[German]I came across information in various places today that Microsoft is (secretly) installing an update KB5001716 on Windows 10. It is a "preparatory update" so that the systems can switch to Windows 11. However, some users are receiving the installation error 0x80070643 in the installation history. Here is a brief overview of the situation.
Google has released an update of the Google Chrome browser (to version 122.0.6261.111/.112) in the stable channel on March 5, 2024. The update fixes four vulnerabilities. The announcement with details can be found on the Google blog.
[German]Are you tired of being bullied by VMware with regard to virtualization solutions or is the discontinuation of VMware ESXi already foreseeable? Many users are flirting with Proxmox as an alternative. A blog reader took a look at it and sent me his impressions of a test. I'll post the whole thing here in the blog.
[German]On March 5, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016 and Excel. Here is some information about this update.
[German]Broadcom has bought VMware and cleaned up the product portfolio and changed the licensing of various products. I have documents with internal licensing guidelines that show the effects of these changes. It has also become known that, after Dell, Lenovo is also withdrawing from the sale of VMware licenses for the time being (until the chaos clears up). And there is a new version of VMware Workstation with amazing insights. I have also included two tips on VMware Player.
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[German]The hack of numerous (US) authorities and companies via Solarwinds software in 2020 is probably still fresh in the minds of many readers. Now the Semperis security research team has discovered a new variant of "golden SAML", an attack technique that exploits the SAML authentication protocol and was used against Solarwinds by the hacker group Nobelium in 2020. The attack technique is known as "Silver SAML".
[German]In February 2024, Microsoft closed the vulnerability CVE-2024-21338 in the kernel of Windows 10/11 and various Windows Server versions. Great! The flaw in the story: The vulnerability was reported by AVAST in August 2023, and the vulnerability was exploited as a 0-day at that time.
[German]I'm posting a problem here in the blog that was brought to my attention by a blog reader recently. The administrator in question is struggling with the fact that he keeps seeing the message "Windows search module deactivated" in Outlook 365. These are terminal server environments that run on Windows Server 2022. The question that arises: "Are others affected?".
[German]Another short news from the Broadcom VMware cosmos that reached me at the end of February 2024. According to an announcement, the private equity company KKR will take over the end customer business including the VMware product portfolio. The purchase price is quoted at 4 billion US dollars.
[German]ExplorerPatcher is a tool to customize the Windows 11 desktop in the style of Windows 10 (see this ComputerBase article). Daniel contacted me by email yesterday and reported that Windows Defender has been categorizing the ExplorerPatcher tool as malware for a few days now. ExplorerPatcher is categorized as potentially unwanted and blocked.
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