insiders who are currently using Windows 10. Participation allows Microsoft to test new features for Windows 10, version 22H2, with Insiders before they are released to all Windows 10 customers.

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Office Updates (June 4, 2024)

Posted on 2024-06-05 by guenni

[German]On June 4, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016. I'll summarize some information about these updates here in the blog.

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Windows: NTLM and Driver Verifier GUI declared as deprecated

Posted on 2024-06-05 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft is continuing to remove features from upcoming Windows versions. In May 2024, the Driver Verifier GUI was already declared obsolete (deprecated) and will disappear in Windows 11. Microsoft has now followed this up at the beginning of June 2024, stating that it also intends to retire NTLM and remove it in future Windows versions. Below is a brief overview of these facts.

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

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New teams application in Vmware Horizon

Posted on 2024-06-04 by guenni

Teams[German]Microsoft is working hard to push its new Teams 2.0 client into the user community. Even if the old Teams client is still available for a while, IT decision-makers may sooner or later be faced with the problem of how to operate the new Teams 2.0 application in an environment with Vmware Horizon. One user has addressed the issue and outlined the pitfalls.

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All .Net 6,7,8 updates pulled and re-released by Microsoft

Posted on 2024-06-04 by guenni

Update[German]On May 14, 2024, Microsoft also released updates for .Net 6,7 and 8 (I didn't mention this in the blog). As usual with Microsoft, "Do it again Sam" also applies here – somehow people don't get it right at the first shot. If we take away the prose, all that remains is the simple fact that the experts from Redmond have withdrawn all Net 6, 7 and 8 updates. The updates were then released again. What happened that Microsoft had to react so drastically?

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Windows 11 22H2-23H2: Preview update KB5037853 causes taskbar issues

Posted on 2024-06-03 by guenni

Windows[German]On May 29, 2024, Microsoft published the preview update KB5037853 for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. Its fixes are to be rolled out to all systems on Patchday in June 2024. It has now emerged that this update is associated with problems that affect the Windows 11 taskbar.

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Hacks at Santander and Ticketmaster via Snowflake accounts

Posted on 2024-06-02 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]This week, hacks of Santander Bank and the ticket provider Ticketmaster became public. In both hacks, user data was captured on a large scale and is now being sold on underground forums. The story becomes explosive because these hacks are probably made possible by compromised user accounts with the cloud provider Snowflake. The hacker or hackers claim to have obtained the opportunity to attack the two companies via a hacked account of a Snowflake employee. Snowflake denies this and says that weak user passwords of the two victims are the cause of the hack.

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Microsoft Entra ID: Support for MFA by third-party providers (Preview May 2024)

Posted on 2024-06-01 by guenni

[German]Small addendum that has been pending since the beginning of May 2024. Microsoft Entra ID now supports third-party MFA providers such as RSA, Duo, Ping and others. Microsoft announced this back in early May 2024 in a tech community post. The whole thing is still in preview and has been available since mid-May 2024. There is also an article on how MFA logs help to detect attacks.

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