SMS phishing attack possible after UPS privacy incident (2023)

Posted on 2023-06-24 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]U.S. company United Parcel Service, better known under the abbreviation UPS, has experienced a data protection incident in which customer information was leaked. During package tracking, third parties were able to view more data about a package recipient than desired. As a result, customers are now falling victim to phishing text messages. UPS Canada is affected. The parcel service, which is also active in Germany, has probably communicated the whole thing to those affected in a rather idiosyncratic manner.

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VMware patched vulnerabilities in vCenter Server (June 22, 2023)

Posted on 2023-06-23 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]VMware has released updates to its vCenter servers to patch important vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20892, CVE-2023-20893, CVE-2023-20894, CVE-2023-20895 and CVE-2023-20896). In addition, the opportunity could also be used to update VMware tools to close the authentication vulnerability CVE-2023-20867.

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Edge 114.0.1823.58

Posted on 2023-06-23 by guenni

EdgeMicrosoft has updated the Edge browser to version 114.0.1823.58 as of June 22, 2023 (thanks to the reader for the tip) after the hiccups around the withdrawn version 114.0.1823.55 (see). The release notes  state that various bugs and performance issues are fixed for the Microsoft Edge browser stable and extended stable channel.

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Microsoft requires additional licenses for Planner and To Do when auditing

Posted on 2023-06-23 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just made public a change that could affect users of Microsoft 365. Whoever evaluates audit events for Planner, Project and To Do in Purview Premium Auditing, needs appropriate (additional licenses). I stumbled across this issue by chance on Twitter.

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Windows 11/Server 2022: Effective Access bug in Explorer confirmed

Posted on 2023-06-22 by guenni

Windows[German]May 2023 security updates for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 brought a nasty Explorer bug. Administrators can no longer query permissions for files in Explorer – the function hangs and leads to high CPU load. After I promptly addressed this issue here on the blog, Microsoft has now officially confirmed the bug.

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

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Microsoft Teams: Issues with shared files

Posted on 2023-06-22 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft Teams client is programmed a "bit strangely", as I already mentioned here in the blog. German blog reader Tom B. just emailed me about some observations on how the Microsoft Teams client handles his saved files. Perhaps this is common knowledge – I am posting the case/observations here on the blog.

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Firefox 114.0.2 released

Posted on 2023-06-21 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla developers had released the versions 114.0.1 of the Firefox browser recently. As of June 20, 2023, version 114.0.2 has been added. The release notes only contain the reference to various fixes (see here) and a fix in the Native Messaging support in the Web Extensions. Thanks to EP for the hint.

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Edge 114.0.1823.55 pulled? Web-View2-Runtime at version 114.0.1823.55

Posted on 2023-06-21 by guenni

Edge[German]There is some confusion about the Edge update to version 114.0.1823.55. This was shipped briefly, but then probably withdrawn. On the other hand, the Web-View2-Runtime is offered via WSUS in version 114.0.1823.55. I summarize some information, which reached me from my blog reader.

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Microsoft 365: Microsoft shares a workaround for hanging/slow running Outlook

Posted on 2023-06-21 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has already published a support article on June 19, 2023, which deals with a problem under Microsoft 365 in connection with Outlook. Outlook starts extremely slowly in certain situations and gets stuck in the startup logo. The cause is probably an unexpected switch from REST to MAPI.

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Exchange Online: Updated requirements for SMTP relay as of November 1, 2023

Posted on 2023-06-20 by guenni

Exchange Logo[German]Quick note for administrators who use Exchange Online as an SMTP relay to send bulk email. Microsoft is adjusting the requirements for using SMTP relay functionality accordingly as of November 1, 2023. The company made the announcement in a June 19, 2023 blog post.

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