[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows to version 120.0.6099.109 on December 12, 2023. The Chrome browser iOS app has also been updated. The updates contain security fixes. Here is an overview of these updates. Continue reading
[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 (in the 4th ESU year) and for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were released on December 12, 2023 (the updates can also be installed under Windows 7 SP1). Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012/R2 as well as Windows 7 SP1. Continue reading
[German]On December 12, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 23H2 to 21H2. Windows Server 2022 also received an update. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and bugs.
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[German]On December 12 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some details on the respective security updates for Windows 10. Continue reading
[German]On December 12, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – and for other products. The security updates eliminate 33 vulnerabilities (CVEs), four of which are critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.
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[German]A German blog reader contacted me a few hours ago because he noticed an extreme amount of spam from certain Microsoft outlook.com email accounts to his Microsoft Office office.com email account. After publishing the German edition of this blog post, other German readers confirmed this observation.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.5.2 on December 11, 2023. It is an update that is intended to fix some bugs.
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Apple has released an (emergency) update to iOS/iPadOS 17.2 on December 11, 2023. According to Apple's security notes, a number of vulnerabilities, including the Bluetooth vulnerability, have been fixed. Engadget reports on this here. There are also improvements to Siri, the Journal app, video capture on the iPhone 15 Pro and the TV app.
[German]Brief information for readers who maintain systems running Avira security software under Windows. A reader has just informed me by e-mail that since last Friday he has been receiving various customers whose Avira security software is paralyzing systems running Windows 11. The reader has provided me with the information currently available to him and has also outlined how to get the systems up and running again.
[German]Brief information for Windows users or administrators who come across "Metadata Staging" error entries of the DeviceSetupManager in the Event Viewer. This has probably been occurring under Windows since the end of November 2023 because a Microsoft Meta Data server has been unavailable since then. After two blog readers have already asked me about the topic, I'm preparing a blog post about it.
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