[German]I recently recognized that the Turbo Pascal development environment was introduced by Borland 40 years ago. But it completely passed me by. I myself only came into contact with Turbo Pascal around 1987/1988. Today, a brief look back for the somewhat older blog readers.
[German]Support for Windows 10 will expire for most systems at the end of 2025. Something should therefore happen in 2024 in terms of a "successor". I think it's safe to assume that a feature update for Windows 11 will be released in 24H2 – unless hell freezes over in Redmond because the co-pilot has taken over. Interesting fact: Microsoft also seems to be planning something in the direction of "Managed Service Accounts" to prevent Kerberoasting attacks on network environments. And there has long been a rumor that Microsoft is working internally on a "Windows 12". Rumor has it that manufacturers will receive this Windows as early as 2024 in order to develop devices and possibly launch them on the market in July 2024. The development of this Windows will then move towards more online and more AI features.
[German]Does anyone operate a Zyxel NAS in their environment? The Taiwanese manufacturer has just warned of several vulnerabilities in the firmware of these devices. Three critical vulnerabilities allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute operating system commands on vulnerable network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Firmware updates for the affected devices are available to close these vulnerabilities.
[German]Microsoft has released an optional, cumulative (preview) update KB5032278 for Windows 10 22H2 on November 30, 2023 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Windows Copilot will also be rolled out outside the EU. Below is an overview of these updates for Windows 10.
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[German]Apple released updates for iOS, macOS and Safai a few hours ago. These emergency updates are intended to close critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-42916 & CVE-2023-42917) that are already under attack. These vulnerabilities can expose sensitive data while browsing. So it's time to update.
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[German]Since the end of November 2023, users have been reporting that an "HP Smart" printer app has suddenly been installed on their Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. This also applies to systems to which no HP printer has been connected at all, let alone set up. The assumption is probably that the "HP Smart" printer app from Microsoft is being flushed onto the system as further bloatware from HP, so to speak. Below is an overview of the situation and a question to the readership as to whether anyone is affected.
[German]Security cameras with vulnerabilities pose a risk to their owners. The same applies to webcams, which can often be taken over by attackers. Cameras and NVRs (Network Video Recorder) from the manufacturer Hikvision have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. Wyze webcams have also recently attracted attention because third parties were able to retrieve video streams. I will summarize some points in a summary article.
[German]On November 30, 2023, the Mozilla developers released the update of Firefox 120.0.1. It is a maintenance update that fixes bugs in 120.0.
[German]The developers at Mozilla have just announced that they will be giving users of the Firefox browser on Android over 400 extensions by December 14, 2023. This should greatly enhance the Firefox app on Android if the extensions deliver what they promise.
[German]Since a few days now (November 21, 2023), users of Outlook 2019 and 2021 have been complaining that they can no longer send emails via Outlook. Outlook 2019 crashes as soon as "Send from" is selected in the mail client or something is changed there. Microsoft has now published a workaround for this bug and plans to distribute a fix soon. Update: The fix should be available.
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