[German]The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has recently uncovered four significant vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library (glibc). This library is used in countless Linux applications in common Linux distributions. The vulnerabilities allow attackers to gain root privileges on Linux systems.
With Broadcom's change of plans regarding the licensing of VMware virtualization products (see Broadcom ends perpetual licenses for VMware products – End of the free ESXi server?), many users are thinking about switching to other products. Microsoft is also thinking about how to accommodate these "refugees".
[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser in the Stable Channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on January 30, 2024. There were also updates for the Extended Stable Channel. The Android app and the iOS app of the Chrome browser have also been updated. The updates contain security fixes. Here is an overview of these updates. Thanks to the reader for the tip.über diese Updates. Danke an den Leser für den Hinweis.
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[German]Microsoft is investigating a problem in which Outlook and probably other apps or applications are unable to connect to outlook.com or sporadic connect errors occur. It affects mail clients that want to access Microsoft mailboxes via POP or IMAP and Exchange connection. According to my research, Microsoft has changed something in the authentication of outlook.com on January 24, 2024, but it is not yet really clear what is going on. Addendum: The issues has been resolved on January 31, 2024.
WordPress 6.4.3 was released a few hours ago. According to the release notes, this is a maintenance and security update that fixes security issues and 21 bugs. Details can be found in the release notes.
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
[German]New "encroachment" of the Microsoft Edge browser or simply a bug? I'm taking up this topic, which I came across yesterday, in a post. What is it about? Tom Warren from The Verge noticed that the Edge browser opened automatically after a Windows update and displayed the tabs previously opened in Google Chrome. Warren hardly uses Edge at all. Other users have confirmed this "intrusive behavior" of the Edge browser.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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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