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)
[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.
[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.
[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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[German]Exchange Online administrators may have received a number of copies of their users' outgoing emails classified as spam in the last few hours. The cause was a spam rule causing false-positive spam notifications. Microsoft has confirmed the whole thing as Incident EX682041 and initiated countermeasures (disabling the rule). The problem should be solved with this.
Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 118 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux, and Windows as of October 17, 2023. The Android app and the iOS app of the Chrome browser have also been updated. The updates include a security fix, but it is not detailed. Here is an overview of these updates. Continue reading
In SonicOS there are several vulnerabilities (buffer overflows) that have received a CVSS index of up to 7.7. Sonicwall has therefore released software updates for SonicOS for their firewalls, 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) at once. Details can be found in the SonicWall security advisory dated October 17, 2023. (via)
[German]Microsoft wants to get rid of some of its Windows users. That's how I interpret the fact that Microsoft published instructions on how to install Linux on their systems at the end of September 2023. Coincides with the terminated upgrade to Windows 10/11 via Windows 7/8.1 product key.
[German]Brief note to administrators who manage mobile devices with a mail connection to Microsoft's Exchange. A reader informed me about an annoying bug in iOS 17.0.3, which leads to problems with the appointment management (appointment commitments are delivered multiple times).
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