Cyber attack on Rheinmetall Group (April 2023) – civil branches affected

Posted on 2023-04-15 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]German Rheinmetall Group (defence and automotiv supplier) and its subsidiaries have been hit by a cyber attack. This is already the second attack within a few months – this time probably successful. The attack has been known since Friday, April 14, 2023, although few details have become public. A prosecutor's office has launched an investigation. Exactly how serious this attack, which could be related to the defense company's activities and also affects subsidiaries such as the automotive supplier Kolbenschmidt in Neckarsulm, is currently unknown.

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Windows LAPS integration via April 2023 update causes trouble for administrators

Posted on 2023-04-15 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has integrated its Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) directly into the Windows operating system with the April 2023 patchday (April 11, 2023). This was done due to "popular demand" from enterprise customers, as Microsoft wrote. However, this move caused serious issues for administrators who installed the old LAPS client on non English Windows. In

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Microsoft integrates ai.exe in Office 365; an explanation; and some trouble

Posted on 2023-04-14 by guenni

[German]I am taking up an issue that has been brought to my attention several times now by blog readers and concerns users of Microsoft Office. Since "recently", attentive users have noticed that there is suddenly a program ai.exe on their system, which starts a process with Office applications, and can cause trouble. I'll take up the topic and summarize what I have found out in the meantime.

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Windows 10/11 OOBE Updates (April 11, 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-14 by guenni

Windows[German]Brief addendum from the April 2023 patchday. Microsoft has released updates for Windows 10 and 11 on April 11, 2023, in addition to various updates for these operating systems. The two OOBE updates KB5026039 and KB5026038 for Windows 11 and update KB5026037 for Windows 10 were also released on this date.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 11, 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-13 by guenni

Update[German]On April 11, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. The April 2023 patchday ends support for Office 2013, and two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities are closed in MS Publisher. Below is an overview of the available updates.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...

Windows 7/Server 2008 R2; Server 2012 R2: Updates (April 11, 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-13 by guenni

Windows[German]As of April 11, 2023, various security updates have been released for Windows Server 2008 R2 (in the 4th ESU year) and for Windows Server 2012/R2 (the updates may still run on Windows 7 SP1). Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012/R2.
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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (April 11, 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-12 by guenni

Windows[German]On April 11, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft patch day), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 22H1 and 22H2. In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates, which are supposed to fix vulnerabilities as well as issues.
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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (April 11, 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-12 by guenni

Windows[German]On April 11, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some details on the respective security updates for Windows 10.
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 11, 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-12 by guenni

Update[German]On April 11, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates fix 97 CVE vulnerabilities, seven of which are critical and one is a 0-day vulnerability. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on Patchday.A list of updates can be found on this Microsoft page. Details on the update packages for Windows, Office, etc. are available in separate blog posts.

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Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug that slows down Firefox

Posted on 2023-04-11 by guenni

Mozilla[German]A few days ago, Microsoft fixed a bug in Defender that had been known for five years. The bug caused Defender to create a high CPU load on Windows when the Firefox browser was running. Users had to create an exception for Firefox in Defender to work around the problem. That is no longer necessary.

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