Microsoft has fixed an Exchange EWS issue from March 14, 2024 on Macs

Posted on 2024-03-23 by guenni

Exchange Logo[German]A small addendum from this week. A reader emailed me a few days ago to say that there was a problem with Microsoft Exchange in connection with a mail client with EWS. According to the reader's observations, this has been occurring since 14.3.2024: Mail clients only sporadically connect to Exchange EWS on the Mac. Here is some information about the "permanent construction site" Microsoft Exchange connection on the Mac, which I had already taken up in the blog. The problem should have been resolved since March 19, 2024.

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Is Broadcom going downhill with its VMware measures? Silent layoffs and CISPE calls for EU measures

Posted on 2024-03-22 by guenni

[German]Are we currently witnessing how Broadcom is driving virtualization specialist VMware downhill? Instead of earing huge revenues, the vendor will eventually be faced with a shambles? I have often reported on the trials and tribulations of Broadcom's management. Now I have come across the fact that many VMware employees with US visas are at risk of losing their jobs, which could mean a loss of around 40% of the workforce. And the European cloud operators' association CISP is calling for the EU to intervene because it believes the business of cloud providers and customers who use VMware products is under threat. The background to this is the termination of long-standing contracts by Broadcom, together with new contracts that result in massive price increases.

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Microsoft 365 connection issues: Outlook shows red exclamation mark

Posted on 2024-03-22 by guenni

[German]This week an administrator contacted me, reporting sudden connection issues with Microsoft 365 and Outlook apps. After I've published a German blog post about that observation, other German users confirmed these connection issues.

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Unsaflok: Millions of hotel doors can be opened with fake key cards

Posted on 2024-03-21 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Electronic locks from Saflock are used in many hotels and even in apartments. The doors secured in this way can be unlocked using RFID cards. Great thing? Unfortunately, security vulnerabilities mean that these electronic RFID locks can be picked using simple means. Millions of locks used in 13,000 hotels and apartments worldwide are affected.

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Google Chrome 123.0.6312.58/.59 and 122.0.6261.139

Posted on 2024-03-21 by guenni

Chrome[German]Google has released an update to the Google Chrome browser (branch 1232) in the Stable Channel on March 19, 2024. The Extended Stable Channel and the app for Android have also received an update. The updates fix bugs and close vulnerabilities. Here is an overview of these updates.
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows Server: March 2024 update causes LSASS memory leak on DCs

Posted on 2024-03-21 by guenni

Windows[German]I'm pulling it out separately in a blog post after several blog readers pointed it out to me. The March 2024 security update from March 12, 2024 for Windows Server causes a memory leak in LSASS (for all Windows Server variants), which then leads to performance problems on domain controllers (DC) after some time and may send them to digital nirvana. Here is some information on this issue. Addendum: The issue has been confirmed.

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Microsoft PKI vulnerability – a warning without details …

Posted on 2024-03-21 by guenni

A little info that recently came to my attention. Microsoft seems to have informed some people that they have found a configuration problem in the Microsoft Cloud Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This would affect the configuration in the organization of the recipient in question. The "problem in the recipient's Microsoft environment requires a response".

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Firefox 124.0 and 115.9 ESR released

Posted on 2024-03-20 by guenni

Mozilla[German]On March 19, 2024, the Mozilla developers released the new Firefox 124 and the maintenance update of Firefox 115.9 ESR. Firefox 124 is a new development branch. Here is a brief overview of the updates in question, including the fixes and new features
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Thunderbird 115.9.0

Posted on 2024-03-20 by guenni

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.9.0 on March 19, 2024. It is an update that is intended to fix some bugs and vulnerabilities. Continue reading →

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New Microsoft timeline for the introduction of the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine in Edge Chromium

Posted on 2024-03-20 by guenni

Edge[German]My understanding was that Microsoft wanted to integrate the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine into the Edge browser instead of its own renderer. I had even assumed that this was already the case. Now a reader informed me at the beginning of March 2024 that this integration had been postponed until summer 2024. After publishing this within my German blog, I also cover it here for my English language readers.

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