[German]Unpleasant information for users of Affinity forums. The operator informs its users that there was a cyber attack on April 6, 2023. It seems that the account of an administrator was compromised, so that the attacker(s) could gain access to the list of members of the forums. In the process, the email addresses associated with the accounts were likely captured, as well as the IP addresses of the forum users.
[English]Google has released unscheduled updates to Google Chrome Browser 112 in the Extended and Stable channels for Mac, Linux and Windows as of April 14, 2023. Microsoft has also update the Edge browser version 112. They are security updates that fix a vulnerability.
[English]As of April 11, 2023, Microsoft has implemented security updates for various Microsoft products on the monthly patch day. There was sporadic feedback from readers pointing out minor problems. I will summarize various messages in the comments of the readers to a collective post in the form of a patchday gleanings for April 2023.
[German]Hard drive manufacturer Western Digital had admitted to a cyber attack on its IT networks on April 3, 2023. Now the hackers responsible for this attack have probably revealed details to a US medium. Thus, 10 terabytes of data could be stolen. The hackers are demanding a hefty ransom sum.
[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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[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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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