Windows 11: WMIC will be removed in future

Posted on 2024-01-30 by guenni

Windows[German]Short addendum from last week: Microsoft will retire the command line tool wmic.exe in the next version of Windows. The WMI command line utility (WMIC) provides a command line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The execution of the tool is already disabled by default in Windows 11 Insider Preview versions since January 29, 2024. As a replacement for this command line tool, Microsoft suggests using corresponding PowerShell queries.

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Windows 11: Preview update KB5034204 causes install issues and shell / Explorer crashes etc.

Posted on 2024-01-30 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows 11 Preview Update KB5034204 released on January 23, 2023 is causing serious problems. Some users are "only" experiencing installation errors (which is less of a problem with an optional update). Those who were able to install the update may suffer from crashes of Explorer or the taskbar or other shell components.

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Cybersecurity: The risks associated with photovoltaic solar systems

Posted on 2024-01-29 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The increasing decentralization of the power supply using solar cell systems not only represents progress in the energy transition, but also raises new security issues. Trend Micro has examined the IT security of systems for decentralized energy supply in a study. The researchers took a close look at the network gateways of PV solar systems in particular. Here are some of the results from this study.

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How Midnight Blizzard hackers were able to penetrate Microsoft's email system

Posted on 2024-01-28 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]It was recently revealed that hackers from the state-run group Midnight Blizzard Hackers were able to penetrate Microsoft's email system and read messages from executives or security experts. The hackers had been in the system for months. Microsoft has now revealed how this hack came about. The short version: what is sold to third parties as "good security practice" was probably not applied by the company itself.

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Microsoft Teams outage on January 26, 2024

Posted on 2024-01-27 by guenni

Teams[German]On January 26, 2024, there was probably a major disruption in Microsoft Teams that led to disconnections or delayed delivery of messages. Microsoft has posted the relevant status information in the Admin Center under TM710344. The problem seems to have been resolved in the meantime.

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

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Windows Server 2025 introduced

Posted on 2024-01-27 by guenni

Windows[German]On January 26, 2024 Microsoft presented the successor to Windows Server 2022. This will be called Windows Server 2025 and a first preview with this name was published for testers at the same time. Development has already been underway for some time under the name Windows Server vNext. Keywords for innovations include hotpatching, Next Generation Active Directory, Hyper-V, AI and much more.

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FRITZ!Box: Entering the URL fritz.box suddenly redirects to an external page

Posted on 2024-01-26 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Problem for users of an AVM FRITZ!Box family broadband routers who try to access the router's administration interface from the home network. However, when entering the URL fritz.box, users do not end up on the routers firmware FRITZ!Box login page, but are redirected to an external website. Two users have pointed out the problem to me, with one user suspecting a hack. The cause is a combination of two circumstances that provoke this behavior. Someone has registered a domain fritz.box and DNS servers from Google then resolve to this page. The remedy is to enter the IP address of the FRITZ!Box or to use a different DNS server. Continue reading →

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Edge 121.0.2277.83 and Edge 120.0.2210.160 released

Posted on 2024-01-26 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft has released another security update for the Edge (Chromium) browser with version 121.0.2277.83 in the stable channel on January 25, 2024. It is a security update that is intended to close vulnerabilities, but also offers new functions as a new branch. Version 120.0.2210.160 was released in the Extended Stable Channel. Continue reading →

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Google Pixel with file access issues after January 2024 GPSU; rollout halted

Posted on 2024-01-26 by guenni

[German]Google Pixel smartphone users are complaining of issues after installing a Google Play Security Update (GPSU) for Android from January 2024. There are problems accessing files, which is apparently so serious that Google has suspended this Google Play Security Update.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) hacked by Midnight Blizzard since May 2023

Posted on 2024-01-25 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]After Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has also fallen victim to the Russian hacker group Midnight Blizzard. This is according to a notification from the company to the US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC). As with Microsoft, the attackers probably had access to the company's email system (Microsoft 365). The attackers were then able to look around this system at HPE for months.

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