Details of the vulnerability in NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router (RAX30 AX2400)

Posted on 2022-12-07 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Netgear has released a last-minute patch to close a vulnerability in the firmware of the Nighthawk WiFi6 router (RAX30 AX2400) on December 1, 2022. A misconfiguration allowed attackers in router firmware prior to version V1.0.9.90 to communicate with these devices from the Internet as if they were on the consumer's local network. In addition, the firmware's auto-update function seems to be broken. Security provider Tenable has now published details about this.

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Microsoft Office Updates (December 6, 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-07 by guenni

[German]As of December 6, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. This month, there is only one update for Microsoft Office 2016. Microsoft Office 2013 has not received any updates. Here is a brief overview of the November 2022 updates.

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Windows: November 2022 updates cause ODBC connection problems with SQL databases

Posted on 2022-12-06 by guenni

Update[German]It looks like the Windows updates released by Microsoft in November 2022 may cause problems accessing SQL databases. Then the ODBC driver triggers a database access error. According to Microsoft, all Windows versions that are still supported (both clients and servers) are affected by this problem. There is no solution for this problem yet.

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Vulnerability in Citrix Workspace App for Windows allows password theft

Posted on 2022-12-06 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Citrix is warning users since September 2022 about a vulnerability in its Citrx Workspace app. There are reports that Citrix SSON stored passwords in the process memory can be retrieved at the user level. Updates are provided in the December 2, 2022 update to close the vulnerability. However, it looks like the information is still accessible for administrator accounts.

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Bug causes script error in Group Policy Preferences (GPP) e.g. for Task Scheduler

Posted on 2022-12-06 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft's developers have implemented a bug in the new Windows 11 version 22H2 (and also in Windows 11 21H2), which will prevent administrators to use Group Policy Preferences (GPP). If you try to set up a scheduled task in the Group Policy Management Editor, you will fail with a script error. This is because a DLL with a broken script is used in the Scheduled Tasks preferences. The error also occurs in the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

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

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Edge 108.0.1462.42

Posted on 2022-12-06 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft has raised the Edge browser in the Stable Channel and Extended Stable Channel to version 108.0.1462.42 on December 5, 2022. It is a new development branch (108 version) that also fixes vulnerabilities reported by the Chromium team and already exploited in the wild.

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Windows 7/8.1/Server 2012R2: Deactivate Google Chrome notification to upgrade to Windows 10

Posted on 2022-12-05 by guenni

[German]With the end of support for the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, Google will also end support for the Google Chrome browser. Google has therefore started to warn users of this browser on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 – and also on its server pendants – that support is ending and that they should switch to Windows 10. After being asked bei German blog reader how to disable this warning, here's a brief overview of the issue.

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Windows: New Defender control features for removable media (like USB sticks)

Posted on 2022-12-05 by guenni

Windows[German]External USB storage media and USB devices are in daily use, but pose a threat to corporate data. Data can be copied/extradicted too quickly. And there is a risk of malware being introduced via USB sticks or other USB storage devices. Microsoft has therefore introduced Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with a set of features to control such devices on Windows.

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Windows 11 22H2: Game performance issues fixed – upgrade block will be removed

Posted on 2022-12-04 by guenni

WindowsMicrosoft had confirmed a game performance issue on Windows 11 version 22H2 as of November 10, 2022 (see Windows 11 22H2: Game performance issues confirmed by Microsoft). Stuttering or similar problems can occur in some games and applications. The cause is probably an unintentional activation of the GPU performance debugging features. The upgrade block set by Microsoft was first loosened (Windows 11 22H2: Upgrade block for reduced game performance reduced), and will now be lifted in mid-December 2022 – which I have added in the above blog post.

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Google Chrome in Citrix – a deep dive

Posted on 2022-12-04 by guenni

Today another little note for administrators who are using Citrix virtualization solutions. Denis Span has looked at how administrators can deploy and configure Google Chrome under Citrix. To do this, he uses Powershell scripts and also analyzes what Chrome leaves in the registry or how the browser can be customized with group policies and settings. Dennis breaks it down in detail in his blog post Google Chrome on Citrix deep-dive – perhaps of interest to some of the readers.

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