Classic Teams for Virtual Desktop: End of support on June 30, 2024

TeamsA couple of days ago, Microsoft has announced the general availability of the new Teams app for virtual desktop infrastructure. Now Microsoft has published, that they are is discontinuing support for the Classic Teams client for the Virtual Desktop as of June 30, 2024.

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Google describes solution for restoring Google Drive files

Google Drive users have been complaining about lost files for weeks. At the end of November 2023, Google began investigating reports from such users and described the problem in this support article. It only affected a few users who used "Drive for Desktop (v84.0.0.0 – 84.0.4.0)" for synchronization. There is now a support article Restoring files in Drive for Desktop (version 84.0.0.0 to 84.0.4.0) that describes the methods for restoring files.

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PEStudio: Program analysis for Windows

A little tip for analyzing Windows programs for malware or their components. There is a product called PEStudio by Marc Ochsenmeier that can be used to quickly analyze a Windows program and check its components for malware via VirusTotal.

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DICOM protocol: Millions of patient data accessible unprotected via the Internet

Gesundheit (Pexels, frei verwendbar)[German]It's a very unpleasant situation: the DICOM protocol has been used for decades to exchange X-ray images or images from other imaging procedures with clinics and doctors, for example. It wasn't a problem until someone came up with the idea of moving the whole thing to the cloud. Security researchers have now discovered that many medical facilities are inadvertently making the private data and medical histories of millions of patients accessible via the internet.

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Outlook fails when sending mail with non-delivery report (Error 0x80040305)

[German]Microsoft has confirmed a problem in Outlook which leads to the mail dispatch being canceled. This may be due to the fact that the user has created a large number of folders in the mailbox. In the event of an error, the error 0x80040305 is returned.

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

[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 ...


Windows: Microsoft declares speech recognition as deprecated

Windows[German]The list of discontinued Windows functions that will eventually be removed is getting longer and longer. After Cortana, WebDAV client, etc., Microsoft also no longer wants to retain the speech recognition introduced with Windows Vista. Microsoft declared these functions "deprecated" from Windows in December 2023 and will remove them. Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office was also discontinued at the end of November 2023.

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Risk of Active Directory misconfigurations; Forest Druid for analysis

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Heute noch ein Sammelbeitrag zur IT-Sicherheit. Fehlkonfigurationen und Standardeinstellungen des Active Directory können die IT-Sicherheit von Unternehmen gefährden. Bastien Bossiroy von den NVISO Labs hat sich Gedanken um dieses Thema gemacht und bereits Ende Oktober 2023 einen Beitrag zu den häufigsten Fehlkonfigurationen/Standardkonfigurationen des Active Directory, die Unternehmen gefährden, veröffentlicht. Zudem ist mir kürzlich ein Hinweis auf "Forest Druid" untergekommen, ein kostenloses Attack-Path-Management-Tool von Semperis.

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Edge 120.0.2210.61 with security fixes and new telemetry option

Edge[German]Microsoft released Edge 120.0.2210.61 in the stable channel on December 7, 2023. This version closes three vulnerabilities (as well as Chromium vulnerabilities). The new Edge also comes with new guidelines. One relates to a new telemetry function that saves search histories via third-party search providers (active by default). Thanks to the blog readers for the tips.

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Windows Platform Roadmap for 2024: Microsoft's plans for the coming year

Windows[German]After Microsoft recently announced a three-year ESU support extension for the end of 2025 and it is also clear that there will be both a Windows 11 24H2 and a successor (I have labeled this Windows 12) in 2024, additional information is now available. Zack Bowden gives some more concrete dates for release dates and content, which he claims to have received from Microsoft sources and from a "Windows Platform Roadmap 2024".

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WordPress 6.4.2 released

The developers have just released WordPress 6.4.2. This version fixes a security issue and 7 bugs described in the release notes. It looks to me like this version is fixing the bug, that prevents the mobile device version used here on the blog  to render correctly (see).

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