Outlook: Microsoft releases temporary fix for slow saving on network paths

[German]Microsoft has published a new support article the other day that addresses the "slow save" issue with Outlook Desktop. The problem occurs when attachments are to be saved to a location within a network. Then a corresponding dialog box appears. Microsoft suggests a temporary workaround for this problem.

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Apple security updates for iOS, macOS (July 24, 2023)

Small addendum from this week, already on July 24, 2023 Apple has released a slew of updates for the Safari browser, for iOS on iPhones and iPadOS for the iPads. In addition, there are updates for macOS, Apple TV and the Apple Watch. Details can be found on this Apple website. According to The Hackers News, critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-38606) are included, which are actively exploited.

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Sophos UTM Firewall: Update closes CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0215 (OpenSSL) and more

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)Vendor Sophos has released an update to UTM Up2date 9.716 for its UTM firewall, which is intended to fix a number of vulnerabilities CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2002-20001, CVE-2022-40735, CVE-2002-20001, CVE-2022-40735, CVE-2023-3367, CVE-2002-20001, CVE-2022-40735 as well as various bugs. The vulnerabilities affect OpenSSL as well as the web admin interface and the web server.

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EU Commission opens competition proceedings against Microsoft over Teams

Paragraph[German]Now it's official what has been whispered behind closed doors by insiders for weeks. The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether Microsoft may have violated EU competition rules. At issue is Microsoft's communications and collaboration product Teams and its tying or bundling with the popular Office 365 and Microsoft 365 enterprise suites.

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Firefox 115.0.3 released with bug fix

MozillaMozilla developers have released versions 115.0.3 of the Firefox browser as a bug fix update. The release notes of Firefox 115.0.3 from July 27, 2023 only contain the note: Improved migration experience for users switching to the ESR release.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2023-30799 in MikroTik routers, patch urgently

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)In case you haven't noticed, MikroTik RouterOS Stable before version 6.49.7 and in the long-term version up to 6.48.6 contains a vulnerability CVE-2023-30799 that allows an attacker to escalate privileges, but the attacker must be authenticated. However, he can then remotely escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. This then allows him to execute arbitrary code on the system. Details can be found on GitHub; MikroTik posted this warning. This issue is fixed in all RouterOS versions available on the MikroTik download page (v7.7 and v6.49.7 and newer). According to the colleagues at Bleeping Computer, 900,000 devices are potentially vulnerable to this vulnerability.

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PSA: WSUS import is now required via PowerShell

Windows[German]Microsoft has started to disable the possibility to import updates manually in WSUS (Windows Server Update Service). The background is that the ActiveX components in question are outdated and Internet Explorer is being replaced by Edge. Yesterday, there was already a discussion here on the blog that the manual import in Edge no longer works. Microsoft has documented the whole thing in a tech community post and provides a PowerShell script to import updates in WSUS.

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Patch your Ivanti EPMM – Norwegian government hacked via 0-day

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Administrators should ugently patch its Ivanti EPMM used in their environment, because older version contains a 0-day vulnerability. In Norway, the ICT platform (information and communications system) on which 12 ministries operate was attacked via this 0-day vulnerability.

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Windows 11 22H2: Preview Update KB5028254 (July 25, 2023)

Windows[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5027303 for Windows 11 version 22H2 as of July 25, 2023. This brings a number of fixes (similar to the preview update for Windows 11 21H2). Below I give an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.

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Atlassian updates Confluence and Bambo due to critical vulnerabilities

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Another addendum from July 18, 2023 – that's when vendor Atlassian released its security bulletin for July 2023. Vulnerabilities in Confluence Data Center & Server (CVE-2023-22505 and CVE-2023-22508) and Bamboo Data Center (CVE-2023-22506) have become public. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

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