[German]Small addendum from Tuesday, because Microsoft has released other updates for March 21, 2023, in addition to various updates for Windows 10 (see Windows 10: Preview Update KB5023773 and OOBE Update KB5025801 (March 21, 2023)). There is Setup Dynamic Update KB5023847 for Windows 10, and both OOBE updates KB5025799 and KB5025800 for Windows 11 have also been released on this date.
[German]Some days ago an administrator reported in my German blog that he had this problem when logging in to Windows clients that were members of a domain. After various tests, it turned out that very many files in the TEMP folder of the user profile are the cause of this behavior.
[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome browser 111 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on March 21, 2023. These are security updates that fix critical vulnerabilities. The Extended Stable Channel and the apps for Android and iOS have also been updated.
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[German]Mozilla's developer have released versions 111.0.1 of the Firefox browser on March 21, 2023. The new version is a maintenance update, which is supposed to fix bugs.
[German]Microsoft has released two updates for the currently supported Windows 10 versions on March 21, 2023. Once there is the optional Windows 10 preview update KB5023773 (C-Week). In addition, Microsoft has released an OOBE update KB5025801 for Windows 10. Below I summarize the relevant information.
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[German]I had already reported on issues with Windows Defender on Microsoft Windows 11. Affected people reported a defender warning "Local Security Authority protection is disabled". However, the LSA protection could not be enabled. The bug has been hit Windows 11 users for several weeks, and Microsoft has now confirmed the issue.
[English]Microsoft has once again announced a change in the update cycle for Windows (10 and 11 as well as Sever). Non-security-relevant preview updates will always be rolled out in the fourth week of a month (D-Week) starting in April 2023. This is according to a Techcommunity article that explains the various updates for Windows.
[German]After the release of the cumulative security updates for Windows 11, reports have surfaced on the Internet that the performance of SSD drives has noticeably decreased following the update installation. Uninstalling the March 14, 2023 security update causes SSDs to return to their original read/write rates. It doesn't seem to be a general problem though, but depends on the SSD models used.
[German]Italian carmaker Ferrari has been hacked, with attackers able to access and siphon off internal data. The cybercriminals are now trying to blackmail Ferrari and threatening to publish data. Since the car manufacturer did not respond to the blackmail, some of the captured data was published on the Internet.
[German]Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks came across a new strain of ransomware at the end of 2022 that is currently still operating "under the radar" of many security researchers. However, at least 15 victims were attacked in December 2022. Here is some information about this new threat.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
