Microsoft fixes slow Outlook start and freeze bug; fix will be shipped in November 2023

Posted on 2023-10-21 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has addressed the problem that Outlook from Microsoft 365 takes a very long time to start and then sometimes hangs completely (freeze bug). If the application is closed and restarted, Outlook is opened directly. According to an announcement, the problem, which has been known since June 2023, has now been identified and fixed. The fix has already been published in the beta channel and will be rolled out in November 2023 via a Microsoft 365 update in the current channel.

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Warning: WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 is exploited by Chinese and Russian hackers

Posted on 2023-10-20 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Warning to users of the WinRAR archive program. Various state threat actors from Russia and China are trying to exploit a vulnerability in the WinRAR archiving tool for Windows. Attackers can execute arbitrary code when unpacking archives via the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability. Affected by the vulnerability are WinRAR versions prior to 6.23 – currently WinRAR 6.24 is available.

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Europol and other law enforcement seized RagnarLocker dark web site

Posted on 2023-10-20 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Europol and other law enforcement authorities like German BKA, the FBI and other international police agencies have seized the RagnarLocker ransomware gang's website, which was used to negotiate ransom payments with victims. It is hoped that this will cut off the ransomware group from its funding opportunity. Currently, there are no official announcements yet – they are expected to be released later today.

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New Outlook: Microsoft will definitely not support COM add-ins

Posted on 2023-10-20 by guenni

[German]Hope dies last, but now it's finally dead. Microsoft has just clarified in a blog post that the new Outlook app, which will eventually replace the classic Outlook, will not support COM. I touched on this topic here on the blog just a short while ago. Here's a quick update on what's going on.

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Thunderbird 115.3.3

Posted on 2023-10-19 by guenni

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.3.3 on October 18, 2023 (thanks to reader for the tip). It is an update which is supposed to fix some bugs, but does not contain any new features and security fixes.
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Edge 118.0.2088.57 (Oct. 18, 2023)

Posted on 2023-10-19 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 118.0.2088.57 on October 18, 2023. The release notes here state, "Fixed various bugs and performance issues". With this update, the Bing icon in the Microsoft Edge sidebar has been replaced with the new Copilot icon.

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Sonicwall: Security updates for SonicOS close nine vulnerabilities

Posted on 2023-10-19 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)There are several vulnerabilities (buffer overflows) in firewalls running SonicOS that have received a CVSS index of up to 7.7. Sonicwall has therefore released software updates for SonicOS that close new vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-39276, CVE-2023-39277, CVE-2023-39278, CVE-2023-39279, CVE-2023-39280, CVE-2023-41711 and CVE-2023-41712). Details can be found in the SonicWall security advisory dated October 17, 2023. (via)

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Windows Server 2022: Update KB5031364 installs Azure Arc Setup

Posted on 2023-10-19 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft is using security update KB5031364 from October 10, 2023, once again to ship bloatware to Windows Server 2022 and causing frustration on the administrators side, struggling with an unwanted feature. People were quite surprised when an icon for Azure Arc Setup appeared in the taskbar after the update installation. Those who will be managing Azure instances from Windows Server 2022 should perhaps welcome this optional feature. But those who don't use Azure will be annoyed by the new bloatware from Redmond on Windows Server 2022. In the meantime, therefore, there is anger and frustration among server administrators about this latest detour from Redmond.

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Apple announces $79 pencil with USB-C port

Posted on 2023-10-19 by guenni

[German]Things are moving – just when the European Union stipulates USB-C for mobile devices, the manufacturer Apple, which has so far relied on its own interfaces, announces a pencil with USB-C port for its iPad models; price is 79 US dollars.

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Windows 7/8.1 key no longer works for Win 10/11 upgrades; Office KMS key activation problems

Posted on 2023-10-19 by guenni

Windows[German]Since a few days it is somehow clear that no more product keys from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 can be used to reactivate Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft has now confirmed this. In addition, I came across a case where there were problems using Office KMS keys for activation.

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