[German]Microsoft has updated its ISO install media for Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 10 22H2 and should now make them available for download. These install images contain the May 2023 security updates – and most importantly, the Secure Boot fix. According to my information, the updated installation media are available via Media Creation Tool as well as in the Visual Studio Subscriptions Center.
[German]I'm bringing up a topic that should have been settled long ago. Microsoft "tortures" its Windows users with the taskbar entry "News and interests". Administrators can disable this feature via group policies. An administrator contacted me the other day because the policy no longer works in his DC environment and suddenly the "News and Interests" entry appears in the taskbar.
[German]A somewhat unpleasant observation that some users and administrators are currently reporting. On some systems with Microsoft 365, the preview of the Outlook app is suddenly installed by Microsoft. I have created a short summary of the situation, which I had already taken up in April 2023.
The developers of HWInfo have released version 7.46 on May 10, 2023. In the new version, various bugs, for example about CPU utilization under Windows 11, a possible crash on AMD Genoa/Bergamo systems or driver compatibilities, have been fixed. The software can be used freely and is more frequently used by computer users who want to know more about the hardware.
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[German]Microsoft has also released support post KB5025885 for the May 2023 patchday. This post explains how administrators and users need to secure Secure Boot in Windows against the Black Lotous boot kit vulnerability CVE-2023-24932. This vulnerability is exploited by the Black Lotus gang to bypass Secure Boot and compromise systems.
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[German]Mozilla's developers had released version 113.0 of Firefox with some new features on May 9, 2023. On May 12, 2023, the maintenance update to version 113.0.1 had to be released, which is supposed to fix bugs.
[German]Microsoft has again delivered a fix for an Outlook vulnerability with Windows updates as of May 9, 2023. This update is intended to close a vulnerability in Outlook that was already incompletely patched in March 2023. Russian hackers have exploited this vulnerability in the past.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another maintenance update of the email client to version 102.11.0 on May 11, 2023. It is a bug fix update, which should eliminate bugs. Thanks to the blog reader for the tip.
[German]The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have announced that they have disabled the Snake spyware. This spy software was abused by the Russian secret service to infect computer systems and use them for spying. Over the past 20 years, the Russian secret service FSB has used the software to spy on numerous public agencies, research institutions and media outlets.
[German]On May 9, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. With the April 2023 patchday, support for Office 2013 ended – but vulnerabilities were still closed in May. Below is an overview of the available updates.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
