[German]Microsoft has released optional cumulative (preview) update 5028245 for Windows 11 version 21H2 on July 25, 2023 (there's nothing for Windows 11 22H2 yet). The preview update brings a number of bug fixes for people still on version 21H2 (which, after all, drops out of support in October 2023). Below I give an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.
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[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5028244 for Windows 10 22H2 on July 25, 2023 (D-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10. The information about the updates can be found in the Windows 10 update history.
Short information for users of older Android devices: Google has announced that it will stop supporting API levels 19 and 20 (that is Android Kitkat 4.4) in August 2023. This means that this operating system, which still runs on just 1% of devices, will no longer get updates from Google Play Services. (via)
[German]On July 24, 2023, there was a brief outage of SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. After two hours, Microsoft informed us that the problem was related to an update and had already been corrected. In the meantime, it has been determined that an incorrect TLS certificate that was distributed was the cause.
[German]Since installing the July 11, 2023 security updates that closed a Security Feature Bypass vulnerability in Outlook, some users can no longer use hyperlinks without restrictions. Either a warning comes up or the hyperlinks no longer work. Now Microsoft has spoken out and has also suggested a workaround.
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[German]Another small addendum in terms of security. At the end of June 2023, security researchers from Cyble issued a warning about a Super Mario Game installer. Security researchers have come across a corresponding installer that contains a Trojan and spreads the SupremeBot malware.
[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser to version 1114.0.1823.90 as of July 21, 2023, as well as released version 115.0.1901.183 (thanks to the reader for the tip). They are security updates that fix bugs and vulnerabilities.
[German]One more quick piece of information for administrators who manage Windows Server 2022 Datacenter virtual machines on Microsoft Azure with Desktop Experience. Microsoft has just announced that hotpatching is now available for these machines.
[German]Microsoft had to admit on begin of July 2023 that suspected Chinese hackers from the Storm-0558 group were able to forge security tokens using a stolen private MSA key. Then then gain broad access to Microsoft cloud services, as Wiz now revealed. So it's not just about the ability to access accounts at Exchange Online and Outlook.com, which Microsoft had admitted recently.
[German]Another "shortie for the weekend", since I haven't considered this topic yet. Microsoft provides a set of group policies (GPOs) for managing/controlling updates in Windows. The whole thing is documented on the Policy CSP for Updates page. I had already provided a reference to the site in the post Windows Update CSP page refreshed (Jan. 2023). Currently, however, there seem to be problems with the content of the page, so the information provided there is not correct.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
