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 If we take away the prose, all that remains is the simple fact that the experts from Redmond have withdrawn all Net 6, 7 and 8 updates.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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Check Point Remote VPN security update for CVE-2024-24919

Posted on 2024-05-31 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]There is a vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 in Check Point Remote Access VPN, which has been used by attackers for attacks since the end of April 2024. These steal Active Directory data in order to gain access to the victim's network and to look around the network further. Check Point has already issued a warning on May 27, 2024 – I'll post it here in the blog.

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

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Windows 11: Available as a release preview; Copilot coming as a store app, IoT LTSC announced

Posted on 2024-05-31 by guenni

Windows[German]One more addendum: The EU and the Digital Service Act (DSA) are working. While Microsoft has been rolling out the half-finished Copilot with Windows 10/11 in many countries for months, Redmond has only been working with the brakes on in the EU. Now, with the release of the Release Preview version of Windows 11 24H2, it has become known that users in the European Union (EU) can only obtain Copilot as an app from the Microsoft Store. Meanwhile, Microsoft has also announced Windows 11 2024 IoT Enterprise LTSC and published hardware certification rules. Here is an overview of these Windows 11 topics.

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Windows 11 23H2/22H2: Preview Update KB5037853 (May 29, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-30 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5037853 for Windows 11 version 22H2 and 23H2 on May 29, 2024. The preview update brings a number of fixes for these Windows 11 versions. It is an optional update whose fixes will be generally rolled out in the following month. Continue reading →

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Windows 10 22H2 Preview Update KB5037849 (May 29, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-30 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5037849 for Windows 10 22H2 on April 23 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2 and brings minor new features (account-related notifications for Microsoft accounts). Below is an overview of these updates for Windows 10. Continue reading →

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Edge 125.0.2535.67 update bypasses WSUS (May 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-30 by guenni

Edge[German]This smells like trouble for administrators in enterprise environments, where the Edge browser is usually used. A blog reader informed me that the Edge had updated to version 125.0.2535.67, although this is definitely not released in the WSUS.

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Windows 11: Update KB5036980 blocks activation of the Enterprise subscription

Posted on 2024-05-29 by guenni

Windows[German]A quick note for administrators who manage Windows 11 clients in corporate environments. With the April 2024 preview update KB5036980, Microsoft caused a problem for administrators who wanted to switch from Windows 11 Pro to Windows 11 Enterprise using AutoPilot. Rudy Ooms has analyzed the issue and developed a fix. Microsoft is aware of the problem and wants to release a fix – at the moment it is unclear to me whether this has already happened with the May 2024 update.

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