[German]Microsoft has released the update KB5001716 for machines with older Windows 10 versions on Oct. 3, 2023. The package updates the Update Service components so that the machine can be updated to a newer Windows 10 build. Here's a brief overview of what the update does and how it gets onto machines.
[German]After a preview phase that started in spring 2023, Microsoft has now released its Teams 2.0 client for macOS and Windows in general. The promise: This new client is supposed to use fewer resources and also be faster than the old client. And some new features have probably been added.
[German]The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market investigation into cloud services in the UK. Following an investigation by Ofcom, the aim is to examine in more detail whether there are any competition concerns and, if so, what measures can improve the offering of these important services to UK customers.
[German]Microsoft updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 117.0.2045.55 on October 4, 2023. The release notes state, "Fixed various bugs and performance issues". The update fixed the Chromium Type Confusion vulnerability (CVE-2023-5346) in V8 with severity level High.
[German]Apple released the update to iOS 17.0.3 for compatible iPhone models on October 4, 2023. On the one hand, this update is supposed to close the vulnerability CVE-2023-42824 in libvpx. On the other hand, Apple promises to fix the heat problem in the iPhone 15 Pro, which is unsettling some users.
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[German]A quick question for the administrators and users of Microsoft Teams. Do you have the problem that no more links can be opened from MS Teams when version 1.6.00.26474 of this software is installed. An administrator just pointed out the problem to me (thanks for that). I'll put together the information here in the blog that I received from the user – maybe someone else is affected.
[German]User of a "smart" Philips Hue light will have to create an account from 2024 to be able to control the gadgets in question via app. Philips had recently introduced a new security system and also promised support for the Matter standard. But now the company is requiring users of its Hue lights to log in to a Hue account in the cloud to use the app.
Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 117 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on October 3, 2023. The announcement can be found on the Google blog. The stable channel has been updated to version 117.0.5938.149 for macOS and Linux. For Windows, the update updates the browser to version 117.0.5938.149/.150. According to the change log, a Type Confusion vulnerability (CVE-2023-5346) with severity level High in V8 only has been fixed. The Android Chrome app was also updated to version 117.0.5938.153 and closes the vulnerability. (via)
[German]German blog reader Uwe Kernchen has just pointed out to me an issues that users and administrators of Lancom firewalls (also offered by Rhode & Schwarz) have hade. Since October 1, 2023, the UF-xxx firewalls no longer receive signature updates. Presumably, this is due to Lancom's plan to change the key for the Avira antivirus engine, which may have gone wrong. The issue has been fixed on Oct. 4, 2023.
[German]Addendum from September 2023. Microsoft has released the two OOBE updates KB5030323 and KB5031274 as of September 26, 2023, in addition to various preview updates for Windows 10 and 11. The goal of these updates is to improve the out-of-the-box phase when upgrading to Windows 11 22H2 Moments 4.
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